UNESCO WHS Miniature sheet

India Post issued a  set of six stamps and a miniature sheet on Hill forts of Rajasthan on 29th December 2018. 

This is the second Odd shaped Miniature sheet issued by India post.  It is in the shape of the UNESCO logo.

This is the first set in UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India series.  

Denominations: Three 12 Rs and three 5 Rs.

The stamps depict forts of Amer, Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Gagron and Ranthambhor.

India's First Odd Shaped Miniature Sheet

Odisha is hosting the 2018 Men's Hockey World cup. To commemorate this, India post has issued an Olive Ridley turtle shaped Miniature sheet. Olly, the Olive Ridley sea turtle is the mascot of this tournament.  Gahirmatha beach in Odisha is the World's most important nesting beach for the Olive Ridley Sea turtles. One of the 5 stamps issued, shows Olly playing hockey and the tournament cup. The shadow image of Puri Jagannath temple is portrayed on the Miniature sheet. 

There are 16 teams participating in this tournament and India is the second country to host the Hockey World cup thrice. The only other country is Netherlands.  Earlier India hosted the World Cup in 1982 in Mumbai and in 2010 in Delhi. 

Odd World - Mongolia

My Mongolian collection of Odd/Unique stamps

Yala miniature sheet

In the year 2013, Sri Lanka Post issued three miniature sheets on Yala National Park. 

Here are the Miniature sheets:

The speciality of this miniature sheets are that they are odd shaped. One shaped like a Sloth Bear, Second shaped like a Leopard and the third shaped like an elephant.  

These Miniature sheets were once again reprinted, but with the Thailand exhibition logo and was issued for the Thailand Exhibition with higher face value.

Odd Shaped Air Plane MS

South African Post issued an Odd shaped miniature sheet, shaped like an air craft for the World Post Day. The stamp depicts the first South African airmail flight - Belriot monoplane. An apt way to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the First Air Mail Flight of Africa (1911 - 2011).

Evelyn Frederick, on 27th December 1911 carried first airmail in his monoplane, Bleriot (named after the French Aviator, Louis Bleriot) from Kenilworth Race Cource to Oldham's field near Muizenberg.  It took seven and a half minutes for him to cover the 13Km distance and Muizenburg Post Office became  the first Post Office to receive the Air Mail in Africa.  Postmaster P J Hutchings received the first Airmail bag with 729 Post Cards.

You can see the picture of the monoplane down below.  

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The stamp is shown below: