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London 2012 Host City

From July to September 2012 London has the honour of hosting the greatest and most exciting sporting show on Earth. Some 15,000 of the world's finest athletes will meet in a spirit of peaceful competition, watched by billions around the globe. The eyes of the world will be on London. Seven years to go... and counting.

Technical Details

Number of stamps: six
Date of issue: 5 August 2005
Mini sheet design: CDT Design
Original stamp design: Design House, featuring photography by Nick Knight
Printer: Walsall Security Print
Process: lithography
Stamp designs © Royal Mail Group plc 2005
Format: landscape
Sheet size: 115mm × 105mm
Stamp size: 41mm × 30mm
Perforations: 14.5 × 14
Phosphor bars
Gum: PVA

Pack Number: M11
Design: CDT Design
Acknowledgements: EMPICS
Pack Design: © Royal Mail Group plc 2005
All rights reserved
Printer: Fulmar Colour Printing
 

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