Tired of politics? Come on down to the Friday night Stamp Nook for some of my favorite stamp issues (images shamelessly lifted from Ebay).
Image 1: Chef’s Hat issue, Kelantan, 1937 Image 1, shows most of the values of the so-called "Chef's Hat" issue of Kelantan, one of the Malay States.Issued in 1937, the Chef's Hat set has always been popular with collectors. As with many sets of stamps, the lower values are more common and sell for much less than the higher denominations.
I personally own only the lowest four values of this series. What can I say, I like the exotic look and colors.
Image 2, Bridge at Larissa issue, Turkey, 1898 Image 2 is the Bridge of Larissa issue, by Turkey, then known also is the Ottoman empire. These stamps are unusual for being eight-sided. If you look closely, you can see what looks a bridge in the middle of the design.These stamps were supposedly issued for the Turkish army operating in Thessaly during the Greco-Turkish war of 1897.
I suspect however that these stamps were intended primarily for sale to collectors, based on the fact that they are not rare and generally seen unused. Image 2 does depict cancelled stamps, but I think these may have been "favor cancels" that is to say, done for stamp collecting rather than postal reasons.