Great Britain: 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Winner Trial ?
Apr 18, 2017 0:59:51 GMT
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Post by Anping on Apr 18, 2017 0:59:51 GMT
I have this rather unusual 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Winner stamp. GB issued one of these 1st class stamps for each gold medal winner (I think there were 29 in total).
Each stamp was produced as soon as a gold medal winner was announced, with a photograph of the Team GB athlete or team in action from their gold medal winning final. Additionally, the winner's name (if an individual) was imprinted with the winning event.
My copy, which has been used, has none of these details and in fact the design was not used on any of the 29 stamps issued.
However, it seems that Royal Mail may have produced a trial run, as I have found this image on a GB based Blog (note the titling mock up under the Olympic Games heading on the left) :
So it would appear that some of these 'slipped out the door'. But as yet, I haven't been able to find any further information.
Each stamp was produced as soon as a gold medal winner was announced, with a photograph of the Team GB athlete or team in action from their gold medal winning final. Additionally, the winner's name (if an individual) was imprinted with the winning event.
My copy, which has been used, has none of these details and in fact the design was not used on any of the 29 stamps issued.
However, it seems that Royal Mail may have produced a trial run, as I have found this image on a GB based Blog (note the titling mock up under the Olympic Games heading on the left) :
So it would appear that some of these 'slipped out the door'. But as yet, I haven't been able to find any further information.
