I’m in the midst of preparing more detailed Stamp Talk columns, but in the meantime, I found this article very interesting. Most people think of postage stamps as being very innocuous parts of our daily life. In fact with the advent of email and other electronic communication, people only really use stamps when sending out wedding invitations or end-of-the-year holiday cards. So, it’s pretty crazy to think that the design of a stamp could cause two countries to almost start a war with each other.
Read it and see what you think: The Stamp that Almost Caused a War