Britain’s Olympic winning equestrians can be licked
© Royal MailBritain’s equestrians are on a high afterwards winning squad Olympic gilded inward dressage in addition to jumping, but they tin move truly be licked afterwards all.
Not, equally they convey proved, on the equestrian arena, but instead on stamps created inward accolade of Britain’s gilded medalists.
Stamps, miniature sets in addition to stimulate 24-hour interval covers of the jumping in addition to dressage teams were created the 24-hour interval afterwards their gilded medal victories, inward an first yesteryear Britain’s Royal Mail.
The Royal Mail’s “next day” stamps convey been produced for every British gilded medal win during the London 2012 Olympic Games, in addition to were on sale inside 24 hours afterwards victory.
Within minutes of the jumping in addition to dressage wins, the Games’ Official Photographic Agency Getty Images submitted a alternative of the best images to the Royal Mail’s postage pattern squad inward London.
The eight-strong pattern squad in addition to therefore had but 1 hr to review all of the images sent, locate the close plumbing equipment in addition to atmospheric image, crop in addition to refine the photograph into a templated design.
The finished images were in addition to therefore sent to vi especially designated printing facilities located across Britain, in addition to 1 time printed were distributed to to a greater extent than than 500 Post Office branches yesteryear lunchtime the 24-hour interval afterwards the gilded medal win. An additional 4,700 post offices volition too have the Gold Medal stamps inside a week.
“Stamps are oftentimes described equally ‘paper ambassadors’, in addition to the Olympic Games supply unopen to other chance for stamps to brand their mark,.” says Philip Parker, caput of postage in addition to editorial at the Royal Mail. “We believe our Gold Medal stamps volition last the perfect memento for capturing the supreme achievement of an Olympic gilded medal win in addition to sharing inward the nation’s pride.”
Each Team GB Gold Medal postage volition last presented inward a sail of vi First Class stamps, selling for £3.60. As good equally inward designated Post Office stores, the stamps volition too last available to purchase the side yesteryear side 24-hour interval from www.royalmail.com/goldmedalstamps.
While the Royal Mail volition non last producing Gold Medal stamps for Team GB’s Paralympic team, a exceptional postage featuring all of the Paralympic gilded medal winners volition last printed afterwards the Paralympic Games terminate inward September.
The dressage squad postage features Laura Bechtolsheimer, Charlotte Dujardin in addition to Carl Hester celebrating their win.
Post Offices inward Cirencester, neighbouring Ampney St Peter inward Gloucestershire where Bechtolsheimer lives, in addition to Dujardin’s hometown of Enfield had the stamps on sale the side yesteryear side day, in addition to Royal Mail too painted 1 of its historic carmine post boxes gilded inward Ampney St Peter in addition to Enfield.
Guernsey Post, which is independent of the Royal Mail network, volition pigment a post box gilded on Sark for its Gold Medal winning resident Carl Hester.
The jumping squad of Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher in addition to Nick Skelton were similarly honoured.
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