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Royal Mail
has commissioned some of Britain’s most exciting artists and illustrators
to create three sets of stamps to be issued in the run up to London
2012 Olympic Games.
A total of thirty 1st
Class stamps will be issued in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
series, with the first ten going on sale from 22nd October.
Royal Mail worked with
illustrators and fine artists to create the stamps which will
highlight both the sporting and cultural significance of this
incredible event.
Each stamp champions
an Olympic or Paralympic sport and they will be issued in three
sets in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Among the sports featured
on the first set of stamps is judo, where illustrator Paul Slater
has captured the thrills of a Judo throw. Below, Ashley McKenzie
official launched the new stamp at the British Judo Performance
Institute in Dartford.
To view all the stamps
and to buy online, click below:
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/jump1?catId=32300674&mediaId=10780078
British Judo's CEO Scott
McCarthy said: "We are delighted to see the great sport of
judo included in the Royal Mail’s commemorative Olympic sport
stamp series.
"The London Games
will put Olympic sport firmly in the spotlight for the next number
of years and this is an exciting initiative which will improve
the profile of our sport.
"They will quickly
become a collector’s item in the judo world".
Julietta Edgar, Head
of Special Stamps, Royal Mail said: “Royal Mail has always been
there to celebrate and commemorate significant moments in our
history and the London 2012 Olympic Games is one of the greatest
events on the planet.
“We hope these stamps
play their part in the countdown to the Games, but also to highlight
both the sporting and cultural legacy of this wonderful event.”
The 30 stamps mark the
30th Olympiad and London 2012 Paralympic Games and are official
products of the London 2012 Olympics and each stamp will feature
either the London 2012 Olympic Games or Paralympic Games logo.
London 2012 Chairman
Sebastian Coe welcomed the announcement: “I’m thrilled and proud
that London 2012 is going to be working with Royal Mail to produce
these stamps. It is a huge honour to have stamps created in celebration
of the Games and we look forward to working with Royal Mail over
the next three years. These stamps
will be a wonderful way to celebrate the London 2012 Games and
mean that the whole country can get involved in this fantastic
festival of sport between now and 2012.”
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