Odd stamps : 05 f Stamps in braille

For my 600th post, a special stamp.

This stamp, issued by the Sultanate of Oman, has issued a braille stamp in 2004.
The stamp has an embossed text in braille all over the stamp, but surely as special as the embossed printing, is the size of the stamp.

The sheetlet is 10.4 by 11.8 cm, and has a stamp of 8 by 9 cm (72 cm²)

White cane day 2004

This sheetlet was issued at the occasion of the white cane day (October 15). This is the international day for the awareness towards the blind and visually impaired people.

This day is been 'celebrated' since 1964. The special sheet issued by the Sultanate of Oman, is at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this day.

Different to other braille stamps, the text in braille is only tangible on the front side of the stamp.
The elevated printing is the result of a thermographic proces, and not by embossed printing.
As a result, we see a shiny, raised effect, with yellowish dots.

thermograpich printing of the Braille text

Although the Sultanate of Oman is not collected by many people, this stamp is surely an nice addition to your collection of 'special' issues.

to be continued ...

Odd stamps : 05 e Stamps in braille

It has been ages since I posted some stams on the theme 'braille'.
In 2019, Thailand issued a braille stamp, at the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the 'Foundation for the blind in Thailand'.

The stamp of 3 bath - relatively cheap - is issued with an embossed printing of braille text.

80th anniversary - foundation for the blind

embossed printing (mirrored) : 80 years

On the image we see two blind children, in front of the Miss Genevieve Caulfield monument,the founder of the first School for the Blind in Thailand and the Foundation for the Blind in Thailand, under the Royal Patronage of H.M.the Queen, including the vocational career development for the blind.

Genevieve Caulfield (May 8, 1888 – December 12, 1972) opened the Bangkok School for the Blind, partly financed by her own savings, after she learned that blind children were considered useless in Thailand. From 1956 to 1960, she organized a school for the blind and a rehabilitation center for boys in Saigon (Viet-Nam). There is a statue in her honor at the school in Bangkok which still exists today.

The website of the Thai post shows another design for the same stamp.

braille issue pic on thai post website

The stamp comes as usual, in a sheetlet of 10.

 to be continued ...