Archive: https://archive.today/DAdzV From the post: >>Made of plastic and embossed with a melody, these tiny record stamps are among the strangest, most enchanting bits of vinyl out there. Chris May investigates how the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan came to produce the world’s “first talking stamps”. Quite possibly the smallest vinyl records that can still be played with a stylus, those of you after a set will be happy to know the stamps still sporadically appear on eBay, with prices pushed up by that geekiest of venn diagrams between stamp and record collectors. Listen to a haunting version of the Bhutanese national anthem, as recorded from a stamp, below.