+ Issue Date     : 05/08/2005
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Commemorative
+ Designer       : CDT Design
+ Printer        : Walsall Security Printers
+ Printing       : Lithography
+ Perforations   : 14½ x 14
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum PVA
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Horizontal

Stamp size: 41 x 30 mm
1st Class stamp sold for 30p

Original stamps designed by Design House featuring photography Nick Knight.

• Athlete Celebrating (Victory)
• Throwing the Javelin
• Swimming
• Athlete on Starting Blocks
• Basketball

From July to September 2012 London has the honour of hosting the greatest and most exciting sporting show on earth. Some 15,000 of the world's finest athletes will meet in a spirit of peaceful competition, watched by billions around the globe. The eyes of the world will on London. Seven years to go... and counting.