Date of Issue : 22 June 2012
Hi !
Magyar Posta (Hungary) issued two beautiful stamps on 30th Summer Olympic Games Olympic Games, London 2012 , the greatest sporting event in the world. The series in two denominations feature two branches of sport on the Olympic stamps, swimming and kayaking.
The international 30th Summer Olympic Games will take place in London between 27 July and 12 August 2012. Through this London will become the first city to organise the modern summer Olympics three times since it has already hosted on two other occasions, in 1908 and in 1948. The IOC selected London to organise the summer Olympic Games during its 117th session held on 6 July 2005 in Singapore. The city’s tender beat Moscow, New York, Madrid and Paris in a four-round vote. The Olympic flag was hoisted before London City Hall on 26 September 2008. The Olympics will be organised in a total of 39 branches in 26 sports. It is anticipated that 204 nationalities will be represented by their sports people with over 150 contestants representing Hungary.
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