2016-04-28 Thu

The postage stamp released by bpost held the world record. Belgium post group (bpost) released a stamp on 8th march 2014 on the occasion of International women’s day.

The stamp earned itself a Guinness World Record, as “the stamp made with the largest number of readable words”. The background of the image entirely consists of text.

Designed by Ann Bessemans, the stamp depicts a woman’s face that is composed of 606 words. The stamp entry opened up a new category in the Guinness World Record entries.