Swiss Post has launched a stamp featuring an image of the Duck toilet cleaning dispenser, as part of a series honouring Swiss inventiveness. When rubbed with fingers, the stamp emits the citrus cleaning scent associated with the product. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The toilet cleaning bottle with a curved "duck" neck was invented by Walter-Düring-Orlob in Switzerland in 1980. Today, the Duck brand is sold worldwide. Swiss Post is honouring this inventive spirit with its latest special stamp, the company announced on Thursday. There have already been stamps featuring the Velcro fastener, the garlic press, and the Menzi Muck excavator: all of them are Swiss inventions. Dove of peace and a tribute to Jean Tinguely Swiss Post is issuing two further special stamps in honour of Jean Tinguely and the international "Dove of Peace" initiative. The Swiss painter and sculptor Tinguely would have turned 100 years old this year. "With his kinetic works of art, he ...
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