Olympics Stamps Are A
Great Hit!
In the countdown to London 2012 Royal
Mail is issuing 30 stamps for the 30th Olympiad and the London 2012 Paralympics
Games. Each stamp champions an Olympic or Paralympics Sport and they are
issued in three sets of ten stamps each. Merging stunning photography of
Olympic disciplines and London
landmarks, the Miniature Sheet of stamps is unique and dramatic in equal
measure. It also features the London 2012 Emblem in its border. On the
inaugural day of the event, Royal Mail unveiled a set of four Olympic stamps
featuring athletes from four of the most popular events alongside London landmarks. They
show a cyclist, a fencer, a diver and runners beside Tate Modern, Tower Bridge ,
the Olympic Stadium and the London Eye. These attractive stamps combining the
sports events along with the London
landmarks have become a great hit across the world and orders for these stamps
have been pouring.
In unprecedented move for Great Britain ,
Royal Mail has announced that it will issue a new stamp to celebrate each and
every British Gold Medal. It is a great tribute to Britain 's
Olympians that really sticks. No doubt, it's a great way to acknowledge and
honour the Gold medal winners of Olympics 2012. Winning an Olympic gold medal
is the pinnacle of any athlete's career and the Gold medal stamps capture these
moments in the sporting history of the country. Definitely, for the athletes,
it's a special honour to be acknowledged in such an iconic way. The plan is to
make as many of the stamps as possible featuring photographs of the athlete or
team during competition. It sounds quite interesting and innovative. This is how
it will work. As soon as one of the British athletes wins a Gold Medal, the
Royal Mail design team will start work on the winner's design. Within an
hour or so of victory, digital artwork will be sent to six security printers
around the country who will work over-night to ensure delivery of the new
stamps in time for 'the next day' issue of the stamps. What an innovative and
interesting concept to promote stamps and at the same time to promote sports!
The Olympic Games are
considered to be the world's foremost sports competition in which thousands of
athletes from different nations participate in a variety of competitions. The
sports persons from different nations, culture and background come together and
compete fairly and honestly to promote peace and harmony. India Post has been
commemorating national and international sports events by releasing special
postage stamps. For the London 2012 Olympic Games, India Post
released a set of four commemorative postage stamps and a souvenir sheet on the
theme 'Inspire a Generation'. The stamps are a stylized portrayal of
sportsmen engaged in Volleyball, Rowing, Sailing and Badminton.
Australia Post has a long
tradition of supporting Olympics through series of stamps. During London 2012 , Australia
Post is celebrating Australia ’s
success at past Olympic Games with three stamps representing discipline of
Swimming, sport of Rowing and the event of Pole Vault. This stamp issue,
designed by Melbourne-based designer Jonathan Chong, comprises one domestic
base-rate stamp (Swimming), one international postcard-rate stamp (Pole
Vault) and one international letter-rate stamp (Rowing). Each stamp
features a colourful image of an athlete in action against a stark white
background. This stamp issue is part of Australia Post’s continuing
support of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australia Post has already
released The Road to London
stamp on 5 June to commemorate the London Olympic Games. It features several
iconic London
landmarks and pays tribute to the hard work and dedication of Australian
athletes by featuring the official logo of the Australian Olympic Team.
Stamp designer Jonathon Chong has made the red double-decker bus the focal
point of the stamp, which first appeared in London
after World War II and has since become synonymous with England 's
capital. The distinctive dome of St
Paul 's Cathedral can be seen on the left of the stamp;
a cathedral which is said to embody the spiritual life and heritage of the
British. In the centre sits the iconic London Eye, a Ferris wheel of enormous
proportions. The London Eye is one of the world's largest structures of its
kind and is visited by over 3.5 million people each year. Also pictured on the
right of the stamp is perhaps London 's
most identifiable symbol of all, the Clock Tower colloquially referred to as
Big Ben.
Australia Post is also
bringing out the enormously popular Gold Medal instant stamps during the
Olympic Games 2012. Every Australian athlete and team that wins gold in London will have their
photograph printed on stamps. After their gold medal-winning performance
in the Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay on Saturday 28 July, Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell , Brittany
Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger are the first Australian athletes to feature on
the Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Singapore Post, known for its
professionalism in managing the postal services in the city state of Singapore , has
brought out four stamps, showcasing the official London 2012 Olympic mascot
Winlock in the sports poses. This set of four stamps highlights some of the
popular sports that Singapore
athletes will be aiming for success -Table Tennis, Swimming, Sailing and
Badminton.
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