BOTSWANA DIGITILIZES STAMPS

Botswana has become the third and only African country to digitise its stamps as Botswana Post will participate in the first African International Stamp Exhibition in Cape Town from 8 to 12 November.

The event will feature 1600 frames of stamps from all over the world with each frame comprising 16 A4 pages mounted with stamps and exhibited in different categories such as aero philately, picture postcards, postal history and social philately that brings along stamps and history.

Following its digital transformation and innovation strategy, BotswanaPost signed a cooperation agreement with a European blockchain development company, Stampsdaq Estonia OU, to launch the process of transformation and innovation strategy for the country’s historic postage stamp collection, as well as issue new stamps using the NFT technology on stampsdaq.com.

“The beauty of stamps is that they are a globally known collectible item. On Stampsdaq, we develop and implement different value adding benefits to make the life of NFT stamps collectors much more entertaining and rewarding,” said the CEO of Stampsdaq, Andrii Shapovalov.

Recognising the value and prospects of the innovation, it is the block chain solutions for global philately, and in particular for Botswana Post. Stamps have always been considered ‘the ambassadors’ of the country’s cultural, natural, economical and other achievements to the world.

BotswanaPost is a member of the Pan-African Postal Union (PAPU). It is the second African postal operator to join Stampsdaq platform.