Odd Shaped Stamps. Be Cool, Don't Be A Square.

Chicken, chicks and a pig, booklet stamp printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on July 23, 2001, Scott No. 2783h.

- nethryk

Nice close-up. I think that is part of a sheet of odd-shaped stamps issued for Letter Writing Week, every year in Japan. Cannot find my catalogue pages right now, buried.

Norway
Christmas November 13, 2015
Self-adhesive stamps with irregular shapes and die-cut perforation
Germany
Christmas November 3, 2014
Gummed stamp with conventional perforation

Austria
Lederhosen
September 24, 2015
Denomination: €6.30
The stamp is made of Alcantara leather and is ornamented with six Swarowski crystals. The stamp measures 34.83 mm by 41.5 mm and is 1 mm thick.

Wouldn't the folks at USPS like this one rolling through their automated equipment?

Finland
Vegetables
March 8, 2010
One sheet of 8 self-adhesive stamps with irregular die-cut outlines.

Finland
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My booklet
May 6, 2011
A booklet of 6 self-adhesive stamps with irregular shapes

Luxembourg
Roman Mosaic of Vichten
September 3, 2007
The mosaic from the Roman villa in Vichten was manufactured around 240 A.D. in a specialized workshop in Trier, where other masterworks of the same period were produced. It depicts in its main section the mythological and literary theme of the nine Muses, daughters of the King of Gods Zeus by the Goddess of Memory Mnemosyne. The large central medallion features Calliope, the Muse of epic and elegiac poetry together with the prince of poets, Homer.
Each of the four elongated octagon stamps captures two Muses, while the central square stamp includes Calliope and Homer.

Finland
Nordic Maritime
March 17, 2014
Finnjet
Two self-adhesive stamps die-cut in rhombus shape with rounded corners

Canada
Youth Sports
October 1, 2005
Skateboarding, Wall climbing, Mountain biking, Snowboarding
The stamps have irregular outlines with mixed wavy and linear die-cut edges.

Spain
Protected Fauna
July 21, 2015
Block of four; two stamps (dragonfly ans bat) have partially irregular and imperforated edges. A sheet contains four blocks.

France
Olympic Games Athens
August 2, 2004
Two stamps with curved top and bottom sides that resemble flags.

Iceland
Iceland Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai
May 6, 2010
The stamp, as one wall of the exhibition hall in the souvenir sheet, has a quadrilateral shape with all four sides in different length. The two sides of the quadrilateral stamp, however, are parallel to the edges of the Iceland Pavilion portrayed in the stamp.

The stamp



The souvenir sheet