Philately joins the Covid19 fight

Following the release of an Iranian stamp showing the country’s fight against the Covid19 pandemic, more countries have issued stamps on the sombre subject, but some leaked designs are thought to be fake or privately produced issues.

Vietnam have issued two stamps on the subject under the title ‘Join hands in COVID-19 prevention and control’, perhaps not the most appropriate name in these times of social distancing. The first stamp shows medical, military and security professionals ‘as frontline fighters of the coronavirus outbreak’, the second design shows Vietnam doctors ‘with their supreme mission and great efforts to study to find out the best treatment methods to cure timely infected patients and the vaccine to fight