Two Designers Walk Into a Bar

Episode 101: The Penny Black and Dag Hammarskjöld, Postage Stamps - Part 1


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Today we’re going to be talking about postage stamps: the history and origin of them, who uses them and whether or not they’re still relevant in our age of email and mail order deliveries. And, of course, the art of it all and why stamps still matter today.


We touch on the controversy of who invented the stamp, the fraud associated with early mail and how the U.S. Postal Service misprinted a commemorative stamp for Swede Dag Hammarskjöld on purpose.


Ask the bartender for a couple of Air Mail cocktails and join us as we deliver the goods right here in the bar.


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Mentioned in this episode:

  • Sir Rowland Hill
  • The Penny Black
  • The Inverted Jenny
  • J. Edward Day
  • Dag Hammarskjöld
  • The Dag Hammarskjöld Invert

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