Gold foil

Gold-colored foil began to be used for stamps as a novelty sometime in the 1960s. Some countries of the French Community issued stamps embossed on thin foil attached to a gummed paper backing. Others have used a hot-foil stamping method to create the round coin stamps. It has has been used to create detail for various otherwise "normal" stamp issues.

Various replicas of US and other stamps in foil have been sold containing actual gold but in proportions so small that the gold value is very, very minimal.

Collectors have found that preserving any of these without damage is difficult using any typical album with or without mounts.

 File:Chad Apollo 11.jpg|1969 Chad Apollo 11 airmail. File:Replica US birds.jpg|1982 US birds replica. 

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