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Austria’s postal service has tied together two aspects of the coronavirus pandemic into a stamp printed on toilet paper that people can also, in one fell swoop, use for social distancing.
The € 2.75 (£ 2.50) “crown seal” comes on 10cm wide sheets, or one-tenth of the 1 meter distance that the government advises members of the public to keep separate, symbolized in official campaigns by a baby elephant.
“If you put 10 sheets of stamps end to end, you get the distance of one meter in total, or the length of a baby elephant. The famous animal is also printed on the stamp, ”Österreichische Post said in a statement on Friday.
The novelty item is printed on three-ply toilet paper, referring to the hoarding that occurred earlier this year, a momentum that has recently started to reap its head again.
Österreichische Post has poked fun at current events before. In January, it issued a Brexit stamp with the previously planned date of Britain’s exit from the European Union, March 29, 2019, crossed out and the new date of January 31, 2020 below, an apparent nod to the lengthy negotiations. .
The crown stamp will be sold for twice its face value, with the margin going to charity.
