Spain’s postal service accused of racism over flesh-toned stamps

Collection was supposed to highlight inequalities, but anti-racism campaigners say it has backfired

Spain's state-owned postal service has been accused of a damaging and counterproductive approach to equality after issuing a set of flesh-toned, anti-racism stamps in which the stamp with the lightest skin colour is worth more than twice as much as the darkest one.

On Tuesday, Correos Espana unveiled the set of four equality stamps": a pale, 1.60 one, a slightly darker 1.50 one, a brown 0.80 one, and a black 0.70 one.