Thursday, July 19, 2012

Mongolia : 2012 London Olympic Stamps


July 6, 2012 - Mongolia NOC in a kind collaboration with “Mongol Post " Co.Ltd has unveiled special stamps dedicated to London-2012 Olympics.
 Mongolia has issued an olympic stamps since its first olympic appearance at Tokyo-64 and new ones are depicted London'ssightseeing attractive places and mongolian medal-hope sports for Olympics, which is depicted by designer Mr.Ch.Bat-Erdene.

Australia Second Issue : 2012 London Olympic Games


This issue is the second of three being released for the Games of the XXX Olympiad (27 July-12 August 2012) in London.
This issue, which carries the symbol of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), commemorates the performances of Australia's athletes at the Olympic Games. Represented on the stamps is the sport of Rowing, discipline of Swimming and event of Pole Vault. These subjects are indicative of Australian athletes' strengths at past Olympic Games: historically most medals won by Australian athletes have been in Swimming, Athletics, Cycling and Rowing.
The Australian Olympic team athletes have always been most successful in the pool, as indicated by their 168 Olympic medals, including 56 gold. Australia's fi rst Olympic swimmer was Fredrick ‘Freddy' Lane, who won two gold medals in 1900 in Paris. In the 1950s and 60s, swimmers such as Murray Rose, Dawn Fraser, Lorraine Crapp and Jon Konrads became household names.
Issue highlights
The postal and numismatic cover for this issue uses three coins released by The Perth Mint. Each of the $1 Aluminium Bronze coins is legal tender.
Technical details
Issue date: 17 July 2012
Issue withdrawal date: 31 January 2013
FDI withdrawal date: 15 August 2012
Denominations: 1 x 60c, 1 x $1.60, 1 x $2.35
Stamp design: Johnathan Chong
Product design: Sharon Rodziewicz
Printer: McKellar Renown
Paper - gummed: Tullis Russell
Paper - self-adhesive: B90 and B100
Printing process: Lithography
Stamp size: 37.5mm x 26mm
Minisheet size: 135mm x 72mm
Perforations: 14.6 x 13.86
Sheet layout: Module of 50
National postmark: Wembley, WA 6014

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Vietnam : 2012 London Olympic Stamps & FDC



Vietnam Post has issued a set of four stamps commemorating the London 2012 Olympic Games and showcasing four of the sports in which the country will be competing. Each of the stamps features a drawing of a different sport: weightlifting (2000d), fencing (3500d), gymnastics (8500d) and martial arts (12,000d). This summer, Vietnam will be represented by athletes competing across ten different events including taekwondo, swimming, athletics and badminton.
Vietnam has competed at the Olympic Games since 1952 and has so far won thirteen medals, although Vietnam has yet to achieve Gold at the Games.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Hong Kong : 2012 London Olympic Stamps




 Four stamps showcase a number of sports in which the Hong Kong Olympic team has participated, including windsurfing and rowing ($1.40), badminton and archery ($2.40), table tennis and cycling ($3), and swimming and athletics ($5). Embedded in the design of each stamp is a digit. All four taken together,  "2 - 0 - 1 - 2". The stamps combine to form a complete sphere, with colourful cylinders that resemble fireworks, suggesting the excitement and vitality of the Games. Echoing the theme of the London Olympics, three-dimensional shapes are also used on the right of the souvenir sheet to portray the Olympic events as well as various famous landmarks of London. Radiating lines in the background add to the dynamics of the whole design.
Stamp products include mint stamps, stamp sheets, souvenir sheet and presentation pack. Serviced first day covers.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Slovenia : 2012 London Olympic Stamps



Olympic stamps by Slovenia

These special multi-colour Olympic stamps by Slovenia show motifs of swimming, judo, sailing and basketball. The new Olympic stamps, with a nominal value of EUR 0.77 and 0.92, are as always printed in sheetlets of six stamps each. The left and right margins depict the Olympic rings, the logo of London 2012 and stamps of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Royal Mail : Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games - 29 August 2012 Stamps & FDC



Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games - 29 August 2012 :

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

Details :

The sheet contains two x 1st class and 2 x £1.28 multicoloured stamps:
1st class: Wheelchair basketball & the Parliament and Big Ben; Athletics and the Olympic Stadium.
£1.28 Cycling and the London Eye; Weightlifting, the Millennium Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Malta : 2012 London Olympic Stamps

On 27 July, MaltaPost will issue a set of two stamps commemorating the 2012 London Olympic Games. The stamps, valued at €0.37 and €2.11, depict the 2012 Olympic Games logo and Wenlock, one of the Games’ mascots.
“The Philatelic Bureau of MaltaPost chose to reflect the magnitude of the upcoming Olympics – the biggest sporting event in the world,” explains Joseph Gafá, CEO at MaltaPost plc. “With 26 sports in play, 10,500 athletes taking part and millions of spectators watching the action, the 2012 Games are set to be one of the largest ever. Thus we believe it is important for Malta to highlight such important international activities, especially as some of our top sportspeople will also be representing Malta in London.”
The two stamps highlight two very important focuses of this year’s Olympics – its logo and its mascot.
The logo is a representation of the number 2012, with the Olympic Rings embedded within the zero. It was designed to have a flexible colour palate so as to enable corporate sponsors to integrate their own colours, but the standard hues are green, magenta, orange and blue. The logo will be used on MaltaPost’s €0.37 stamp.
Meanwhile, one of the Games’ two Official Mascots is Wenlock and he will take up pole position on MaltaPost’s €2.11 stamp. Wenlock and his co-mascot Mandeville (who will represent the Paralympic Games), were chosen from designs submitted by over 100 different international agencies. Wenlock’s design incorporates a London taxi light, a camera that allows him to record everything and friendship bands in the five colours of the Olympic Rings.
The set ‘London 2012 Olympic Games’ was designed by Sean Cini and was issued as miniature sheet bearing two stamps with values of €0.37 and €2.11. The sheet measures 120mm x 80mm, the stamps measure 44mm x 31mm, and they have a perforation of 13.9 x 14.0 (comb.). The stamp has been offset with the watermark of the Maltese Cross and was printed by Printex Ltd.
The set will be available as from 27th July from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo.

Czech Republic : 2012 London Olympic stamp

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Hungary : 2012 London Olympic Stamps



The two denominations consisting of a series of stamps designed by graphic artist Agnes Berta of the State Printing House made. The tradition appears Olympic stamps this time swimming and kayaking sports a moment immortalized by the artist. The official stamps of the Hungarian Olympic oath on the day of 2012. will be published on June 22, the presentation ceremony a few days later, on June 25 will be held at the House of the Hungarian Sports.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Iceland : 2012 London Olympic Stamps and FDC





Day of issue: 03.05.2012
Designer: Björgvin Sigurðsson
Number per sheet: 10
Printer: Joh. Enschedé
Size: 33 x 48 mm
Printing process: 2 lita prentun