Sunday, 7 August 2011

Singapore Coral Stamps - Fluorescent Mark

The fluorescent mark employed in these coral definitive stamps of Singapore is just gorgeous. These stamps (original prints) were released in 1994. Later on, Singapore Post aslo produced reprints of these stamps in 1996-1997. The original prints and reprints of these stamps have different fluorescent marks.

original stamps viewed under normal light


original stamps viewed under uv light; the flourescent mark beautifully appears before your eyes



The below stamp is a $10 reprint released in 1997. The fluorescent mark of the reprints is different from that of the original prints (above).

reprint $10 stamp viewed under normal light (left) and uv light (right)