New French Stamps Smell Like Baguettes — VOA Learning English
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Visitors to Paris for the Olympics can now send a smell of France home with their picture postcards and letters.
The smell comes from a special stamp showing the country’s famous bread called baguette. The sweet smell, however, may remind you of a French bakery more than an actual baguette.
The stamp was released in May for the day of Saint-Honoré, the saint of bakers. Postal worker Clarisse Briend said the baguette makes people think of France. And she hopes visitors will pick up the stamps along with other official Paris 2024 postcards and stamps. The stamp sells for more than $2 at area post offices.
Pia Schöndienst is a German visitor coming from the Netherlands with her family. She bought…
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