Gallery: A Bold Vision for the Future of the Postage Stamp

  • Signet created by Ziba is a proposal that envisions how we might improve upon snail mail.
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    Signet, created by Ziba, is a proposal that envisions how we might improve upon snail mail.
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    Instead of a postage stamp, a user would be able to use their own seal...
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    Signet-5

    ...the seal would have two parts: The center, which is marked by sender, and the outer ring, which is stamped by the Post Office upon receipt, for routing.
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    The sender wouldn't have to know the address of the person they're trying to reach. They could enter that later into the app, or have the addressee provide it securely.
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    What a letter would look like, when it's ready to go, but before it's been stamped with a destination address.
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    The device itself was created in wood---a material which would look better over time.
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    The engraving design was based on the guilloche patterns once used as a security feature on money.
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