Native Masks

Native Masks is the NFT stamp drop of La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire on Stampsdaq of 14 October 2022. It digitises the 9 stamps of the "Native Masks" set of 1960, the year of Côte d'Ivoire's independence, showing masks of the Bété, Guéré, Baoulé, Sénoufo and Gouro peoples. Each of the 9 designs exists in 5 digital variations from Common (10,000) to Unique (1). The NFTs were sold in packs of 6 (16,667 packs, 25 MATIC per pack) on Polygon. With this drop La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire became the second postal operator to offer Stampsdaq's travel-benefits programme to its collectors.

Variants

Variant	Mintage	Rarity
Unique	9	1
Ultra Rare	90	2
Super Rare	900	3
Rare	9,000	4
Common	90,000	5

Native Masks (October 2022)

Detail	Value
Date	2022-10-14
Issuer	La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire
Platform	Stampsdaq (Polygon, ERC-721)
Designs	9 (the 1960 "Native Masks" set)
Rarity tiers per design	Common 10,000 / Rare 1,000 / Super Rare 100 / Ultra Rare 10 / Unique 1
Packs	16,667 packs of 6 NFTs, 25 MATIC per pack
Total NFTs	99,999

Announced by press release on 10 October 2022, the drop digitises the 9 stamps of the "Native Masks" set of 1960 — the year of independence — with masks of the Bété, Guéré, Baoulé, Sénoufo and Gouro peoples. CEO Isaac Gnamba-Yao framed it as the continuation of La Poste de Côte d'Ivoire's digitisation of its entire philatelic heritage with Stampsdaq. Collectors of Côte d'Ivoire NFT stamps were also enrolled in Stampsdaq's travel-benefits programme.

Curator note: the press release names the date, the 9 designs and the Common (10,000) to Unique (1) span; the intermediate tiers, the pack count and the 25 MATIC price come from crypto-stamps.org only. The total of 99,999 NFTs is arithmetic (9 × 11,111), not a published figure.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many NFTs exist, and how were they sold?

9 designs with 11,111 each give 99,999 NFTs, a calculated total rather than a published one. They were sold in packs of 6: 16,667 packs at 25 MATIC per pack.

Which figures are officially confirmed?

The press release of 2022-10-10 names the drop date, the 9 designs and the span from Common (10,000) to Unique (1). The intermediate tiers, the pack count and the 25 MATIC price come from crypto-stamps.org only.

Where can I find the tokens?

They are on the shared Stampsdaq ERC-721 contract on Polygon, 0xfa4bf42b9129dA1FEd0d09916dD2f47a9805F699, and appear on OpenSea under the stampsdaq-stamp collection together with other Stampsdaq postal issues.