Switzerland Issues New Stamp - Its Made Of Wood

[matcom]

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AFTER producing stamps made of lace or smelling of chocolate, Switzerland's postal service has turned to the Alpine country's forests for inspiration.

Swiss Post today launched its latest unusual commemorative stamp - a square of pinewood with a face value of 5 Swiss francs ($5.69).

The stamps, which celebrate Switzerland's lumber industry, are roughly the thickness of a credit card.

Designed by Swiss Post graphic artist Thomas Rathgeb, the stamps are made from 120-year-old pines felled in northern Switzerland.

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[soothsayer]

1. When I worked for the USPS as a mail processor (1985-86) wooden

postcards (novelty items, but more frequent than you'd think) would jam the bejeezus out of our sorting machines! End up all splintered and ruined. These stamps will be a nuisance, too, unless people just collect them....!

[Inland]

2. Stamp commemorating gravel industry a failure

Handful of rocks prohibitively heavy, hard to lick