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Stamps

Crypto stamps

A few weeks ago, I had to opportunity to attend the
PostEurop Philatelic Forum organised by POST
Luxembourg. Several post offices and stamp manu-
facturers presented their innovations in a convivial
atmosphere. They included the crypto stamp, which
appeared to be everyone’s favourite...

The crypto stamp is the idea of the Swiss and Austrian post of-
fices and it has, naturally, first been used in those countries.
It is a physical postal stamp with a QR code representing a
“Non-Fungible Token”; that is, a kind of unique ownership title to
the stamp, which is stored in a blockchain. The system enables the
post office to interact with the stamp holder to offer them a new
digital user experience.
POST Luxembourg launched its first crypto stamp on 10 October,
jointly with PostNL and Österreichische Post. It had a QR code on
the sheet and a lion on the physical stamp. It was a joint issue by
the three countries. The first issue by POST Luxembourg consisted
of 75,000 stamps, valued at €9 each.

Luxembourg, Austria and the Netherlands 2023,
joint issue of 2023 crypto-stamps.
Austria 2019, first issue of crypto stamps by the
country.

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