The London 2012 Paralympic Games commences on 29 August and concludes on 9 September,
The self-adhesive miniature sheet is designed by True North and Royal Mail. The template (base sheets) were printed in lithography by the Walsall Security Print subsidiary Cartor of France, but the overprinting was applied overnight by 6 regional printers, at Preston, Edinburgh, Solihull, Swindon, Attleborough, and London. The litho overprint has the winner's image and winner and event details, and the ParalympicsGB logo. The phosphor is placed on the stamp avoiding the image area and the lower-right corner where the winners' details are overprinted in litho.
The sheet will be 96 x 74mm with individual stamps 47 x
29mm.
Miniature Sheet
Individual stamps A4 sheet of 8
miniature sheets - these are produced by 6 different
(over-)printers.
First Day Covers - Unless
handed in over the PO counter, covers for postmarking should be sent to
your nearest Special Handstamp Centre Royal Mail Tallents House, 21
South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 9PB. We understand that they
will be accepted until 10 October.
First day postmarks will be the same as for the Olympic Games Winners stamps, using these references:
31 August - 12692We understand that these Flag postmarks will be applied ONLY to gold
medal winner stamps.
Event
dates and Stamp Issue dates are shown below each stamp |
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PGMWA1 Cycling Track, Women's C5 Pursuit Sarah Storey Medal 30 August. Stamp 31 August - Sheet A |
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PGMWB2 Swimming, Men's 100m backstroke S7 Jonathan Fox Medal 30 August. Stamp 1 September - Sheet B |
PGMWC1 Cycling Track Mens C1 Pursuit Mark Colbourne Medal 31 August. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C |
PGMWC2 Athletics Track Women's 100m T4 Hannach Cockroft Medal 31 August. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C |
PGMWC3 Cycling Track, Men's Tandem 1km Time Trial Neil Fachey and Barney Storey (pilot) Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C |
PGMWC4 Athletics Track Men's 200m T42 Richard Whitehead Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet C |
PGMWD1 Equestrian Individual Championship Test Grade II Natasha Baker Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet D |
PGMWD2 Cycling Track Women's C4-C5 500m Time Trial Sarah Storey Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet D |
PGMWD3 Swimming Women's 400m Freestyle Ellie Simmonds Medal 1 September. Stamp 3 September - Sheet D |
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PGMWE1 Rowing: Mixed Coxed Four LTAMix4+ Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, Davis Smith, James Roe and Lily van den Broecke Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E |
PGMWE2 Athletics Men's Discus F42 Aled Davies Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E |
PGMWE3 Cycling Track, Men's Individual B Sprint Anthony Kappes and Craig MacLean (pilot) Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E |
PGMWE4 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle S14 Jessica-Jane Applegate Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet E |
PGMWF1 Equestrian Individual Championship Test Grade 1a Sophie Christiansen Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F |
PGMWF2 - Athletics Track Men's 5000m T54 David Weir Medal 2 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F |
PGMWF3 Equestrian Individual Freestyle Test Grade II Natasha Baker Medal 3 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F |
PGMWF4 Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley SM6 Ellie Simmonds Medal 3 September. Stamp 4 September - Sheet F |
PGMWG1 Athletics Track Men's 100m T53 Mickey Bushell Medal 3 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G |
PGMWG2 Archery Women's Individual Compound Open Danielle Brown Medal 4 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G |
PGMWG3 Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke S8 Heather Frederiksen Medal 4 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G |
PGMWG4 Equestrian Individual Freestyle Test G 1a Sophie Christiansen Medal 4 September. Stamp 5 September - Sheet G |
PGMWH1 Athletics Track Men's 1500m T54 David Weir Medal 4 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H |
PGMWH2 Cycling Road, Women's C5 Time Trial Sarah Storey Medal 5 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H |
PGMWH3 Swimming Men's 200m Indiv Medley S8 Ollie Hynd Medal 5 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H |
PGMWH4 Equestrian Team Open - Lee Peterson, Debra Criddle, Sophie Christiansen and Sophie Wells Medal 2 September. Stamp 7 September - Sheet H |
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PGMWI1 Sailing Single-person Keelboat 2.4mR Helena Lucas Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I |
PGMWI2 Cycling Road Woemn's C4-5 Road Race Sarah Storey Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I |
PGMWI3 Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle S7 Josef Craig Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I |
PGMWI4 Athletics Track Women's 200m T34 Hannah Cockroft Medal 6 September. Stamp 8 September - Sheet I |
PGMWJ1 Athletics Track Men's 800m T54 David Weir Medal 6 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J |
PGMWJ2 Athletics Track Men's 100m T44 Jonnie Peacock Medal 6 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J |
PGMWJ3 Athletics Women's Discus F52/53/54 Josie Pearson Medal 7 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J |
PGMWJ4 Cycling Road Mens T1-T2 Road Race David Stone Medal 8 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet J |
PGMWK1 Athletics Road Men's Marathon T54 David Weir Medal 9 September. Stamp 10 September - Sheet K |
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This page created 28 August 2012, updated 20 October