The London 2012 Games commences on 27 July and concludes on 12 August. The Paralympic Games commences on 29 August and concludes on 9 September.
Royal Mail welcomes the Paralympians of the world to London with
a stamp issue dedicated to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The
stamps on this Miniature Sheet will show Paralympic athletes and
London Landmarks
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See the Olympic
Games page for details of the 1948 Heritage and Facsimile stamp
packs.
Technical details:
The miniature sheet is deisgned by
Pearce Marchbank, and is
printed in litho by "Walsall/Cartor" Security Printing*. The
sheet measures 192 x 74.5 mm, with stamps 60 x 30mm.
* This is as described by Royal Mail;
nearer the date of issue we may know whether the sheet is printed by
Cartor or by parent company Walsall.
Mint Stamps Presentation Pack
First Day Cover Set of 5 Stamp
Cards
Available from Royal
Mail - some products are only
available until the date of issue of the stamps.
Special postmarks available for the day of issue will be shown here (not to scale), more may be added later.
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| Ref FD1238 Official Tallents House, Edinburgh postmark |
Ref FD1239 Official London E20 First Day Postmark "Equality,
Determination, Inspiration, Courage" |
Ref FD1239 Official London E20 First Day Non-pictorial Postmark | Ref L12637 Welcome to the Paralympic Games, London 2012 Stratford
E20 |
Ref N12643 City of Sport, Manchester and District PTA, Manchester
(This postmark also listed in the Postmark Bulletin as N12688) |
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| Ref L12674 Welcome to London, Stratford E20 |
Ref L12675 Welcome to London |
Ref L12676 Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, London |
Ref L12678 Pride of Britain, Stratford, London |
Ref M12683 Welcome The UK Celebrates Sport, London Road,
Birmingham |
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<<< Ref L12203 Royal Mail E20 In use 27 July 2011 - 26 July 2013 |
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<<<< Ref L12640 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Olympex 2012 British Library - London NW1 (In use 24 July - 9 September 2012) |
If you have any questions about these stamps please email
us.
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This page updated 21 August 2012.