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Smelly Postage Stamps from Around the World

Clockwise from top left: India's jasmine-scented stamp; Brazil's coffee-scented stamp; China's sweet-and-sour-pork-scented stamp; Switzerland's chocolate stamp. Maybe you are mailing a love letter. Or paying bills. Either way, you'll need a stamp. If you are writing to proclaim your love for me, consider using a coffee-scented stamp from Brazil or a rose-scented stamp from the tiny nation of Bhutan, who released the world's first scented stamps in 1973. These smelly postage stamps and others appear in The Presurfer's short list of the world's smelliest postage stamps. Like many endeavors, the olfactory stamp was conceived in a ploy to make money—and it worked. Nations rake in the most postage profits from stamp collectors who never put their stamps to work....

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1 Comment | Posted by Hannah Howard, June 18, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Tagged: postage stamps, smells