La Poste launches scratch-and-sniff stamp that smells like baguettes
French post office La Poste has introduced a stamp designed by Stéphane Humbert-Basset that gives off the scent of bread when scratched to celebrate the baguette. More
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Ukraine issues postage stamp featuring "prophetic" Banksy artwork
The Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta has released a stamp featuring an image by British artist Banksy and the words FCK PTN! to mark one year since the start of the war in Ukraine. More
Ukraine celebrates armed forces' "titanic efforts" with Crimean bridge attack stamp
Ukraine's postal service Ukrposhta has issued a stamp to mark last week's explosion on the bridge connecting Crimea and Russia, which features inside jokes and Titanic movie references. More
Royal Mail celebrates 50 of years UK Pride with joyful illustrated stamps
A drag queen, a lesbian couple kissing and a child waving the rainbow flag are among the figures depicted in artist Sofie Birkin's stamps for the Royal Mail, which are designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first official Pride march in the UK. More
Berry Creative designs Climate Change Stamps with heat-reactive ink
These stamps by Finnish studio Berry Creative feature images of birds and snow clouds that turn into skeletons and thunderstorms when heated to send a message about the consequences of climate change. More
Pablo Dorigo Sempere turns Venice canal algae into postage stamps
Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city. More
Royal Mail stamp collection pays homage to seminal British video games
Tomb Raider and Worms are among nine classic video games celebrated in the latest stamp collection by the British postal service Royal Mail. More
Grayson Perry and Tracey Emin mark Royal Academy's 250th anniversary with stamp designs
Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin and Yinka Shonibare are among six artists commissioned by Royal Mail to create bespoke stamps to celebrate 250 years since the Royal Academy was founded. More
Commemorative Karl Marx stamp celebrates economist's 200th birthday
The German postal service has released a postage stamp, designed by visual artist Thomas Mayfried, to commemorate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. More
Royal Mail's latest stamp collection celebrates the UK's "renaissance of contemporary architecture"
Zaha Hadid's London Aquatics Centre, EMBT's Scottish Parliament and Haworth Tompkins's Stirling-Prize-winning Everyman Theatre are just some of the landmark buildings featured on a new set of UK stamps dedicated to contemporary architecture. More
David Bowie's best album cover designs to appear on Royal Mail stamps
The UK postal service is commemorating David Bowie with a set of postage stamps featuring images of six of his most iconic album covers. More
Zaha Hadid features on new Iraqi postage stamp
The Iraqi postal service has paid tribute to the late Zaha Hadid by featuring her on a new stamp – using an image created by combining two separate portraits. More
Royal Mail's Animail stamp collection clings to the sides of envelopes
London design studio Osborne Ross has created a set of six animal-shaped Royal Mail stamps designed to appeal to children (+ slideshow). More
Tord Boontje's festive stamps feature "small stories" of animals and people
Reindeer, peacocks and foxes adorn these Christmas stamps designed by Studio Tord Boontje for Dutch national delivery company PostNL. More
Daan Roosegaarde's Enlightenment stamps depict the Netherlands as a "network of light"
Each of the postage stamps in this set by Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde shows a different part of the Netherlands as it would be seen from space at night. More
Studio Job designs a postage stamp for the new Dutch king
News: Belgian artists Studio Job have designed a postage stamp for Dutch king Willem-Alexander, who took office in April, that features a digitally modelled image of his face. More
Dublin UNESCO City of Literature stamp by The Stone Twins
Dutch creative agency The Stone Twins did away with the usual imagery and photos when asked to design this postage stamp, using only words to tell a short story. More
Olympic stamps by Hat Trick Design
Dezeen Wire: London studio Hat Trick Design have produced a set of Royal Mail stamps featuring iconic architecture from the capital to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics. More
Stamps by Richard Hutten
Dutch designer Richard Hutten has designed a postage stamp that consists of a tiny eight-page book for Dutch postal company Royal TNT Post. More
Lees Mee braille stamps by René Put
Here's another winner from the Dutch Design Awards last month: graphic designer René Put won the award for best graphic design for a series of braille stamps. More