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]
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.