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Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsBusinessweekThe Royal Mail 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 with Britain in third …

Telegraph.co.uk Overexcited Olympics fan caught painting London post box goldTelegraph.co.ukHe got carried away with Olympic fever and decided to give a Royal Mail pillar box in Belvedere, south London, the treatment reserved for the hometowns of gold medallists. The 38-year-old was caught red-handed by police officers in Station Road at …

Leeds suburbs fight over the which should have the golden postbox for Olympic triathlon gold medallist Alistair Brownlee. More: continued here

Coos Bay World (blog) Britain's Royal Mail in hot water over gold-medal Paralympic discriminationCoos Bay World (blog)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 …

A row over where the golden postbox should be for Olympic winner Alistair Brownlee leads to an unofficial version in a neighbouring Leeds suburb. More: continued here

DM sector demands more transparency in mail surchargesprintweek.comIn addition to publishing a league table of the most common faults on its website, Royal Mail will adopt a phased approach to the reimplementation of sealing surcharges after the grace period ends on 15 September, starting at 20% and rising to 50% …

The Royal Mail missed out hereThis is BristolAt 80p for only one first class stamp, the Royal Mail could have made a huge profit. At 6 x 80p for each set souvenir stamps they would have made a huge profit. The Olympics have been so successful I wonder if they …

Meath man's Royal Mail design packs a punch at GamesIrish TimesStephen Ledwidge, from Athlumney in Navan, said he was “thrilled” when he was approached two years ago to design a stamp for the Royal Mail's Olympic stamp collection. Mr Ledwidge's design depicts two male boxers, with the red corner taking …

Man caught adding a golden touch to Royal Mail post box in BelvedereThis is Local LondonA MAN was caught trying to deliver the Olympic spirit to Belvedere with his very own golden touch. The gold-fingered 38-year-old was caught red-handed by police officers in Station Road at 2:50am on Wednesday (August …

Telegraph.co.uk Andy Murray and Kat Copeland's gold post boxes damagedTelegraph.co.ukGolden post boxes painted by Royal Mail to celebrate the victories of Andy Murray and Kat Copeland have been damaged. Murray's gold postbox in Dunblane will have to be repainted after fans picked away much of the paint, it has emerged. …