royal mail london olympics 2012 stamps

‘on track for 2010’ series ‘boxing’ by stephen ledwidge image courtesy of royal mail / PA

in anticipation of the london 2012 olympics, royal mail is issuing 30 artist designed stamps each depicting an olympic or paralympic sport. the stamps will be released in sets of tens (2009, 2010, 2011) – one set each year leading up to the 30th olympiad. the 2010 edition entitled ‘on track for 2010’, has just been released for sale.

the full line-up of artists for the ‘on track for 2010’ edition includes: ‘boxing’ – stephen ledwidge ‘cycling’ – matthew dennis ‘football’ – alex williamson ‘goal ball’ – tobatron ‘hockey’ – darren hopes ‘modern pentathlon’ – katherine baxter ‘rowing’ – marian hills ‘shooting’ – david hillman ‘table tennis’ – michael craig martin ‘taekwondon’ – james fryer

‘on track for 2010’ series ‘modern pentathalon’ by katherine baxter image courtesy of royal mail / PA

‘on track for 2010’ series ‘paralympic games: goalball’ by tobatron image courtesy of royal mail / PA

‘on track for 2010’ series ‘cycling’ by matthew dennis image courtesy of royal mail / PA

‘on track for 2010’ series ‘paralympic games: rowing’ by marian hills image courtesy of royal mail / PA

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