Australia Post produced sheetlets of Gold Medallists stamps to celebrate each gold medal performance by an Australian athlete or team at this year’s Beijing Olympic Games following the tradition of the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics.
After 16 days of competitive Olympic events, Australian teams got 14 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 17 bronze medals with 6th ranking. These are the gold medallists who were honoured on Australian stamps :
From Left to Right :
1. Stephanie Rice - Swimming : Women's 400m Individual Medley.
2. Lisbeth Trickett - Swimming : Women's 100m Butterfly
3. Leisel Jones - Swimming : Women's 100m Breaststroke
4. Stephanie Rice - Swimming : Women's 200m Individual Medley.
5. Swimming : Women's 4x 200m Freestyle Relay
6. Drew Ginn & Duncan Free - Rowing: Men's pair
7. David Crawshay & Scott Brennan - Rowing: Men's Double Sculls
8. Women's 4x 100m Freestyle Relay
9. Emma Snowsill - Women's Triathlon
10. Malcolm Page & Nathan Wilmot - Sailing: Men's 470
11. Tessa Parkinson & Elise Rechichi - Sailing : Women's 470
12. Ken Wallace - Conoe/Kayak: Men's K-1 500m
13. Steven Hooker - Athletics: Men's Pole Vault
14. Matthew Mitcham - Diving: Men's 10m Platform
Technical Details:
Issue date: within 24 hours of the Gold Medal presentation ceremony
Denominations: 10 x 50c
Designer: Sally Piskuric
Printer (lithography): Energi Print
Printer (digital): Onsite in China by Australia Post
Paper (all): Tullis Russell
Printing process: Lithography & digital
Stamp size: 35mm x 35mm
Sheetlet size: 148mm x 210mm
Perforations: 14.28 x 14.28
Sheet layout: Sheetlet of 10
