I'm not popular, but I can sure fake it

[progaijin]

So we can make our own postage stamps now, with purikura pics! I thought only worthwile people were allowed on stamps, but I guess I was wrong.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=7&u=/nm/20031003/od_nm/odd_japan_stamp_dc

[AssKissinger]

So we can make our own postage stamps now, with purikura pics! I thought only worthwile people were allowed on stamps, but I guess I was wrong.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=7&u=/nm/20031003/od_nm/odd_japan_stamp_dc

That's so cool! My parents are gonna freak when they get the envelope and my face is gracing the stamp!

[Snapped]

They've been doing something similar in Australia and Britain for the last couple of years or so. I don't think you can put your face on the stamp itself but on a tab connected to the stamp.

See them here.

[Taro Toporific]

Great pix here on Ultra's thread
Lick your favorite FG

[Taro Toporific]

Great pix here on the thread
by taro too

Zipang! VS real Japan
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[Taro Toporific]

Great pix here on the thread
by taro too

Zipang! VS real Japan

[Caustic Saint]

Okay, now here's the real question - is there any limit to what you can put on a stamp? The article states:

Those wishing to show off their own photographic skills can take a favorite snapshot down to the local post office and order stamps made from it, a service that began in June.

These take about three weeks to process and cost 1,000 yen per sheet of 10 stamps, said an official at the Communications Museum in Tokyo run by Japan Post.

"These can feature anything -- pets, grandchildren, someone's own painting or something," the official said.

That's for taking your own photos down there, but what about the photo machine - is it a booth or one of those standup ones with a small curtain? Like this:



And to be clear, I am asking the perv question. What's to stop a chick from using the machine to flash and making her own series of "Japan Post Celebrates Wannabe AV Stars" stamps?