Österreichische Post AG issued the world’s first blockchain stamp on 11 June 2019. For the first time, a seemingly traditional product – the postage stamp – manages to harness the highly complex technology of the blockchain.
According to the Austrian Post AG, this corresponds to the tariff for a letter of category L for the EU and rest of Europe with the dimensions: max. Format L 353 mm × W 250 mm × H 30 mm, weight max. 2kg.
The design of the extraordinary Stamp with the iridescent unicorn motif in rainbow colors (note: the unicorn is the heraldic animal of the ETH community) and the QR code for scanning the digital counterpart came from Julia Obermüller and was produced by Variuscard Productions in combination with screen and offset printing.
Crypto stamp 1.0
One motif – five digital twins. This is how the first blockchain stamp entered the world two years ago. With an edition of 150,000, it not only sold out within a very short time, but also caused a worldwide sensation.