+ Issue Date     : 27/07/2012
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Commemorative
+ Designer       : hat-trick design
+ Printer        : Cartor Security Print
+ Printing       : Lithography
+ Paper          : Phosphorized / Phospor Coated
+ Perforations   : 14½ x 14½
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum PVA
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Horizontal

Issued to coincide with the spectacular opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 27 July. The sheet of four stamps features a quartet of Olympic sports: Diving, Fencing, Athletics and Cycling ‘merged’ with four iconic London landmarks: Tate Modern, Tower Bridge, the Olympic Stadium and the London Eye.

Stamp size: 60 x 30 mm.
1st class stamp sold at 60p

£1.28 Diving - Tate Modern
The sport of diving is shown here mirroring the chimney of the former Art Deco power station that now houses Tate Modern’s collection on London’s South Bank.

1st Fencing - Tower Bridge
A fencer’s lunge is mirrored by the walkway of Tower Bridge.

1st Athletics - Olympic Stadium
Runners take the curve of the track as it merges into the new purpose-built Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

£1.28 Cycling - London Eye
London’s iconic Ferris wheel becomes the front wheel of an Olympic racing bike in the final stamp of the miniature sheet.