{"id":4074,"date":"2015-01-05T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/danish-lego-postage-stamps\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:01:22","slug":"danish-lego-postage-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/danish-lego-postage-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Another Brick in the Mail: Denmark Issues Lego Postage Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did Santa happen to overlook the Lego-shaped flash drive you had on your wishlist this year? Tell him he can make it up to you by swinging by a Danish post office and picking up the nation\u2019s new Lego-themed postage stamps (which are the currency for mail, which is kind of like email, except printed on paper).<\/p>\n<p>The Danes issued two different Lego-themed designs on January 2 to launch the European Postal Service\u2019s 2015 Europa theme of national \u201cOld Toys,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linns.com\/news\/international-stamps\/999\/Denmark-builds-on-Europa-toy-theme-with-Lego-stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linn\u2019s Stamp News<\/a>. \u201cWhen it comes to toys, you don\u2019t find anything bigger or more popular than Lego bricks,\u201d Post Danmark head of design Martin Pingel said in the stamps\u2019 release, explaining why Lego was the obvious choice. (Alternatively, Denmark is also known for these sweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swaip.com\/node\/377335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mid-century teak viking figures<\/a>, which didn\u2019t make the cut.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243187975lego_stamp.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243187975lego_stamp.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243187975lego_stamp.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243187975lego_stamp.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243187975lego_stamp.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243187975lego_stamp.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243179067Untitled.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243179067Untitled.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243179067Untitled.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243179067Untitled.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243179067Untitled.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1420243179067Untitled.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The 10-krone ($0.16USD) stamp features that familiar baseball-capped figure you may recall from your childhood aspiring architect days, and for a little extra, you can get the mod-hairstyled lady in green on the 14.5-krone version. Both sexes appear to live in a Archigram-style surrealist world of floating, brightly colored building blocks, with 4.1 million 10kr stamps and 1.9 million 14.5kr stamps to be printed in strips of 10, according to the product\u2019s release. In the US, they\u2019re available through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stampagencies.com\/agencies\/denmark-stamp-agency-in-north-america-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denmark Stamp Agency in North America<\/a> \u2014 a great buy if you\u2019re <i>building <\/i> a stamp collection *badump-bink*.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lego.gizmodo.com\/you-can-now-stamp-your-danish-mail-with-lego-1677102112\/+kcampbelldollaghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">h\/t Gawker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Santa happen to overlook the Lego-shaped flash drive you had on your wishlist this year? 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