Uruguay - 2012 - XXX Olympic Games, London 2012
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SERIES --- 7,50 EUR
STAMP 1 --- 3,50 EUR
STAMP 2 --- 3,50 EUR
STAMP 3 --- 3,50 EUR
STAMP 4 --- 3,50 EUR
SE-TENANT NORMAL --- 8,00 EUR
SE-TENANT INVERTED --- 10,00 EUR
BLOCK --- 15,00 EUR
BLOCK with First Day Cancellation --- 18,00 EUR
FDC not Sent --- 9,50 EUR
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Issue information:
Country: Uruguay
Date: March 30th, 2012
Printed: 45.000 copies
Stamp Shape and Size: All Rectangular [47 mm. x 32
mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated
Block Configuration: 2 series [2 x 1] , 8 stamps
[4 x 2]
[ [ Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 3, Stamp 4 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2]
[ Stamp 3, Stamp 4 ] ]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [140 mm. x 180
mm.]
FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm.
x 105 mm.]
Catalogue information:
Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: 2554 - 2557
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available
Topics:
Brief Description:
A
brief description of the
Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Olympic Games, or a
a wider Sports,
or in
particular
the XXX Olympic
Game London 2012.
The 2012 Summer Olympics,
formally the Games of
the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was a
major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of
the Olympic Games,
as governed by the International
Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London, United Kingdom
and to a lesser extent across the country from 25th of July to 12th of August
2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football
began on 25 July at the Millennium
Stadium in Cardiff,
followed by the Opening
Ceremonies on 27th of July. More than 10,000 athletes from
204 National Olympic
Committees (NOCs) participated.
Following a bid headed by Former
Olympic Champion Sebastian Coe and Then-Mayor of London Ken
Livingstone, London
was selected as the host city on 6th
of July of 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in
Singapore,
defeating bids from Moscow,
New York City,
Madrid and Paris. London was the first
city to host the Modern
Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.
The
Games received widespread acclaim for their organisation, with the
volunteers, the British military and public enthusiasm praised
particularly highly. The opening ceremony, directed by Danny Boyle,
received widespread acclaim throughout the world, particular praise
from the British public and a minority of widely ranging criticisms
from some social media sites. During the Games, Michael Phelps
became the most
decorated Olympic athlete of all time, winning his 22nd medal.
Saudi Arabia,
Qatar and Brunei
entered female athletes for the first time, so that every currently
eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic
Games. Women's boxing
was included for the first time, thus the Games became the first at
which every sport had female competitors.
These were the last Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Jacques Rogge, and
the Medal Table
was won by United States,
followed by China,
and Great Britain.
Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, many Topics arise,
mostly related with Sports,
however it also appears Architecture
and Tourism,
as many Typical
Views of London
are shown in the Design besides the Sportsmen
chosen to be honored with Stamps
in this Release.
Starting
with Sports,
from the eight in which Uruguay
participated on this Olympic
Games, only four were chosen to be present, one on each
stamp of the Series. The selected ones were: Football, Cycling, Laser Sailing, and Atlethics, and the Sportsmen chosen in
each Sport
were: Luis Suarez,
actual Striker
of the National Team of
Uruguay and the Barcelona
Futbol Club, that also played in great Football Teams as Liverpool from England and Ayax from Holland. Then Jorge Soto in Cycling, Alejandro Foglia in Laser Sailing, and
finally Deborah Rodriguez
in 400 m Hurdles
Atlethics.
Although only the Four
previously mentioned Sports
appears in the stamps, in the complete desing of the release, Sixteen are shown,
as on the margins of the Block,
two stripes of Icons
with Draft
Representations of Sports
are placed, and these include the following Sports: Basketball, Waterpolo, Fencing, Tennis, Rowing, Football, Wrestling, Boxing, Taekwondo, Canoeing, Gymnastics, Equestrian, Shooting, Cycling, and Field Hockey.
Then, as noted previously, many Typical
Views of London
are shown in the Design of the Stamps. These Views are:
The Arcelormittal Orbit,
a 114.5 metre tall Sculpture
and Observation Tower
in the Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park in Stratford,
London. It
is Britain's largest
piece of public art, and is intended to be a permanent
lasting legacy of London's hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympic
and Paralympic Games,
assisting in the post-Olympics regeneration of the Stratford area.
Orbit was
designed by Turner-Prize
winning artist Sir Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond
of Engineering
Group Arup. Announced on 31 March 2010, it was expected to
be completed by December 2011. The project came about after Mayor of London Boris Johnson
and Olympics Minister
Tessa Jowell decided in 2008 that the Olympic Park needed
"something extra". Designers were asked for ideas for an "Olympic tower" at
least 100 metres (330 ft) high, and Orbit
was the unanimous choice from proposals considered by a nine-person
advisory panel.
The project was expected to cost £19.1 million, with £16 million coming
from Britain's richest man, the Steel
Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman
of the ArcelorMittal Steel Company, and the balance of
£3.1 million coming from the London
Development Agency. The name "ArcelorMittal Orbit"
combines the name of Mittal's
Company, as chief sponsor, with "Orbit", the original
working title for Kapoor
and Balmond's
design.
Then, the St Paul's
Cathedral, an Anglican
Cathedral, the Seat
of the Bishop of London and the Mother Church of the Diocese of
London. It sits on Ludgate
Hill, the highest point of the City of London. Its
dedication to Paul the
Apostle dates back to the original church on this site,
founded in AD 604.
The present church, dating from the Late
17th century, was designed in the English Baroque Style
by Sir Christopher Wren.
Its construction, completed within Wren's lifetime, was part of a major
rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London.
The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights in
London.
Its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominated the
skyline for 300 years. At 111 m. high, it was the tallest
building
in London from 1710 to 1962. Its dome is among the highest in the
world. St Paul's is the second largest church building in area in the
United Kingdom after Liverpool
Cathedral.
St Paul's Cathedral
occupies a significant place in the national identity. It is the
central subject of much promotional material, as well as images of the
dome surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz. Important
services held at St Paul's have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington
and Sir Winston Churchill;
Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria; peace services marking the end
of the First and Second
World Wars; the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales
and Lady Diana Spencer,
the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for
the Golden Jubilee,
the 80th Birthday
and the Diamond Jubilee
of Elizabeth II.
In the third stamp you can see The
Tower Bridge (built 1886
– 1894) is a Combined
Bascule and Suspension Bridge in London. The bridge crosses
the River Thames
close to the Tower of
London and has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one
of five London
bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates,
a charitable trust overseen by the City
of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's
bridges not to connect the City of London directly to the Southwark Bank, the
northern landfall being in Tower Hamlets.
The bridge
consists of two Bridge
Towers
tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, designed
to withstand the horizontal tension forces exerted by the suspended
sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The
vertical components of the forces in the suspended sections and the
vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust
towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the
base of each tower. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was
painted red, white and blue for Queen
Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. Originally it was painted a
mid greenish-blue colour.
The last stamp is dedicated to the Big
Ben Clock, and the Parliament
Palace, where Big
Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Clock at the north
end of the Palace of
Westminster in London,
and often extended to refer to the Clock
and the Clock Tower.
The Tower is
officially known as the Elizabeth
Tower, renamed as such to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II
(prior to being renamed in 2012 it was known simply as "Clock Tower"). The
tower holds the Second
Largest Four-Faced Chiming Clock in the world (Minneapolis City Hall
being the largest). The
tower was completed in 1858
and had its 150th
anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory
events took place. The
tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and
is often in the establishing shot of films set in London.
Finally, Maps,
and in particular Maps
of the United Kingdom Topic could be added, as a small
iconic one appears as the colour proof at the right-bottom corner of
the Block.
If you consider that there are another topics in
this stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to
telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I
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