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October 24, 2020 1:48:36 pm
The stamp comes in 10 cm wide sheets, which is one-tenth of the recommended social distance of 1 meter. (SOURCE: Reuters / Leonard Foeger)
Austria’s postal service has launched a new stamp inspired by the purchase and hoarding of toilet paper that occurred during the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The unique postage stamp has been printed on three-ply toilet paper.
Issuing the € 2.75 “crown stamp” on Friday, Austria’s Österreichische Post said it could also be used to practice social distancing. The seal comes in 10 cm wide sheets, which is one-tenth of the 1 meter distance that government officials have recommended to members of the public to keep separate from each other, The Guardian reported.
“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, ”the postal service said in a statement. The baby elephant symbol has been used in various Austrian government advertising campaigns to encourage the practice of social distancing during the pandemic.
The postal service will release 300,000 of the stamps on October 30, and for each sheet sold, a donation of € 2.75 will be made to charity, CNN reported.
“With the Corona stamp, we not only want to issue an original stamp block to remember this year, but also to support those who have been particularly affected by this crisis,” Austria Post CEO Georg Pölzl said in a release.
This is not the first time that the Austrian postal service has used stamps to clarify a particularly serious current issue or event. In January, it mocked the lengthy Brexit negotiations by issuing a stamp with the original date of Britain’s departure from the European Union crossed out and the new one underneath, The Guardian reported.
