The First MMS Stamps in the World

Switzerland's Post Office is to issue the worlds first postage stamps with images sent in to it via camera phones using MMS. Swiss Post, Swisscom Mobile and the Museum for Communication in Berne are seeking the best motifs on the topic of "Swiss mobil - a country on the move". Owners of mobile phones with cameras can submit their pictures as an MMS from 1 February until 21 March 2005. The public will vote by text message to choose the top 100 MMS pictures by the end of March. A specialist jury will then select the four winning motifs from these entries. They will be issued as special stamps with face values of CHF 0.85, CHF 1, CHF 1.30 and CHF 1.80 and will be available at all post offices as of September.

All the pictures will be shown on www.mms-stamp.ch

But MMS artists are not the only winners. Swiss Post, Swisscom Mobile and the Museum for Communication are holding a draw for all kinds of prizes for those who take part in the text message voting."

Posted to the site on 4th February 2005