Denmark's New Digital Stamps
Launching this Friday, users of the new service will text the word “PORTO” to 1900, receiving a confirmation text in reply along with a string of numbers and letters. These numbers and letters can then be written on the envelope as way of payment, rather than using a stamp, according to a report on Deutsche Welle. The service is currently only available for domestic mail inside Denmark and for letters up to 50g, with the codes remaining active for 7 days. The text stamps will cost the same as a normal domestic first class stamp at DKK 8, plus the cost of sending the text, according to the BBC. This charge will then be drawn from the user’s phone bill. The BBC also quote Henrik Larson, head of private customers at Post Denmark, saying that the service will not lead to the removal of the traditional stamp service: “We will, of course, still keep the Danish stamp tradition alive as the stamp adds qualities to a letter”.
I want to see one of these. Maybe one of the Podio guys will send me a postcard.
(Source: underpaidgenius)
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these. Maybe one
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