Personalised stamps from the Royal Mail

[sbisson]

codepope (and originally abiw) just pointed out the new personalised stamp service from the Royal Mail. Just upload a digital image, and for £14.95 you'll get a book of stamps back containing your image.

It's not quite as good an idea as it seems - you need to pair it with one of their "Smilers" range, but it's a start...

Comments

[codepope.livejournal.com]

Well, it's close to printing money. Stamps have value and need to be validatable...

The fact that they have the on demand technology to print a fraud protected stamp with an adhoc image is impressive, and opens up all sorts of possibilities, including if you think further... personalised money.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

It's going to screw up the hobbyist stamp collectors, isn't it!

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

They also plan stamps without the queen's head on to attract the anti-royalist market, and round stamps and ones with holes in the middle to attract the daft. Do I detect an expensive set of image consultants?

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Hmm. How much do *you* pay for 20 first class stamps?