This is a set of 29 Team GB Gold Medal Winner cut from original self-adhesive Miniature Sheets (6 stamps on each sheet).

 

Every Team GB Gold Medal win, whether by an individual or a team, was featured on a separate commemorative Miniature Sheet comprising six Special Stamps. Names, disciplines and sport details appear in the border, together with the official Team GB logo.

 

Each set was issued on the day after the medal was won.This will be the first time any host country has used action shots for Gold Medal stamps and issued them next day, during the Games.

The self-adhesive miniature sheet is designed by True North and Royal Mail. The template (base sheets) were printed under the control ('Under the Control of' may mean that Walsall and Cartor will both be printing the base sheet, or that either company will print the entire stock.) of Walsall Security Print, but the digital overprint was applied overnight by 6 regional printers, at Preston, Edinburgh, Solihull, Swindon, Attleborough, and London. The printing is in lithography, with a digital overprint of the winner's image and winner and event details. The phosphor is placed on the stamp avoiding the image area and the lower-right corner where the winners' details are digitally overprinted.

A single stamp is for 1st Class mail and the value is 60p and each single one is 47 x 29 (mm).

1st Class within UK for letter rate up to 100g, with size restrictions
Length: 240 mm max
Width: 165 mm max
Thickness: 5 mm max

In the News

Royal Mail is in the process of printing a stamp to commemorate Team GB’s first gold medal of the Olympic Games. The stamp will be available within 24 hours of Team GB .... Moya Greene, Royal Mail Chief Executive, said: “We’re delighted to be issuing these very special Gold Medal stamps to recognise our Olympic champion UK athletes. This is a first for Royal Mail and we are proud to play our part in celebrating the many victories this summer." The Telegraph 01-08-2012