Product Description
Royal Mail issued a total of 29 next-day miniature sheets from August 1-12, to celebrate every gold medal won by British competitors at the London 2012 Olympics. Each sheet comprised six 1st class stamps of the same design, featuring a photograph of the athlete or team in the process of winning their event, celebrating immediately afterwards or receiving their medals. The images and inscriptions were overprinted onto pre-printed base sheets by six different printers, based in London, Swindon, Attleborough, Solihull, Preston and Edinburgh. Date of Issue: 1 August 2012 1st class Rowing: women’s pairs Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won Team GB’s first gold at Eton Dorney on August 1. Stanning said: ‘Granddad is going to love this. He collects stamps.’ Dimensions: 195mm x 75mm UNMOUNTED MINT, MNH Item comes from a smoke free home SHIPPING: - item mailed in paper envelope - Estimated 25-65 business days via AIRMAIL (due to border closures, shipping is affected and may have delays)
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