7 Feb 2013

Belgium launches chocolate stamps

6:26 am on 7 February 2013

Belgium is launching a stamp sure to delight chocoholics around the world.

The postal service has added a dark chocolate taste to the glue of the stamps.

And the stamps, which have pictures of chocolate in various forms, are also imbued with the smell.

The series of five stamps, intended for overseas mail, cost €6.20 euros and go on sale on 25 March, AFP reports.