Spotlight: GB's Olympic Stamps

Full slideshow of stamps and the others I didn't include because they aren't as fun.

Kudos to Marcus James, head of design and editorial at Royal Mail, for printing a bespoke stamp for every British gold medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games.  Vowing to print a stamp by lunchtime the next day after a British athlete took gold, James and his crew successfully did just that –a total of 29!

James on the template:

‘The chevron shape is influenced by the London 2012 branding, and to be honest it’s been our friend – it really forces you to look carefully at the images and the crop that you’re using.

‘It also allows you to crop out background and other international athletes - the things you don’t want on the stamps.’  Ha, I rather like that last bit.

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London 2012 Olympic Stamps

As a stamp enthusiast the London 2012 Olympic Stamps would be a great addition to some of the special edition stamps in my possession.  Not sure about the availability in the US, but would like to see the retail value of some of the more limited GB stamp runs.  Also, Mark Cavendish getting his own TDF '12 winning stamp?  Read here