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Royal Mail Issues The Final Set of London 2012 Stamps

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Royal Mail?s largest stamp commission since the Millennium series will be completed on 27 July 2011, with the launch of the final set of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games stamps ? issued exactly one year before the opening ceremony.

To mark the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and its role as an official licensee of the Games, Royal Mail commissioned 30 UK artists and image makers to take part in this three-year project.

?The 30 stamps created to mark the 30^th Olympiad and London 2012 Paralympic Games each champion an Olympic or Paralympic sport.? They have been issued in three sets of ten stamps to mark the annual countdown in July 2009, 2010 and finally 2011.

The third and final set in this exciting series, subtitled ?Get Ready for 2012?, contains a new set of ten dynamic sporting images printed in two sheets, each bearing se-tenant strips of five 1^st Class stamps. These include established Olympic sports such as fencing, handball and wrestling, and more recent additions including sailing, triathlon and wheelchair rugby.

Philip Parker, Royal Mail Stamps spokesperson, said: ?With just a year to go we wanted to create an explosion of sporting energy and colour, using the talents of some of the UK?s leading contemporary design artists.

?For the first time Royal Mail is producing a composite stamp sheet, which features all 30 stamps from the three Olympic and Paralympic stamp issues on a single sheet.?

All stamps in the series feature either the London 2012 Olympic Games or Paralympic Games logo.

Feature ?	Type/Detail
Number of stamps	Ten
Design	Studio David Hillman
Illustration	Sailing ? Lara Harwood/Heart; Athletics: Field ? Anthony Pike/The Art Market; Volleyball ? Ben Dalling; Wheelchair Rugby ? Matthew Hollings/Illustration Ltd; Wrestling ? Daniel Stolle/Anna Goodson Management; Wheelchair Tennis ? David McConochie/The Art Market; Fencing ? Lyndon Hayes/Dutch Uncle Agency; Gymnastics ? Kathy Wyatt; Triathlon ? Adam Simpson/Heart; Handball ? David Cutter/Folio? The official Emblems of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd are ? 2007 The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. All rights reserved
Stamp Format	Square
Stamp Size	35mm x 35mm
Printer	Cartor Security Printing
Print Process	Lithography
Number per Sheet	25/50
Perforations	14.5 x 14.5
Phosphor	All over
Gum	PVA

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