Details
This is a live on-site conference auction. Online bidding is not available here.
- Signed and numbered; the auction copy is expected to be #10.
- Ships unframed. Noderunners will add a simple local frame, keeping frame costs modest. The reference photo shows roughly how the framed piece can look.
- The artist priced the piece at 0.003 BTC; minimum bid is listed here as 300,000 sats before any modest frame cost.
- The Penny Orange 25 Up pays tribute to Bitcoin as a decentralised protocol for transmitting value globally.
- Inspired by the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp, and its flat-fee breakthrough for delivery regardless of distance.
- The artwork replaces the traditional monarch portrait with Satoshi Nakamoto as a symbol of a new digital age.
- The piece consists of a sheet of 25 stamps made with traditional stamp perforation techniques and risographic printing.
- The backing board is influenced by Victorian design and produced with classic letterpress methods.
Artist
Rebel Money
Bitcoin stamp artist
Bitcoin stamp artist behind Penny Orange 25 Up, mixing postage history, riso print and letterpress-inspired design.
