France issues scratch-n-sniff baguette stamp
The French Post Office (La Poste) issued a special stamp to honour the baguette – France's national bread. The stamp is covered with tiny capsules that release the smell of fresh bread. It shows a baguette decorated with a red, white, and blue ribbon. A shopkeeper who sells the "scratch-and-sniff" stamp said it had a "bakery smell". The stamp had a print run of 594,000 copies. La Poste said French bakers bake six billion baguettes every year.
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