Remember when stamps didn’t come with a self-adhesive back? Christmas card season would be accompanied with a slightly queasy feeling from licking stamp-after-stamp and from the strange gluey residue that would linger on your tongue. Even though you can now get rolls of self-adhesive stamps, there’s something about the old-fashioned ritual of licking stamps. Designer Tony Ng has come up with an innovative alternative to combat the strange aftertaste but celebrate the ritual of licking stamps. Chocolate Mail is a set of 24 first-class stamps that are made to look like a bar of chocolate and comes in three flavours – white, milk and dark chocolate. Although only currently available as British stamps, perhaps an Australian version will be developed in time for next Christmas card season.
