London 2021 stamps from San Marino..

 

 

 

Date of Issue : 13th June 2012

 

Olympic stamps from Royal Mail

Date of Issue : 27 July 2012

Royal Mail will issue a special mini-sheet of stamps to coincide with the spectacular opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 27 July.

The sheet of four stamps features a quartet of Olympic sports: Diving, Fencing, Athletics and Cycling 'merged' with four iconic London landmarks: Tate Modern, Tower Bridge, the Olympic Stadium and the London Eye.

The two 1^st Class stamps feature a fencer's lunge meeting the walkway of Tower Bridge, while runners powering round the curve of a track, 'run' into the Olympic Stadium.

The £1.28 stamps show a diver's arrow-like vertical descent mirroring Tate Modern's imposing 325 foot chimney, while the London Eye's iconic Ferris Wheel becomes the front wheel of an Olympic racing bike. 

 

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New stamp from India…

 

M.B. Kadadi

Date of Issue : 17 May 2012

India Post issued a commemorative stamp of M.B.Kadadi on 17th May 2012.

: Mansoo B. - Manglore

New stamps on London 2012 Olympics…

 

 

Date of Issue : 28 June 2012

Israel Post  celebrates the London 2012 Olympics with an energetic stamp set. These stamps have the official London 2012 Olympics logo and Olympic rings symbol.

These stamps will be issued on June 26th 2012. Starting from June Israel's stamps will no longer have phosphor bands. Israel's stamps will now be printed with a microtext hidden security mark. All the stamps issued in June 2012 will bear the Israel Post logo in microtext. The logo can only been seen with a magnifying glass and its position on the stamp is different on each stamp.

The London 2012 Olympic Brilliant Uncirculated Coin

 

 

The Olympic coin design features the London skyline and the River Thames within a central circle. Iconic buildings depicted include Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Gherkin, St Paul’s Cathedral, the London Eye and the Tower of London, with London 2012 arching above. The outer ring of the design features pictograms representing various Olympic sports which are synonymous with the London 2012 Games.
Each coin is presented in a specially designed and informative wallet that sits within a silver-foiled slipcase detailing the coin’s design and specifications.

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Vadophil April 2012

Vadophil April 2012 is  published & could be  downloaded from Baroda Philatelic Society  website www.vadophil.org

Vadophil April Issue : Download

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Stamps on UK’S Most Iconic Landmarks

 

  

 

 

ROYAL MAIL COMPLETES ITS FIRST CLASS TRIP AROUND SOME OF THE UK’S MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS

• 14 new stamps released today which complete the 26-set UK A-Z issue
• The new stamps chart some of the nation’s most iconic places
• The UK has some of the most remarkable tourist attractions in the world .

  

• The stamps, which cover landmarks from M-Z, feature memorable destinations from the four countries of the UK:

• • Manchester Town Hall
  • Impressive Narrow Water Castle in County Down
  • British legal powerhouse, The Old Bailey
  • Portmeirion, Wales’ beautiful Mediterranean-styled village
  • The striking Queen’s College, Oxford
  • World Heritage Site, The Roman Baths
  • Dramatic Stirling and Urquhart Castles in Scotland
  • North East’s iconic Tyne Bridge,
  • The imposing Victoria & Albert Museum
  • Spectacular White Cliffs of Dover
  • The code-breaking Station X, Bletchley Park
  • The beautiful York Minster
  • World’s first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo

• Post Office engineers played vital role contributing to code breaking efforts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire

       

Royal Mail’s dramatic 26-stamp, alphabetical odyssey around the UK concludes with the second part (M-Z) of its UK A-Z series and the launch of 14 new stamps, featuring iconic landmarks across all four countries.

UK A-Z Part 2, issued on 10^th April, celebrates some of the UK’s most famous tourist attractions. They range from the impressive Narrow Water Castle in Northern Ireland and the dramatic Urquhart castle in Scotland to the beautiful Portmeirion in Wales and the contemporary Snowdon Aviary in London Zoo.

 

    

      

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OLYMPIC FIRST FOR TEAM GB – NEXT- DAY STAMPS TO BE ISSUED FOR EACH TEAM GB GOLD MEDAL WIN DURING LONDON 2012

During the Olympics ( 27 July -12 August ), Royal Mail will be issuing stamps for each Team GB gold medal winner the day after their victory. This is a first for any host country, and a first for Royal Mail issuing next-day stamps.

 

•             Royal Mail’s stamp design for each gold medal Team GB win is revealed today for the first time by British Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell OBE

•             The main image of the stamp will, wherever possible, be a photograph of the Team GB athlete or team in action from their gold medal winning final. Where this is not possible, the image will be of the athlete’s gold medal winning journey taken from a heat or from their gold medal award moment on the podium

•             This will be the first time any host country has used action shots for Gold Medal stamps and issued them next day, during the Games. This will also be a first for next day stamps from Royal Mail

•             Royal Mail’s team of picture editors, graphic designers, etc, will be on standby and ready to swing into action when Team GB strikes gold.

•             Gold Medal stamps will be on sale at 500 selected UK Post Offices by lunchtime the next day and on www.royalmail.com  after each gold medal win by Team GB. They will then be distributed three times during the Games to a further 4,500 Post Offices nationwide .Many of the 500 selected Post Offices will, for the first time, open on Sundays during the Games

- Melanie Seasons