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In 2012, Japan Post launched a cute and playful mascot – Postal Bear (ぽすくま, Posukuma), which quickly became the spokesperson for various postal promotional activities and even appeared on various stamps.
However, recently some netizens from Japan have discovered that this postage stamp featuring the image of a postal bear, after being stamped with a postmark, instantly transforms its once cute appearance into an incredibly fierce one! Let’s explore the reasons behind this together.
The postal mascot, Posukuma, is deeply loved by people for its cute image and has become an important symbol of the postal system.
In the mascot family of Japanese postal companies, the postal bear occupies a place with its cute and charming image.
For a long time, Japan’s 1 yen postage stamps have featured Maejima Miyoshi, known as the “father of postal convenience system”, as the face design. However, in 2021, after a gap of 70 years, Japan Post launched a series of new 1 yen stamps featuring postal bears, which is of historical significance.
1 yen stamp of Maejima Miwa and Postal Bear
However, a Japanese netizen recently discovered that when the 1 yen stamp of this postal bear is stamped with a postmark at a specific angle, it will appear very different from the original picture
The cute Postal Bear stamp has become quite fierce due to the postmark
The Japanese social platform X user nicknamed “Akizuya” shared a 1 yen stamp they received. On this stamp, the Postal Bear appears wrinkled on its face due to the postmark, even giving the impression that it is holding a cigarette, incredibly fierce!
This fierce postal bear stamp quickly sparked discussions and inspired many netizens to create various secondary illustrations based on it.
Creative and fierce postal bear illustrations shared by netizens
If a bear stamp with a cigarette in its mouth is really released, it may trigger a collection craze!