Olympic organisers today unveiled images of the first London2012 stamps. The set of ten sporting rectangles goes on sale on 22 October. Designs carry the London2012 logo and represent canoe slalom, track events, aquatics, judo, badminton, weightlifting and basketball, as well as equestrian, bocchia and archery from the Paralympics. Seb …
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