The Indonesian National Post Office introduced the first non-fungible token postage stamp featuring the Cenderawasih bird of paradise.
In honor of the 79th anniversary of the Indonesian Post in Bandung, Indonesia, the National Post Office of Indonesia, Pos Indonesia, released the nation’s first NFT postage stamp on September 27.
The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information is a partner in this project. For those interested in collecting digital stamps, philately fans worldwide may now add Indonesia’s first stamp made with blockchain technology to their collection.
The stamp, worth around $9.90, shows the Cenderawasih bird, sometimes called the bird of paradise. The species, indigenous to the Indonesian island of Papua, is distinguished by its enormous, multicolored feathers.Â
The official Indonesia Post account states that a booklet containing NFT stamps would be produced in limited quantities.
Faizal Rochmad Djoemadi, Director of Pos Indonesia, clarified that the NFT stamp is not intended to be a functional stamp for mailing letters or packages but rather a collector’s item.
He thinks that by producing NFT stamps, the younger generation will become more interested in stamp collecting. Faizal said to reporters at the launch ceremony:
Hopefully young people who are already native digital can return to collecting stamps but in the form of NFT”
In order to provide collectors with a physical copy in addition to the NFT, he also mentioned that the stamp will be released as a hard copy.
Through the Indonesian Post website, purchasers can purchase the stamp by scanning a QR code, which directs them to a Google form link to order the NFT stamp.
With the introduction of this product, Indonesia moves up to the third position in the Southeast Asian NFT stamp market.
In the guise of NFTs, neighboring nations like Malaysia and Thailand have already introduced their digital postage stamps.
