Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsNBC 29 NewsThe Royal Mail is has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing – and …
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In celebration of Peter Kennaugh’s gold medal win at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the post box at Onchan Post Office will be transformed into gold over the weekend to recognise his outstanding achievement. More: continued here
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While most of Great Britain celebrates surpassing the nation's prescribed pre-Olympics total medals target, the Royal Mail service has found a way to embroil itself in a political snafu after it admitted that it would not issue stamps for winners of gold medals in the Paralympic Games , as it …
Read More »No individual stamps to honour Paralympic gold medallists – Telegraph.co.uk
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Read More »Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional … – North County Times (blog)
TennisEarth.com Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional …North County Times (blog)Laura Trott won double gold in cycling for Team GB, and the Royal Mail honored her by painting a mailbox in Harlow in Essex, which the official team roster listed as her place of birth. Which it …
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Royal Mail paints the wrong postbox gold in honour of Hampshire Olympian Peter Charles. More: continued here
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