SWIMMERS STAMP OF APPROVAL
Australia Post delivers six Gold Medallist Stamps for our swimmers
Australia Post has delivered six Australian Gold Medallist stamps in the past week for our gold medal winning girls in the pool with each of the stamps being available for sale in Australia within 48 hours of the medal presentation ceremony.
The stamps released for our Australian swimmers all feature images of the athletes taken on the gold medal dais. The stamps release are as follows:
Women's 4 x 100m medley relay featuring Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Lisbeth Trickett and Jessicah Schipper
Women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay featuring Kylie Palmer, Bronte Barratt, Linda MacKenzie and Stephanie Rice
Women's 400m Individual Medley - Stephanie Rice
Women's 100m Butterfly - Lisbeth Trickett
Women's 100m Breaststroke - Leisel Jones
Women's 200m Individual Medley - Stephanie Rice
Stephanie Rice features on three Gold Medalist Stamps at these Olympic Games making her the equal most stamped Australian Olympian at a single Olympic Games since Australia Post first honoured our gold medalists in Sydney 200. Her achievement is equal with Petria Thomas and Jodie Henry from Athens 2004, and Ian Thorpe from Sydney 2000.
Leisel Jones and Libby Trickett are the next most stamped athletes from these games so far with Leisel featuring on two Gold Medallist Stamps (women's 4 x 100m medley relay, and women's 100m breaststroke) and Libby also featuring on two (women's 4 x 100m medley relay, and women's 100m butterfly). Both Leisel and Libby have previously featured on stamps from Athens 2004.
Australia Post is producing stamps for every Australian gold medallist from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and they are expected to be
available in metropolitan Australia Post outlets within 48 hours of each gold medal presentation.
"The public response to the 2008 Australian Gold Medallists Stamps has been overwhelming and we expect the enthusiasm and excitement to continue throughout the Games," said Noel Leahy, Group Manager Philatelic, Australia Post. "This is a program that not only excites the public, but has also truly won the hearts of the Australian Olympic Team as it provides added public recognition of their hard work and success. The stamps act as a special memento of the Games and are true collectors items."
The Australian Gold Medallists Stamps are part of Australia Post's continuing support of the Australian Olympic Team. Australia Post has already released Australia's first ever ‘stamp-coin' on June 24 in commemoration of the Beijing Olympic Games, and three commemorative sport stamps were released on August 1 to celebrate Australia's proud tradition at the Olympics. For further information on Australia Post's entire range of Olympic stamp products, please visit file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/sduncan/Desktop/www.auspost.com.au/olympics