If one object could roll out memories of the year 2020 and what changes COVID-19 made in our lives, it would be toilet paper. Who can forget the images of empty supermarket shelves, and people hoarding hundreds of rolls of the essential item that went AWOL when pandemic panic struck globally?
Well, it appears that Austria wants to make sure their citizens remember the great toilet paper caper. The postal service announced Friday that it is issuing postage stamps made of three-play toilet paper, that are about 4 inches in length—the same size and shape of a standard sheet of toilet paper, said CNN.
A baby elephant is depicted on the postage stamp, a reminder to socially distance at least one meter, or the length of the pachyderm. People can also use the stamp itself to ensure social distancing. Ten stamps lined up measure one meter, according to CNN. Customers can tear off the self-adhesive stamps along a perforated line just like toilet paper and affix them to an envelope.
The $3.25 “corona stamp” will be sold at twice its face value, according to The Guardian, with the mark-up going to charity.
“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 the crisis,” said Austria Post CEO Georg Polzl.
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Lynn C. Allison, a Newsmax health reporter, is an award-winning medical journalist and author of more than 30 self-help books.
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