I am so jealous of these stamps from New Zealand: heat sensitive ink so you can “illuminate” Kiwi slang for non-New Zealanders!  Clever.  Sadly, they were issued way back in 2007 and it appears that you cannot order them online any more (or at least, not via New Zealand Post).  It occurs to me that they are a bit gimmicky– heat sensitive ink!  But, I’m also willing to admit that I fall for a mimicked 9 times out of 10.

Many thanks to work-friend (and real friend too) Alastair for letting me rip this envelope out of his hand (it’s from his family) so that I could scan it.  Really, there wasn’t any chance he was going to get out of my office with this envelope.  I’ll give it back, of course, now that I’ve got the image for my growing collection of postmarks and stamps.

I could see myself becoming a philatelist…