North Korea : 2012 London Olympic Stamps

North Korea is marking the London games with a series of new stamps. The socialist country is sticking to form with an issue of colourful new stamps from across the globe to commemorate the Olympics.

Stamp designer An Chol, said the designs reflected "the intense feelings of kinetic movement of Olympic sports."

Liechtenstein : 2012 London Olympic Stamps

FACE VALUES / SUBJECT
CHF 1.00
Swimming

CHF 1.40
Tennis

STAMP FORMAT
31,5 x 31,5 mm

PERFORATION
13 ¼ x 13 ¼

SHEET FORMAT
146 x 208 mm

DESIGN
Marc Weymann, London

PRINTING
4-colour offset
Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem

PAPER
FSC Tru White Litho PVA,
110 gm², gummed

The “LOSV 2012 in London” stamp is to honour the extremely active Olympic Sports Association formed 20 years ago by amalgamation of the FLSV (Principality of Liechtenstein Sports Association), the LOK (Liechtenstein Olympic Committee) established in 1935 and the SLSH (Liechtenstein Sport Promotion Foundation). As the umbrella organisation now bringing together 44 sports associations and 132 sports clubs in the State of Liechtenstein it supports these organizations with their approximately 15,200 members in their activities and development projects. Two very special high points for the LOSV which come round every four years are the Winter and Summer Olympic Games, for each of which Liechtenstein sportsmen and sportswomen are carefully selected and charged with worthily representing the colours of their homeland. This will be the case this year too, when from 27^th July to 12^th August this festival of sport, which the whole world is eagerly awaiting, will be held in London and will provide as always breathtaking sporting highlights which will long endure in the spectators’ memory. For designing stamp series associated with the Olympic Games it has become a tradition for Philately Liechtenstein to seek artists living where the actual contests are being held. For the London Olympics it has even been possible to find a Liechtensteiner: Marc Weymann comes from Vaduz and has lived and worked for some 7 years in London as a font developer and designer. He is responsible for the design of the stamps “Swimming” (face value CHF 1.00) and “Tennis” (face value CHF 1.40). These are two Olympic disciplines for which two young Liechtenstein sportswomen were selected in the winter of 2011: Stephanie Vogt in the Tennis and Julia Hassler in the Swimming (400 and 800 metres Freestyle). The duo is to be joined in London by the athlete Marcel Tschopp (Marathon).

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15c - Boxing with a view of the Houses of Parliament in the background

50c – High Jump with a view of Nelsons Column in the background

65c – Swimming with a view of the Tower Bridge in the background

70c – Athletics with a view of the Main Olympic Stadium in the background

Technical details:

Designer Andrew Robinson

Printer Cartor Security Printing

Process Stochastic Lithography

Perforation 13 ¼ x 13 ½ per 2cms

Stamp size 28 x 42mm

Sheet Layout 10

Release Date 26 June, 2012

Production Co-ordination Creative Direction (Worldwide) Ltd

Cyprus : 2012 London Olympic Stamps

Date of Issue: 21 March 2012
Country: Cyprus
Denominations: €0.22, €0.26, €0.34, €0.43



Luxembourg : 2012 London Olympic Stamps

Price of the series:	0,60 + 1,10 = 1,70€
Layout:	Cropmark (L)
Printing:	Multicolored high-resolution offset (+gold colour for the COSL stamp), by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem (NL)
Dimensions:	44 x 33 mm, 10 stamps per sheet with decorated borders.

The Luxembourg Olympic Committee (COSL) was founded in 1912, the same year as its first participation in the Stockholm Olympic Games. Since then, the COSL has participated in all Summer Olympic Games’ venues (with the exception of the Los Angeles games in 1932). In 1952, in Helsinki, Josy Barthel won the only gold medal in Luxembourg Olympic history by winning the 1500 m in 3:45.2 seconds.
In 1974, a complete restructuring of the Luxembourg Olympic and sporting movement took place: the COSL brought together the Luxembourg sporting federations (61 at the time).
On 28 April 1978, the cabinet recognised the COSL as the central sporting organisation.
During the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville in 1992, Marc Girardelli won two silver medals in the Super G and Giant Slalom.
In 2001, the COSL modified its internal structure, allowing for greater professionalism, without which performances at the highest level would not be possible. Consistent with its mission to promote all levels of sport and sporting practice in Luxembourg, the COSL also supports competitive sports federations and invests in leisure sports and school sports.
The COSL hopes to participate in the London Olympic Games from 27 July to 12 August 2012 with a dozen athletes. It has done everything it can to enable Luxembourg athletes to be properly prepared and achieve good results.
The Olympic Games are the meeting place of some 10,000 athletes selected by 204 Olympic committees around the world.
The variety of events and the great media interest make these games the number one sporting event. The geographic proximity of the 2012 Games will allow numerous supporters to encourage Luxembourg athletes and to enjoy this unique ambiance.



Israel : 2012 London Olympic Stamps

This summer, Israel celebrates the London 2012 Olympics with an energetic stamp set. These stamps have the official London 2012 Olympics logo and Olympic rings symbol. Plus more in the High Priest Breastplate stamp series with beautiful jewels - sparkling in the summer sun! Israel's beloved Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek is remembered for his outstanding contribution to the capital and country. And Israel Post's ATM label depicts the slow but sure Green Turtle - perfect for lazy summer days.

These stamps will be issued on June 26th 2012. Starting from June Israel's stamps will no longer have phosphor bands. Israel's stamps will now be printed with a microtext hidden security mark. All the stamps issued in June 2012 will bear the Israel Post logo in microtext. The logo can only been seen with a magnifying glass and its position on the stamp is different on each stamp.