Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks

Andy Murray, Wimbledon Champion - 8 August 2013

On Sunday, 7th July Andy Murray beat the World Number One, Novak Djokovic, 6-4 7-5 6-4 in the Gentlemen’s Singles Lawn Tennis Final at Wimbledon to become the first British male to win the tournament since Fred Perry in 1936.

To celebrate this tremendous achievement, which Andy himself described as the “pinnacle of tennis”, Royal Mail is issuing a Miniature Sheet on 8th August.
The Miniature Sheet will contain four stamps each featuring a photo of the champion from the final itself including two in which he is triumphantly holding
the coveted trophy.

Each of the stamps in the Miniature Sheet will contain a photograph of Andy Murray taken during and immediately after the final. The sheet is branded in the famous Wimbledon colours and bears its logo. Unusually, the phosphor will be printed around the images on the white border of the stamps rather than over the images themselves.

This is the first in a new series of Special Stamp issues to honour our most successful sportsmen and women.

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The Miniature Sheet

Andy Murray miniature sheet of stamps.



Technical details:

The stamps were designed by hat-trick design and are printed by International Security Printers* in lithography.  The 60 x 30 mm stamps are perf 14.5 in sheets of 192 x 74mm.   Unusually, the phosphor will be printed around the images on the white border of the stamps rather than over the images themselves.

* Following an internal reorganisation within the WSP group of companies (Walsall Security Printers, Cartor, Courvoisier) , the group is now known as ISP. All future print references will reflect this and Royal Mail have no plans to go down to the level of specifying the particular printing plant. 

Products issued (we will not be stocking these): 

Miniature sheet -- First day cover -- Presentation pack 

Special Postmarks

Postmarks available for the day of issue are shown here.  These postmarks cannot be obtained after the date of issue.  The images shown here may not be to scale, more may yet be announced.

Andy Murray 1st day postmark. Wimbledon 1st day postmark. Non-pictorial Wimbledon FD postmark. Dunblane 1st day postmark showing tennis ball. Postmark showing tennis rackets and ball.

Ref FD1324TH Game Set & Match Andy Murray - Philatelic Bureau Official Postmark

Ref FD1324PL Wimbledon, London SW19 Official Postmark

Ref FD1324NP
Wimbledon, London SW19 Official non-pictorial Postmark

Ref S12923 2013 Men's Singles Champion, Dunblane

Ref M12917 A British Champion, Murray Court, Sutton Coldfield
Wimbledon postmark.
 Postmark showing tennis racket and ball. Postmark showing tennis net. (blank)

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Ref L12912 Men's Singles Champion, Wimbledon, London 1926 2013

Ref LL12911 Men's Singles Champion, Murray Rd, Wimbledon, London

Ref L12925 Andy Murray - Men's Wimbledon Champion London SW19

 

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