Geek Out

Philatelists With Secret Design Fetishes Should Keep An Eye Out For These Stamps

I’ll admit it: I’m a secret stamp-collector. Especially limited edition series such as the US postal service’s Pioneers of American Industrial Design, which has 12 important designers from the ’30s to ’50s. On sale in July. [USPS via Core77]


September 3, 2010
Gadgets

Postage Stamps Go High-Tech With QR Code-Like Stamp Readable By Apps

The UK’s Royal Mail may’ve been kicking around in some shape or form since 1516, but they’ve become the first postal service to create an “intelligent stamp,” readable like a QR code by an Android or iPhone app.