Here’s a novel idea to promote the use of physical mail: chocolate stamps. Via Two Sides UK:
On 6 February, the Belgium postal service bpost announced a series of five innovative postage stamps carrying both the smell and taste of chocolate. A limited edition of stamp sheets will be issued on25 March to honour the different forms of the world famous Belgian chocolate.
The stamps are printed on UPM Raflatac’s Tropimatic Chocolate paper. The scent of chocolate comes from an aroma which has been added to the printing inks, and the taste of dark chocolate is based on cocoa oil released from the gummed adhesive layer when the stamp is licked.
Here’s an even better, perhaps rasher idea (ahem) I modestly propose to the USPS: bacon-flavored stamps.
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Richard Romano is Managing Editor of WhatTheyThink. He curates the Wide Format section on WhatTheyThink.com. He has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business. His most recent book is “Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.