More Gold Medal stamps for Great Britain's Paralympians.

We can now say with more certainty how the Paralympics Gold Medal stamps have been and will be issued.

Stamp PGMW-A1 for cyclist Sarah Storey, winner of the women's C5 individual pursuit, was issued on Friday 31 August.  There were 8 miniature sheets in the A4 sheet.

Stamp PGMW-B1 for Jonathan Fox, who took gold in the men's S7 100m backstroke, was issued on Saturday 1 September, also in an A4 sheet of 8 miniature sheets.

 

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On Monday 3 September, four gold medal stamps will be issued in one A4 sheet (PGMWC).  

Stamp PGMW-C1 commemorates Mark Colbourne's win the cycling mens individual pursuit.

Stamp PGMW-C2 commemorates wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft's paralympic record gold medal in the T34 100 metres at a packed Olympic Stadium.

Neil Fachie and guide Barney Storey (husband of gold-medallist Sarah Storey) won gold with a world record in the cycling individual B 1km time trial and appear on stamp PGMW-C3

 
Stamp PGMW-C4 shows sprinter Richard Whitehead, who blasted through the field in the final 50m to win gold in the T42 200m.

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The second A4 sheet (PGMW-D) to be issued on Monday 3 September will contain miniature sheets for 3 medallists.

Stamp PGMW-D1 shows Natasha Baker who won gold in the Paralympic Grade II individual equestrian event, riding Cabral on her Paralympic debut.

 

Our first gold medallist Sarah Storey added a second London Paralympics track cycling title with gold in the C4-5 500m individual time trial, and will be featured on stamp PGMW-D2.

 

17-year-old Ellie Simmonds swam the race of her life to set a new world record and retain her S6 400m freestyle title.  She set a new world best of five minutes 19.17 seconds to beat the old record by more than five seconds, and will appear on stamp PGMW-D3.  This stamp will appear on the lower two rows of the A4 sheet.
 

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