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
Special postmarks available for the day of issue will be shown here (not to scale), more may be added later.
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) |
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 |
<<< Ref L12203 Royal Mail E20 In use 27 July 2011 - 26 July 2013 |
<<<< Ref L12640 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Olympex 2012 British Library - London NW1 (In use 24 July - 9 September 2012) |
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us.
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This page updated 21 August 2012.