Swiss Post launches new crypto stamp

The Swiss Post is launching a new crypto stamp on the market: Swiss Crypto Stamp 2.0. According to a press release, the new edition will consist of two parts. The first part is made up of physical stamps worth nine francs, while the second contains the accompanying digital image for each stamp. The stamps and their digital “twins” are saved in a blockchain. They can be collected, swapped and traded online. There are ten different designs.

For Swiss Crypto Stamp 2.0, the Swiss Post is working with the Locarno Film Festival, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. To commemorate this event, the digital images of the crypto stamps will be released in the form of short film clips. Young Swiss film-makers used the values and symbols of Switzerland depicted on the physical stamps as their inspiration.

“Following the Swiss National Bank, which in 2017 selected the Locarno Film Festival to appear on the 20-franc bank note as a symbol of Switzerland’s creativity, Swiss Post is also showing its ties to our cultural event once again,” said Marco Solari, President of the Locarno Film Festival. The Swiss Post has been a sponsor and partner of the film festival for many years.

The new crypto stamp will be launched on 8 August with an issue of 250,000 stamps. The crypto stamps will be available at selected Swiss Post branches and at postshop.ch.

The first Swiss crypto stamp collection was launched on 25 November 2021, for which the Zug blockchain company Inacta provided the necessary technical solutions. The issue of 175,000 stamps sold out within five hours.