Côte d'Ivoire Historic Series 1 – Masks & Elephant

Masks & Elephant

Historic Serie 1 is the first African NFT stamp collection, dropped on 1 February 2022 by La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire on the Stampsdaq marketplace — the launch collection of the platform itself. It digitises 6 historic stamps: the three traditional masks of the 2005 issue (Masque Dan, Masque Zamble, Masque De Gu) and the Elephant of 1959, the first stamp of independent Côte d'Ivoire, in 3 denominations. Each design exists in 5 rarity tiers (Common 10,000, Rare 1,000, Super Rare 100, Ultra Rare 10, Unique 1 = 11,111 per design). The NFTs were sold in packs of 6 (11,111 packs, 24 MATIC per pack) on Polygon.

Variants

Variant	Mintage	Rarity
Unique	6	1
Ultra Rare	60	2
Super Rare	600	3
Rare	6,000	4
Common	60,000	5

Historic Serie 1 (February 2022)

Detail	Value
Date	2022-02-01
Issuer	La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire
Platform	Stampsdaq (Polygon, ERC-721)
Designs	6 (3 masks of 2005 + Elephant 1959 in 3 denominations)
Rarity tiers per design	Common 10,000 / Rare 1,000 / Super Rare 100 / Ultra Rare 10 / Unique 1
Packs	11,111 packs of 6 NFTs, 24 MATIC per pack
Total NFTs	66,666

The first African NFT stamp collection and the launch collection of the Stampsdaq marketplace. La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire digitised the three traditional masks of its 2005 issue (Masque Dan, Masque Zamble, Masque De Gu) and the Elephant of 1959, the first stamp of independent Côte d'Ivoire. Buyers purchased packs of 6 NFTs whose rarity was revealed on opening; payment was possible in crypto or fiat via Stripe.

Curator note: the pack count and the 24 MATIC price come from crypto-stamps.org only. The total of 66,666 NFTs is arithmetic (6 designs × 11,111) from the published tier structure, not a published figure. The 2022 press release mentions the drop on 1 February and the tier structure but no price.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many NFTs exist?

6 designs with 11,111 each give 66,666 NFTs: 60,000 Common, 6,000 Rare, 600 Super Rare, 60 Ultra Rare and 6 Unique. The total is arithmetic from the published tier structure, not an officially published figure.

How was it sold, and at what price?

Buyers purchased packs of 6 NFTs whose rarity was revealed on opening: 11,111 packs at 24 MATIC each, payable in crypto or in fiat via Stripe. Pack count and price come from crypto-stamps.org only; the 2022 press release names no price.

Which contract holds the tokens?

The series sits on the shared Stampsdaq ERC-721 contract on Polygon, 0xfa4bf42b9129dA1FEd0d09916dD2f47a9805F699. That contract carries every Stampsdaq postal edition, so it does not identify this series on its own.