GLOSSARYINDEX
Glossary
Glossary of philatelic and blockchain terminology used across crypto stamp issuers and editions. 30 terms.
| Term | Category | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 2D Datamatrix Stamps | Philatelic | "Barcoded stamps" with 2D Datamatrix code for security + video content. **NOT a crypto stamp in the wiki sense** — no blockchain, no NFT. Royal Mail UK February 2022, later adopted by others. |
| ANK-Nummer | Philatelic | Catalog number from the Austria Netto Katalog (ANK), the standard identifier for Austrian postage stamps in collector contexts. |
| Atomic Hub | Issuer-specific | Wax blockchain-based NFT platform — structural alternative to Polygon- and Tezos-based postal service platforms. No verified postal service application in the current wiki research. |
| Bitcoin Pizza Day (22 May) | General | Crypto community holiday (22 May). Commemorates Laszlo Hanyecz's first commercial BTC transaction 2010: 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC. Gibraltar launched its 2021 stamp during Bitcoin Pizza Day week. |
| Ciphers.me | Blockchain | NFT platform for crypto stamps, founded 2022 by Royal Joh. Enschedé, ProxID, and Concordium. Largest customer: Deutsche Post (5 "Historische Bauwerke" editions). Polygon + Concordium ID layer. |
| Coinsilium Group Limited | Issuer-specific | Listed British blockchain investment firm headquartered in Gibraltar (AQSE: COIN). Went public as a blockchain firm in 2015. Main tech partner for Gibraltar crypto stamps. |
| Cross-Country Gold Edition | Philatelic | Premium format of joint editions: three postal services emit parallel gold variants with 1g gold bars from the Austrian Mint. First application: Lion Gold Trilateral 2023 (AT, NL, LU). |
| Cyberstamps (Guernsey Post) | Philatelic | Guernsey Post's reimagining after crypto-stamp cancellation: physical stamp + digital verification code, **WITHOUT blockchain/NFT**. Launch 16.07.2025. NOT a crypto stamp in the wiki sense. |
| GFSC — Guernsey Financial Services Commission | General | Financial supervisor of Crown Dependency Guernsey (banking/insurance/VASPs). Classified Guernsey Posts 2024 planned crypto stamps as virtual assets under LCF Law 2022 → programme halted. |
| Immutable X (Ethereum Layer-2) | Blockchain | Ethereum Layer-2 with StarkEx ZK rollup for gas-free NFTs. Developed by Immutable Pty Ltd (Australia). Blockchain of the VeVe platform → USPS Stamp Art editions since November 2021. |
| Inverse-Fame-Tiered | Philatelic | Mintage mechanic: more famous motifs (players/personalities) have smaller mintages, less famous have larger — scarcity inversely correlated to fame. |
| Joint Edition | Philatelic | Crypto stamp edition emitted simultaneously by multiple postal services with shared motif and national variation — the defining format of the "Crypto Stamp Family" 2022-2025. |
| LCF Law 2022 — Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law | General | Guernsey 2022 law regulating VASPs in the Bailiwick (FATF/Moneyval compliance). Applied by GFSC in 2024 to classify Guernsey Post planned crypto stamps as virtual assets → programme halted. |
| Mini-Sheet Format | Philatelic | Crypto stamp format where multiple stamps (typically 16) are sold on one sheet with a shared activation code as inseparable unit — connecting sheet tradition with NFT mechanic. |
| Mint Coin Set | Philatelic | Crypto stamp + coin as connected collector item, manufactured in cooperation between a postal service and a state mint. First application: CS Digitalisierung 2025 (AT). |
| Morphing | Blockchain | NFT transformation mechanic: two crypto stamp NFTs are combined to create a new unique NFT — the process is permanent and irreversible. |
| Münze Österreich | Issuer-specific | Official state mint of Austria, founded 1989 as successor of k.u.k. Hauptmünze (1397) — cross-industry partner for premium crypto stamps with gold/silver components. |
| Mystery Box Mechanic | Blockchain | Collector mechanic where the specific variant or rarity tier of a crypto stamp NFT only becomes visible after activation. |
| Parallel-Identical | Philatelic | Format mechanic of joint editions: same basic design, emitted in parallel by multiple postal services, with national differentiation in face value, color, and background. |
| Polygon Blockchain | Blockchain | Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution on which most crypto stamp NFTs are stored — standard blockchain for all AT joint editions since 2022. |
| RSK / Rootstock (Bitcoin Sidechain) | Blockchain | Bitcoin sidechain with smart contracts, secured via merge-mining. EVM-compatible. Parent: IOV Labs. Only Bitcoin-based crypto-stamp blockchain — used by Gibraltar's Cryptocurrency Stamp 2021. |
| Split-Halves | Philatelic | A crypto stamp motif split into two halves — each half is its own collector component, both united yield the full image or NFT. First applied in **CHLI 2.0** (2025). |
| StampFinity | Issuer-specific | Tech provider for crypto-stamp solutions of smaller postal operators. Listed as "Philately Professional" on crypto-stamps.org (alongside Ciphers.me, Stanley Gibbons). Guernsey 2024 partner. |
| StampsDaq | Issuer-specific | Estonian tech startup (Ethereum sidechain) operating the Portuguese CTT Caravela 2023 and the Gibraltar Football Mini Sheet 2024 — multi-issuer alternative to the AT-centered Variuscard. |
| Tiered by Color | Philatelic | Collector mechanic: same crypto stamp in multiple color variants with tiered mintage and premium logic (typically: red/rainbow = rarest, black = most common). |
| Variuscard | Issuer-specific | Vienna-based tech company operating the central crypto stamp platform for the AT-centered joint edition family (cryptostamp.com) — shared tech infrastructure of all 5 joint family members. |
| VeVe (Mobile NFT Platform) | Issuer-specific | Mobile-first NFT platform (app-only) by ECOMI Limited (NZ) on Immutable X. Main partner for USPS Stamp Art since Nov 2021. Mintage occurs at each user purchase, not at edition launch. |
| Weather Oracle | Blockchain | Crypto stamp mechanic where current weather at collector-chosen activation time determines NFT rarity — real-world data as collector experience. First issued: **Posta Føroya** Stamps of Maybe (2023). |
| Wertstufe 3 World | Issuer-specific | Belgian tariff code face value for non-standardized international letters up to 100g (except BE/EU) — standard face value of all bpost crypto stamps instead of numerical euro face value. |
| Wertstufe R (Aangetekend) | Issuer-specific | Dutch tariff code face value for registered mail (Aangetekend) up to 20g — standard face value of all PostNL crypto stamps instead of a numerical euro face value. |
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