Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks

London 2012 Paralympic Games - Gold Medal Winners - August/September 2012

The London 2012 Paralympic Games commences on 29 August and concludes on 9 September, 

Royal Mail have provided some preliminary details of the Paralympic Gold Medal stamps. 

The design of the stamps, miniature sheet and FDC have now been made available; however some of the details in the press release (below) have changed:

Sarah Storey Paralympic Gold Medal Winner stamp.

The first Paralympic Gold Medal Winner Stamp, issued 31 August - Sarah Storey, Cycling Women's C5 Pursuit

Paralympic gold medal winner FDC. Paralympic Gold Medal miniature sheet.


"Each miniature sheet will comprise of two identical 1st Class stamps featuring the UK Gold Paralympic Medal winning athlete or team. The stamps will use the same design format that was created for the Olympic Gold Medal Winner stamps issued after the Team GB medal winning events during the London Olympic Games, only with the Paralympics logo substituted for the Olympics logo. Each stamp will bear the athlete/team’s name and the name of the event."

Excepts from the Royal Mail press release:

The medal winner’s image will be dropped into the format and the artwork sent to the printers with the objective of having the Gold Medal Winners Miniature sheets on sale at the 518 Post Offices that received the overnight distribution of the Olympic Gold Medal Winners stamps as soon as possible with a wider distribution to a network of 4700 offices later.  There will be four issue dates – 1st September, 4th September, 7th September and 11th September The first stamps were printed overnight and issued on 31 August, and as soon as possible afterwards  It is unclear whether this pattern will be repeated for all medals.  The 4700 second round post offices have been told to expect deliveries on 6th and 13th September.   For full details of the stamps and issue dates updated daily, please see our blog.


A4 Sheet – Printer Varieties
A4 sheets from each of the 6 regional printers will be available to order from Tallents House. Each A4 sheet will feature 8 minisheets; 2 each of 4 Gold Medal Winners. Price £9.60."
Each A4 sheet WILL feature 8 mini-sheets but the first contains only the first stamp (as shown above) and the composition of later ones will depend on how many medals are won.  Some sheets may have a mix of stamps. Stamps may not be issued in the same order that medals are won, if appropriate images and permissions to use them are not received in time. 

For full details of the sheets and issue dates updated daily, please see our blog.


Paralympic gold medal press sheet.  Muti-medal Paralympic press sheet.  Paralympic gold medal mixed sheet.


Technical details and distribution arrangements:

First day postmark illustrated with Union Flag.The self-adhesive miniature sheet is designed by True North and Royal Mail.  The template (base sheets) were printed in lithography by the Walsall Security Print subsidiary Cartor of France, but the overprinting was applied overnight by 6 regional printers, at Preston, Edinburgh, Solihull, Swindon, Attleborough, and London.   The litho overprint has the winner's image and winner and event details, and the ParalympicsGB logo.  The phosphor is placed on the stamp avoiding the image area and the lower-right corner where the winners' details are overprinted in litho.

The sheet will be 96 x 74mm with individual stamps 47 x 29mm. 


Product range 

Miniature Sheet         Individual stamps    A4 sheet of 8 miniature sheets  - these are produced by 6 different (over-)printers.

First Day Covers - Unless handed in over the PO counter, covers for postmarking should be sent to your nearest Special Handstamp Centre Royal Mail Tallents House, 21 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9PB. We understand that they will be accepted until 10 October.

First day postmarks will be the same as for the Olympic Games Winners stamps, using these references:

31 August - 12692
1 September - 12693
3 September - 12966
4 September - 12697
5 September - 12698
7 September - 12699
8 September - 12701
10 September - 12703
11 September - 12704

We understand that these Flag postmarks will be applied ONLY to gold medal winner stamps.

Event dates and Stamp Issue dates are shown below each stamp
Gold medal stamp Cycling - Track :  Women's C5 Pursuit Sarah Storey.
PGMWA1 Cycling Track, Women's C5 Pursuit
Sarah Storey
Medal 30 August. Stamp 31 August - Sheet A

  
Gold medal stamp Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke, S7 Jonathan Fox.
PGMWB2 Swimming, Men's 100m backstroke S7
Jonathan Fox
Medal 30 August. Stamp 1 September - Sheet B
Gold Medal stamp Cycling - Track :  Men's C1 Pursuit Mark Colbourne.
PGMWC1 Cycling Track Mens C1 Pursuit
Mark Colbourne
Medal 31 August. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C
Gold Medal Stamp Athletics: Women's T34 100m Hannah Cockroft.
PGMWC2 Athletics Track Women's 100m T4
Hannach Cockroft
Medal 31 August.  Stamp 3 September - Sheet C
Gold Medal Stamp Cycling  - Track :  Men's Tandem 1 Km Time Trial - Neil Fachie and Barney Storey.
PGMWC3 Cycling Track, Men's Tandem 1km Time Trial
Neil Fachey and Barney Storey (pilot)
Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C
Gold Medal Stamp Athletics: Men's T42 200m - Richard Whitehead.
PGMWC4  Athletics Track Men's 200m T42
Richard Whitehead
Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C
Gold Medal Stamp Natasha Baker Equestrian : Individual Championship Test - Grade II.
PGMWD1 Equestrian Individual Championship Test Grade II
Natasha Baker
Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet D
Gold Medal Winner Sarah Storey Cycling - Track :  Women's Ind. C4-5 500m Time Tria.
PGMWD2 Cycling Track Women's C4-C5 500m Time Trial
Sarah Storey
Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet D

Gold Medal Stamp Ellie Simmonds Swimming: Women's 400m Freestyle, S6 .
PGMWD3 Swimming Women's 400m Freestyle
Ellie Simmonds
Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet D

Gold Medal Stamp Rowing: Mixed Coxed Four LTAMix4+.
PGMWE1 Rowing: Mixed Coxed Four LTAMix4+  Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, Davis Smith, James Roe and Lily van den Broecke
Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E
Gold Medal Stamp Men's Discuss Aled Davies.
PGMWE2 Athletics Men's Discus F42
Aled Davies
Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E
Gold Medal Stamp Cycling - Track:  Men's Ind. B Sprint Anthony Kappes and Craig Maclean (pilot).
PGMWE3 Cycling Track, Men's Individual B Sprint
Anthony Kappes and Craig MacLean (pilot)
Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E
Gold Medal Stamp Swimming : Women's 200m Freestyle, S14 Jessica-Jane Applegate.
PGMWE4 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle S14
Jessica-Jane Applegate
Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E
Gold MEdal Stamp Sophie Christiansen Equestrian: Individual Championship Test Grade 1a.
PGMWF1 Equestrian Individual Championship Test Grade 1a
Sophie Christiansen
Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F
Gold Medal Stamp David Weir Athletics : Men's 5000m - T54.
PGMWF2 - Athletics Track Men's 5000m T54
David Weir
Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F
Gold MEdal stamp Natasha Baker Equestrian: Individual Freestyle Test, Grade II.
PGMWF3 Equestrian Individual Freestyle Test Grade II
Natasha Baker
Medal 3 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F
Gold Medal Stamp Elliie Simmonds Swimming: Women's 200m Freestyle, S6 .
PGMWF4 Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley SM6
Ellie Simmonds
Medal 3 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F
Gold Medal Stamp Athletics : Men's  100m - T53 Mickey Bushall.
PGMWG1 Athletics Track Men's 100m T53
Mickey Bushell
Medal 3 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G
Gold MEdal Stamp Archery : Women's Ind. Compound Open Danielle Brown.
PGMWG2 Archery Women's Individual Compound Open
Danielle Brown
Medal 4 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G
Gold Medal Stamp Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke, S8 Heather Frederiksen.
PGMWG3 Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke S8
Heather Frederiksen
Medal 4 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G
Gold Medal Stamp Equestrian : Ind. Freestyle Test Grade 1a Sophie  Christiansen.
PGMWG4 Equestrian Individual Freestyle Test G 1a
Sophie Christiansen
Medal 4 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G
Gold Medal Stamp David Weir Athletics : Men's 1500m - T54.
PGMWH1 Athletics Track Men's 1500m T54
David Weir
Medal 4 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H
Gold Medal Stamp Sarah Storey Cycling - Road :  Women's Ind. Time Trial, C5.
PGMWH2 Cycling Road, Women's C5 Time Trial
Sarah Storey
Medal 5 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H
Gold Medal Stamp Swimming : Men's 200m Ind. Medley, S8 Ollie Hynd.
PGMWH3 Swimming Men's 200m Indiv Medley S8
Ollie Hynd
Medal 5 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H

Gold Medal Stamp Equestrian : Team Open.
PGMWH4 Equestrian Team Open - Lee Peterson, Debra Criddle, Sophie Christiansen and Sophie Wells
Medal 2 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H

Gold Medal Stamp Sailing: Single-Person Keelboat (2.4mR) Helena Lucas.
PGMWI1 Sailing Single-person Keelboat  2.4mR
Helena Lucas
Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I
Gold Medal Stamp Sarah Storey Cycling - Road :  Women's Ind Time Trial, C5.
PGMWI2 Cycling Road Woemn's C4-5 Road Race
Sarah Storey
Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I
Gold Medal Stamp Swimming: Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Josef Craig.
PGMWI3 Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle S7
Josef Craig
Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I
Gold Medal Stamp Athletics: Women's T34 200m Hannah Cockroft.
PGMWI4 Athletics Track Women's 200m T34
Hannah Cockroft
Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I
Gold Medal Stamp  David Weir Athletics : Men's 800m - T54.
PGMWJ1 Athletics Track Men's 800m T54
David Weir
Medal 6 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J
Gold Medal Stamp Athletics :Men's 100m - T44 Jonnie Peacock.
PGMWJ2 Athletics Track Men's 100m T44
Jonnie Peacock
Medal 6 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J
Gold Medal Stamp  Josie Pearson Women's Discus F51/52/53.
PGMWJ3 Athletics Women's Discus  F52/53/54
Josie Pearson
Medal 7 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J
Gold Medal Stamp Cycling  - Road : Mixed T 1-2 Road Race David Stone.
PGMWJ4 Cycling Road Mens T1-T2 Road Race
David Stone
Medal 8 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J
Gold Medal Stamp  David Weir Athletics : Road Men's Marathon - T54.
PGMWK1 Athletics Road Men's Marathon T54
David Weir
Medal 9 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet K


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This page created 28 August 2012, updated 20 October


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