A BUMBLING postie scribbled the stamp on a Brit’s letter out with a mark bearing a striking resemblance to a swastika.
The symbol was spotted on a package yesterday, where the green second-class stamp had been scored out.
However, the way the stamp has been crossed out looks uncannily like the symbol heavily associated with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party.
The person who came across the questionable marking was not amused, branding it an “inappropriate way to cross out a stamp to say the least”, but others appeared to be tickled by it.
A photo shows the green second-class stamp attached to a white paper package.
Two intersecting lines have been drawn in black and blue marker pen over the top, rendering it used.
However, the addition of shorter lines on the ends makes it look less like an ordinary cross and more like the offending symbol.
With the stamp bearing the face of King Charles III, it’s not known whether the symbol was a bizarre political statement or a genuine accident.
The image was shared to social media yesterday with the caption: “Is the postie a Nazi?
“This is quite an inappropriate way to cross out a stamp to say the least.”
The snap has since received many likes and comments from social media users with mixed opinions.
One commented: “It might be a comment on the King and not Nazi support.”
Another said: “Hitler’s followers never died. They still live amongst us. Be warned. Be careful.”
A third wrote: “Two different coloured marker pens used there. Don’t think the postie did it.”
Another joked: “Heil Postie.”
Whilst now more widely recognised as a symbol of the Nazi Party, the swastika actually originated in India about 5,000 years ago and serves as a symbol of divinity across various religions including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
The symbol has had many meanings throughout history, including well-being, good luck, fertility and happiness, and was even seen as a symbol of good luck for most of the western world until the 1930s.
It was then appropriated by the Nazi Party, who adopted it as a symbol of the Aryan race which resulted in the swastika instead being associated with Nazism, antisemitism and white supremacy in the west.
Despite this, the swastika remains a symbol of good luck and prosperity across several religions in Asian countries.
