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Gold paralympian stamp u-turn

The Royal Mail has announced it is to issue individual first class stamps for each British paralympian individual or team gold medalist, as it did during the Olympics. It had previously claimed it was "logistically impossible" to do so.

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Producing Paralympian stamps is 'the right thing to do'

Following the great success of Team GB at the Olympics, the popularity of Royal Mail’s Gold Medal stamps and the way in which our gold post boxes have captured the public imagination, we have decided to commemorate Paralympics GB’s achievements in the same way. We believe this is the right thing to do...

We are excited about our Paralympics Gold Medal stamps programme, which represents the greatest logistical challenge in stamps production ever undertaken by any postal administration.

– Andrew Hammond, Managing Director, Royal Mail Stamps

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Royal Mail u-turn over Paralympian gold medal stamps

Royal Mail has reversed its decision not to produce individual stamps for gold medal winning athletes at the London Paralympics.

Parlympian Ellie Simmonds. Credit: Press Association

Royal Mail had previously said it would be "logistically and practically impossible" to create individual stamps for gold medals winners at the Paralympics, as had been done for Team GB at the Olympics. But today it announced the individual stamps would be produced.

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