Thursday 13 Aug, 2026

France celebrates the baguette with a scented stamp

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It has been described by President Emmanuel Macron as ”250 grams of magic and perfection.” Now the baguette becomes a postage stamp – with a scent.

The French Post Office is issuing a scratch-and-sniff stamp to celebrate the world-famous baguette. The stamp, which costs 1.96 euros, depicts a baguette decorated with a blue-white-red ribbon and has a print run of 594,000.

”The baguette, the bread of our daily life, the symbol of our gastronomy, the jewel of our culture,” La Poste writes on its website.

The bakery-scented stamp was unveiled on Thursday in connection with the celebration of Saint-Honoré, the patron saint of bakers and confectioners, and went on sale on Friday.

The French baguette, one of the nation's foremost symbols, was granted cultural heritage status by the UN agency UNESCO in 202

Source: Aftonbladet.se

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