Postage stamps characterised by a personalised image in an area not required for postal validation

摘要

Postage stamps are produced which enable individual personalisation with an image chosen by a person wishing to use the postage stamp. Each stamp has a primary area on which an official stamp image required for postal validation is applied. Each stamp also has a secondary area where a personalised image not needed for postal validation can be applied. The personalising image in the secondary area is applied as a second printing process to the stamp. The stamp contains both the primary area and secondary area. Each stamp is produced in a sheet of stamps and can be separated from the sheet for applying to the postal article.