Iran COVID-19 Postage Stamp - World's First Stamp on CoronaVirus Theme

Iran has unveiled World's First postage stamp on Fight Against COVID-19 outbreak, honouring medical professionals as frontline fighters of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The stamp was issued on 17 March 2020, on an Iranian government website.

Iran COVID-19 Postage Stamp - 2020

The new stamp from Iran is inscribed “National Heroes” in English on the lower left of the main design.

The design of this 18,000-rial commemorative shows four people and includes symbolic images based on electron micrographs of the Coronavirus.

Three of the four people depicted on the stamp appear to be medical professionals wearing face masks. The fourth person, just to the right of the English inscription, appears to be a soldier wearing a gas mask.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the stamp as part of a cabinet meeting. This is probably the first postage stamp in the world related to this coronavirus pandemic.

On March 3, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, announced plans to mobilize 300,000 troops to help combat the coronavirus outbreak.

According to information on the website of the National Iranian Postal Company, the new stamp salutes “the sacrifices of the country’s medical staff as front-line efforts to fight the coronavirus”.

Vietnam COVID-19 Postage Stamp Set issued

Vietnam Post issued the stamp set “Join hands in COVID-19 Prevention and Control” on 31 March 2020. 

Vietnam COVID-19 Corona Virus Postage Stamp 1

Vietnam COVID-19 Corona Virus Postage Stamp 2

 The stamp set include 2 designs with symbolic images based on electron micrographs.
The first stamp design with a face value of 4,000 dong shows images of medical, military and security professionals as frontline fighters of the coronavirus outbreak. They are the shields to protect the safety of the nation and the people health. Each person carries out a mission and a heart to join hands in the pandemic prevention and control. Their frontline silent sacrifices bring strength, trust and motivation for Vietnamese people to unify and overcome difficulties for a happy, safe and healthy life.
The second stamp design with the face value of 15,000 dong shows the images of 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 COVID-19.

Vietnam Stamp COVID-19 Corona Virus FDC

COVID-19, known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2019, is spreading with complexity impacts. On 11 February 2020, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) named officially this virus Corona SARS-CoV-2.
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic .