1602) Croatian Crypto Stamp - 2, Croatia: A 50 HRK stamp (a combination of the analog and the digital) issued by "Hrvatska Posta" (Croatian Post) in coordination with the Croatian Blockchain community gathered around the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association: Date of stamp issue: 16.12.2020:
This PVC Base Souvenir Sheet (SS) contains one stamp of the denominational value of 50 HRK.
The Crypto Stamp - 2:
Croatian Post, in coordination with the Croatian Blockchain community gathered around the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association, has presented/released the Croatian Crypto Stamp - 2.
It is an incredible combination of philately and modern technology brought out on the eve of the 12th year after the appearance of Blockchain Technology in its first emanation - the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency.
The Croatian Crypto Stamp is envisioned as the perfect combination of the analogue and the digital.
After purchasing the Crypto Stamp, the part used for paying the postage may be detached, while the digital part remains to be used in the Blockchain.
On the Blockchain, stamps are represented as so-called irreplaceable or non-fungible token (NFT) according to the ERC Standard. Such non-fungible tokens have collectible value, just like classic stamps, which means that philately is faithfully transposed into the digital world.
Such tokens are located on the Ethereum network, thus they have the potential to live forever, which adds another dimension to philately - protection from deterioration caused by the passage of time.
The web-shop (crypto.posta.hr/stamp/v2) where Croatian Post enables the purchase of Crypto Stamps is conceived as an interactive mosaic that provides an opportunity to pay for a stamp with cryptocurrencies.
In order to faithfully translate collectibles into the digital world, cryptographers are divided into different categories with an emphasis on uniqueness and exclusivity.
The motifs of Crypto Stamps for individual digital categories are related to the transfer of postal items throughout history, and five different ones have been identified.
Thus, one digital category is limited to 3,000 copies (mail coach), while the largest edition issued a stamp with the motif of an Austro-Hungarian postman (9,000 copies). A postilion on horseback (4,000 copies), a telegraph deliveryman on a bicycle (6,000 copies) and a postman on a moped (8,000 copies), together with the previous two categories, makes for a total circulation of 30,000 copies.
It is interesting that each digital category in the Crypto Stamp - 2 has a corresponding exclusive gold-plated version. Only 5 of the 30,000 digital categories are available in gilded edition.
The Crypto Stamp Project is extremely important for the development of this relatively young industry in Croatia, which also puts Croatia on the Blockchain World Map, as well as, on the Philatelic World Map.
History of the Transfer of Postal items:
Austro-Hungarian Postman (1900s):
Throughout the long history of news transmission, the postman is the constant on which the whole activity rests.
From the first messengers on foot in ancient civilisations, who, according to Herodotus, could be stopped by "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night," to the fearless Dubrovnik messenger who had to walk for a month to reach Istanbul, and the Indian messenger on foot called the "Harkara", all the way to a reliable Austro-Hungarian postman with a full mail bag shown on this motif.
Every news carrier moved speedily with accuracy and reliability, just as the postmen today.
Austrian Postilion (around 1730):
A written message delivered to a messenger on horseback travelled significantly faster than a message carried by a messenger on foot.
In cases of great haste, correspondence was marked "Cito, Cito, Citisime" (Latin for "Fast, Fast, Fastest"). A few centuries ago, a horseman in the service of the post office throughout Europe was called a "postillion" (from the French "postillion").
He was adorned with an official postal uniform prescribed by special provisions, a specially shaped cap and high sturdy riding boots. A postillion was recognisable to everyone by the postal horn he wore slung over his shoulder and by the postal horn he wore slung over his shoulder and by which he announced his arrival at the destination as needed.
Mail Coach for passengers, luggage and mail in Dalmatia (1890s):
The invention of horse-drawn vehicles made in possible to naturally connect the transport of goods and passengers with the transmission of news.
The most important means of postal transport before the advent of the railway was a mail coach, mostly its fast version - a stagecoach. The guard of the mail coach, a postilion, took care of the safety of passengers, and that of the horses. He used a post horn to warn other coaches on the road to let the mail coach pass, as well as, to signal its arrival at the post offices, which were evenly distributed along the main state roads for the needs of postal traffic.
Telegraph delivery man on a bicycle in Zagreb (1930s):
After being delivered from the world's Fair in Paris in 1867, the bicycle became extremely popular and became a new postal delivery vehicle.
The original function of the postal two-wheeler was the delivery of urgent telegrams. There was a delivery man on a bicycle who carried a case hung over his shoulder from the 1930s onwards.
Postman on a moped in Zagreb (1960s):
The motorisation of postal transport in Croatia began in the 1910s, a decade after the first cars arrived here.
Car transport brought a new quality to postal traffic, especially when it came to the speed and safety of transport of postal items and passengers.
The modernisation of the postal delivery service was later continued with the introduction of motorcycles alongside bicycles into delivery service.
On a moped, like this one from the 1960s, the postman delivered urgent mail for decades to come.
The specifications of this issue are:
Issue Date: 15.12.2020
Designer: Ivana Vucic and Tomislav-Jurica Kacunic
Illustrator: Davor Rukovanjski
Printer: AKD d.o.o., Zagreb
Process: Offset
Size: 35.74 mm x 40.98 mm
Value: HRK 50.00
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