Stamps honor China's COVID-19 pandemic fighters
China Post released a set of COVID-19-themed postage stamps on Monday.
The set, containing two stamps, is priced at 2.4 yuan (34 US cents). China Post plans to issue 14.5 million copies of the stamps. At the center of the design is a red geometric pattern featuring the Chinese character zhong — “the public.”
The first stamp has pictures of people who worked on the front line, including medics, scientists, police, community workers, volunteers and soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army, recognizing their contributions.
The backdrop has patterns of airplanes, cargo ships, trucks and high-speed railways which were deployed to provide emergency assistance to Hubei Province.
The second stamp features a collage image of a medical worker, equipped with personal protection gear. In the background is the renowned Yellow Crane Tower, an ancient structure and landmark of Wuhan City.
The stamps also have “concealed information” — animation elements which could be viewed by scanning the stamps with augmented reality technologies on smartphone applications such as Alipay or WeChat.
Wuhan medical workers show envelops with COVID-19-themed stamps, which were released on Monday.
