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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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 »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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Belfast Telegraph Hate mail: Jessica Ennis' gold postbox daubed with graffitiMirror.co.ukA new layer of gold has been applied by a Royal Mail engineer, a Sheffield City Council spokeswoman said. Royal Mail said it did not know what the graffiti said as an engineer repaired the damage very quickly as "a …
Read More »Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional … – Houston Chronicle (blog)
BBC News Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional …Houston Chronicle (blog)Tea with a royal? Getting name-dropped on “EastEnders”? Having a meat pie named in their honor? How about this: Seeing one of those iconic red postboxes in their hometown painted gold by the Royal Mail, to signify …
Read More »Daily Express, Dutch, BMX, Royal Mail, FIFA, Little London Girl – The Independent (blog)
The Independent (blog) Daily Express, Dutch, BMX, Royal Mail, FIFA, Little London GirlThe Independent (blog)Royal Mail. Twitter grumbles about Royal Mail plans to put all the paraolympians on one stamp, while able-bodied TeamGB medalists each get their own. A blow to equality? Or a fuss over nothing? @ParaolympicsGB don't seem …
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Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional …Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Tea with a royal? Getting name-dropped on “EastEnders”? Having a meat pie named in their honor? How about this: Seeing one of those iconic red postboxes in their hometown painted gold by the Royal …
Read More »Jessica’s gold postbox vandalised – The Press Association
Belfast Telegraph Jessica's gold postbox vandalisedThe Press AssociationA new layer of gold has been applied by a Royal Mail engineer, a Sheffield City Council spokeswoman said. Royal Mail said it did not know what the graffiti said as an engineer repaired the damage very quickly as "a point of pride". …
Read More »Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional … – San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
TennisEarth.com Golden mailbox: Ultimate tribute for British athletes, with occasional …San Francisco Chronicle (blog)Tea with a royal? Getting name-dropped on “EastEnders”? Having a meat pie named in their honor? How about this: Seeing one of those iconic red postboxes in their hometown painted gold by the Royal Mail, to signify …
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