Today the Dutch post (PostNL) has issued a sheet of five stamps, which are "designed" via artificial intelligence. According to PostNL, these are the first postage stamps designed with an algorithm in the world (!). You can judge for yourself whether it is a success.
The algorithm is based on Dutch stamps from the period from 1852 to 1920. They do indeed look old, but also unlike Dutch stamps. The stamps from the mentioned period really look completely different; they look nothing like it, from that period. Personally, I think they're pretty ugly. Fortunately, all other stamps of the Netherlands are designed by people.
The stamps are part of a sheet of personal stamps:
PostNL writes about this: "The Digi Art stamp sheet has 5 different stamps in 5 different designs. The 5 stamps show 5 unique computer-generated stamps, against a dark background. At first glance, the 5 stamps shown look like they have ever been issued, but appearances are deceiving. They may have the appearance of classic postage stamps, but they are not. All elements appear familiar, such as a load-bearing image in the middle with a frame, a strip at the bottom for text, ornaments in the corners and a frame with perforations – and yet everything is different from the stamps we know from the period 1852-1920.
On the sheet edge, which was designed by graphic designer Sandra Smulders, 10 old Dutch stamps are depicted. These are from left to right the stamps King Willem III 5 cents (1864), Numeral stamp ½ cent (1876), Queen Wilhelmina 20 cents (1899), King Willem III 7½ cents (1872), Postal proof stamp 4 guilders (1884), Numeral stamp 2 cent (1876), Numeral stamp 1½ cent (1899), Jubilee stamp 100 years of independence 12½ cent (1913), Inauguration stamp Queen Wilhelmina 1 guilder (1898) and Michiel de Ruyter 1 cent (1907)."
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