UK Issues High-tech Stamps

bgood writes: "According to this story on Excite@Home, the UK's Royal Mail has released a series of "interactive" stamps. Included in the series: A scratch-and-sniff stamp, a stamp with a hologram, and another that shows an electrically-charged particle when warmed by finger heat. The stamps commemorate 100 years of the Nobel Prize and Britain's achievements. The Royal Mail describes the stamps here."

achievements

[vacamike]

I can guarantee that among the stamps for british achievements, there will not be one for Orthodontics. :)

Mike

Scratch and sniff...

[nob]

Of course, theres no better way to honor 100 years of the Nobel prize and all that genius scientific research then with a scratch and sniff stamp. What's next, fruit scented markers commemorating Picasso?

Scratch & Sniff = "Interactive"???

[BadDoggie]

I do NOT want a scratch-and-sniff Queen Elizabeth II stamp.

woof.

Re:Scratch & Sniff = "Interactive"???

[Howie]

Hey - don't forget you get to lick it too.

Re:achievements

[biglig2]

What is it with you americans and out teeth? We don't go on about how insanely fat you all are!

Besides, since we invented stamps, we can put whatever we flippin well want on them! So there!

Hmmm... now if we'd patented the idea, we could claim 20$ for every mail posted. we're rich! rich!

Spam

[manon]

I'm wondering when the post offices are going to put spam on their stamps to gain some extra money.
That way you can get a letter from the tax department with the stamp saying "Wanna make $100 fast?" or "Become rich in no time". ;)

Re:Don't forget

[stx23]

Don't lick the Turing stamp, it has a strange apple/Cyanide flavour to it.

Re:Scratch & Sniff = "Interactive"???

[Anonymous Coward]

If we're all poofs, where we're you so called hard-boy Scottish when we waltzed into your country?

You Ginger headed lot were to inebreated on Whiskey to do anything about it, and none of you have stayed sober since. Except now Tenents Super is the prefered drink.

You, ginger headed, skirt wearing, piss drinking, bladder munching Scottish fairy

Oh yeah and your "National" football team is shite as well. Although better than the Welsh, who can't find any area of land flat enough to construct a football pitch.

Of course we'd be insanely fat!

[Greyfox]

Look at who we learned to cook from! The French and the Germans! What've you guys ever contributed to world cuisine? Hamburgers that will make your brain explode, blood pudding and haggis! It's a wonder your entire nation didn't die of malnutrition centuries ago! Look... We've got a store here that has 31 flavors of ice cream! 31! Try to imagine that for a moment. You could literally have a different flavor every day for a month! I mean, you guys are always telling us to broaden our horizons, but I bet you had a hard time imagining 31 flavors of ice cream. Didn't you? But listen... in the spirit of international exchange, if you're ever in the neighborhood give me a yell and I'll take you to the store with the 31 flavors of ice cream and get you a triple dip of 3 flavors other than chocolate, vanilla and strawberry.

Re:Of course we'd be insanely fat!

[AndroidCat]

What's wrong with Shepherd's Pie? (Other than the fact that it rarely has any real shepherds in it.)

Columbian Stamps

[AndroidCat]

I wonder if they'll do a crack cocaine scratch'n'sniff stamp?

On the other hand, I'd pay good money (well, CDN$ anyway) for a set of scratch'n'sniff Coffees of the World stamps. Mmmm, Blue Mountain...