If 2020 could take the form of an object, it would surely be toilet paper.

 

如果用一个实物来代表2020年，那一定是厕纸。
 

 

Not only has this year been crappy, but reports of people hoarding¹ toilet paper in large quantities during the coronavirus pandemic will live in the memories of many.

 

Or so some in Austria seem to think: On Friday, the country's postal³ service announced it is issuing a postage stamp made from three-ply toilet paper, to commemorate⁴ one of the year's stranger phenomenona.

 

Each stamp, measuring just under four inches in length, will be the size and shape of a standard sheet of toilet paper, Austria Post said Friday.

 

Customers can even use the stamps to enforce social distancing -- 10 stamps lined up next to each other measure one meter, the recommended social distance in some countries.

 

Meanwhile, the stamps are illustrated⁵ with a picture of a baby elephant -- another national reminder⁶ of the recommended one meter distance.

 

The stamps, which can be torn off the stamp block along a perforated line just like toilet paper, come complete with a self adhesive⁷ foil, and retail⁸ at €2.75, Austria Post said in a statement.

 

The postal service will be releasing 300,000 stamps on October 30, and for each block sold, €2.75 will be donated to charity, Austria Post said in a statement.

 

"With the Corona² stamp, we not only want to issue an original stamp block to remember this year, but also to support those who have been particularly affected⁹ by this crisis," Austria Post CEO Georg Pölzl said in a statement.

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