Royal Mail is delighted to be issuing these very special gold medal stamps to recognise our Paralympic champions. This will be the first time ever that a set of stamps has been issued to celebrate Paralympic gold medallists from the host country. On 29 August, Royal Mail became the first postal administration whose country is hosting the Games to issue a set of stamps to celebrate the start of the Paralympic Games.
The stamps will be on sale this week in over 500 Post Offices across the UK. Residents of Jonnie’s hometown of Doddington, Cambridgeshire, will be able to buy the stamps at the Post Office in Norfolk Street, March, PE15 0QA.
Customers can also purchase the stamps at www.royalmail.com/goldmedalstamps and from Royal Mail’s customer service centre on 08457 641 641 located at Tallents House, 21 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 PPB.
An additional 4,700 post offices will receive the Gold medal stamps.
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Jonnie Peacock’s win celebrated with ParalympicsGB gold medal stamp
10 September 2012
Royal Mail has produced a stamp to honour Jonnie Peacock’s gold medal triumph in the Athletics: Track Men’s 100m, T44 and it will be available in Post Offices across the country this week. Royal Mail will also paint one of its historic red post boxes gold in Jonnie’s hometown of Doddington, Cambridgeshire.