WIN! Stampboards's 2012 London Olympics competition

kbdessai · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 02:06:57 am

I don't know why, but I don't see any problem with these GB Olympic stamps!

And I have even read that it's the first time, that something other than the monarch's picture; is printed on Great Britain defintive stamps.

jugoslavija_post · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 02:13:29 am

There's a citibank TV ad that is running in the US.

It is very annoying because the announcer on the ad says something like, "Our town was able to get enough credit card points to watch the Olympics in true London fashion", and then it shows the Olympics.

:?:

The Olympics haven't happened yet!!???

kbdessai · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 02:23:03 am

Ronjan Sodhi is one of India's strongest medal prospects at the [color=#BF0040]London Olympics[/color], citing his recent extraordinary performance in international circuits.

In 2011, Sodhi became the first Indian to defend ISSF World Cup Final title when he clinched gold in Al Ain (UAE). He had captured the coveted title the previous year (2010) in Izmir (Turkey). He performed well in the Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi.

The Arjuna awardee had a fine year in 2011 during which he touched the pinnacle in world ranking too.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 02:41:48 am

Jwala Gutta "might" manage to win a medal in Badminton. A renowned Indian badminton player, Jwala Gutta became the first Indian to qualify for two events – mixed doubles and women’s doubles - for the Olympics. Gutta, who is of mixed Indian and Chinese descent, is currently ranked 17 in the women’s doubles and 14 in the mixed doubles categories.

She won a gold in the 2010 Commonwealth Games (New Delhi) in Women's Doubles. She also won the bronze at World Champions in Women Doubles in 2011.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 03:26:38 am

Ngangbam Soniya Chanu, who missed the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2010, is all set to give her best to wina medal at the Olympics of 2012.
She also bagged a Bronze recently at the Senior Asian Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) gave Soniya Chanu (48kg) nod to represent the country in the London Olympics. Experienced lifter Sonia is one of India's best bet for a gold medal in the 48kg class at the London Games.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 03:40:07 am

22 days, 03 hours, 21 minutes to go!

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 19:47:25 pm

Israel has issued three postage stamps for the 2012 Olympics.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 19:48:35 pm

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 19:49:32 pm

Note the different cityscapes and the variety of flags on the three stamps.

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 20:51:07 pm

MaltaPost has just released the designs of Malta's 2012 Olympic stamps.

They have a face value of €0.37 and €2.11 and are to be issued in a miniature sheet on 27 July 2012.

As individual stamps, the designs look boring:

However they look much better as a miniature sheet:

On the whole, they are way better than the 2008 Olympics stmps:

More info here: https://www.maltaphilately.com/en/News/Article/OL2012

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 20:52:58 pm

I like the 2008 stamps much better. At least they show Olympic "figures" doing sports.

HalfpennyYellow · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 21:13:24 pm

MrSamoa wrote:

I like the 2008 stamps much better. At least they show Olympic "figures" doing sports.

As single stamps, I agree with you - the 2008 are better than the 2012. However as a miniature sheet I think the 2012 set is better designed (if they had issued the 2008 Olympics as a m/s it would have probably been better).

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2012 02:02:37 am

21 days, 04 hours, 58 minutes to go!

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2012 19:20:42 pm

20 days, 11 hours, 40 minutes
TO GO!

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 02:08:05 am

Manoj Kumar Kaltagdia, the 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, is also hopeful of bagging a medal.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Manoj Kumar booked his London Olympic berth by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championship.

Manoj was one of the four Indian boxers, who make the London cut in the 2011 world championship. India is sending unprecedented seven male boxers in the 2012 London Games after three more boxers qualified for the extravaganza in Asian Olympic Qualifiers at Astana in 2012.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 02:10:06 am

'India badly needs an Olympic hockey medal', reports the Indian News Channel CNNIBN.

New Delhi: With no major triumph to show in the last 32 years, erstwhile hockey powerhouse India badly needs a medal at the London Olympics to revive the national sport's interest in the cricket-crazy nation, feels veteran mid-fielder Ignace Tirkey.
"Our last major medal came way back in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow where we won our last of the eight gold medals. Since then, we have not won any major title. So it is a huge gap," Olympics-bound Ignace told PTI.
"It is high time for Indian hockey to return among medal winners in the Olympics. A medal [in London] will help in reviving interest for the game in a country where cricket has now become a religion," he insisted.

Courtesy: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-badly- ... 14-73.html

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 02:16:13 am

In 60kg (Lightweight) Boxing event, India's boxer and 2010 Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist Jai Bhagwan might possibly win a medal (a Bronze at least).

Jai Bhagwan qualified for the London Olympics by reaching quarterfinals of the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Champiomship in Baku. Jai has been in the international circuit for a while and participated in the three world championships (2007, 2009 and 2011) so far.

Most Indians have in their ''possible winners at 2012 London Olympics" list.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 02:25:51 am

Shiva Thapa became the youngest Indian boxer to make the cut for the Olympics by reaching the final of the Asian qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan on April 11, 2012. Shiva broke his London-bound compatriot 19-year-old L Devendro Singh's record.

The 18-year-old Shiva defeated Japan's Satoshi Simizu 31-17 to enter the final and book himself a berth at the 2012 London Games.
Born in 1993, he trains at Pune-based Army Sports Institute and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation to identify and support Indian athletes.

The next day, the Assam state's teenager, playing only his second senior international event, defeated Syria's Wessam Salamana 18-11 to clinch his second successive gold medal.

Shiva announced his arrival to the senior boxing arena by winning gold in his maiden tournament - Belgrade Winners Tournament - in Belgrade, Serbia in 2011.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 18:05:52 pm

19 days, 12 hours, 54 minutes to go!

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 19:48:17 pm

In 74kg (Freestyle) Wrestling, India's hardworking Narsingh Pancham Yadav might make history by winning a medal.
He is an perfect example of how even the most poorest of people can achieve great heights with honesty, perseverance and strong will!
arsingh, a junior ticket checker with the Indian Railways, hails from a humble background. Son of a milk distributor in Mumbai, Narsingh has been training under Jagmal Singh since he was 13.

It is due to his sheer hard work, will power and perseverance that Narsingh has risen to such heights, a small example of which is that he underwent a right knee surgery less than two months before the Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 19:54:08 pm

Though one SB member has already commented here about Saina Nehwal, I can't resist myself from posting about here, as she is very much vital when we think of India at London 2012!
ndia's ace shuttler, Saina Nehwal is India's best hope for 2012 London Olympics. A Khel Ratna award winner, Nehwal burst into the scene at the age of 16 when she helped India get team bronze in 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Saina Nehwal is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinal stage at the Olympics (2008 Olympics). Nehwal reached her career best ranking in 2010 when she rose to number two spot. She also won her career's second Super Series title in the same year.
Currently ranked no. 5, Saina Nehwal is one of India's brightest prospects for an Olympic medal in 2012 London Olympics.

Marqie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 21:28:21 pm

Libraries certainly do work, refer to article over weekend about library growth in Sydney, Australia

librarianc wrote:

Canada has a booklet of Olympic stamps coming......

Booklet contains 10 PERMANENT™ self-adhesive stamps, which are always valued at the current domestic rate.
Issue date: June 27, 2012

About the stamp

Our London 2012 stamp focuses on the sport of rowing, which became an Olympic event when Paris hosted the Games in 1900.
The stamp features a double scull boat, gliding over a sheet of water. (Just in case you're still brushing up on your rowing terminology, scull means to row with 2 oars, 1 in each hand).
Metallic ink was used to enhance the ripples in the water so it seems to move as light plays across the surface of the stamp.
The bow of the boat appears to be pushing out over the blue edge, making it look like they're rowing across the finish line.
Canada's iconic red Maple Leaf appears underneath the boat. The Maple Leaf always evokes national pride and has been included in Olympic team uniforms since 1912.

John A

kbdessai · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 22:41:15 pm

Parupalli Kashyap, one of India's badminton stars is among my favourites!
One of India’s leading players in singles category, Parupalli Kashyap is among the five Indian badminton players to be selected for London Olympics. Kashyap was the youngest Indian after Prakash Padukone to win a senior ranking tournament in India. He has been a regular at national games. He defeated the then national champion Chetan Anand in the 2007 National Games to win the gold medal.

He trains at the Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation to identify and support Indian athletes.On 15th June 2012,Kashyap cruised into the semifinals of 2012 Djaram Indonesia Open after upsetting world no. 3 Chen Long and world no. 16 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in the men's singles competition in Jakarta but lost in the semis.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 09:46:30 am

Do Olympic gold medals contain any gold? Do silver medals contain any silver? If not, did they ever?

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:53:11 am

MrSamoa wrote:

Do Olympic gold medals contain any gold? Do silver medals contain any silver? If not, did they ever?

From about.com

http://chemistry.about.com/od/metalsall ... ade_of.htm

The last Olympic gold medal that was actually made from gold was awarded in 1912.

Gold and silver medals are 92.5% silver.

Gold medals must be plated with at least 6 grams of gold.

All Olympic medals must be at least 3 mm thick and at least 60 mm in diameter.

Bronze medals are bronze

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:58:38 pm

That would make an Olympic gold medal worth about US$304 at today's rates.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 17:24:51 pm

Here is another of the Australian contributions to Olympics 2012.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 17:26:00 pm

The set of three is due for release on 17 July 2012.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 17:26:59 pm

and here is the last one

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 20:51:24 pm

How did they arrive at the colors for the Olympic rings?

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 22:01:29 pm

MrSamoa wrote:

How did they arrive at the colors for the Olympic rings?

The green and gold is for us Aussies :lol:

Each of the 5 colors stand for the five inhabited continents of the world, (North and South America are classed as one) Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. No continent is represented by a color, but one of the colors are on every flag in the world.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 23:23:14 pm

Commonwealth Games medallist Heena Sidhu is one of the luckiest athlete to book her spot in Indian contingent for the London Olympics. Her participation was approved by International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) in April this year after National Rifle Association of India's (NRAI) requested for exchange of quota.

NRAI decided to exchange a spot in the 50m Rifle 3 Position event, won by Imran Hasan Khan with the women's Air Pistol event since India have already reserved the maximum two slots in the category.

s per ISSF rule, a country is allowed to exchange one quota won by its shooters with another, subject to its availability.

The young shooter has a World Cup silver, Commonwealth Games gold and silver and an Asian Games silver to her credit.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 23:34:27 pm

The veteran trap shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu earned the Olympic quota spot by winning gold at the Asian Shooting Championships in Doha in January, 2012. But he had to go through national Olympic selection trial in February to seal his trip to London.

Manavjit was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006, the year in which he reached the pinnacle of world ranking. In 2006, he won the gold at the ISSF World Shooting Championships along with silver in Asian Games and a bronze in Commonwealth Games.

Manavjit was conferred with Arjuna Award in 1998. He won Commonwealth Games gold in Kuala Lumpur the same year.

London Games will be his third foray to the quadrennial extravaganza after representing India in 2004 Athens Games and 2008 Beijing Games.

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 01:27:04 am

MrSamoa wrote:

My 10-yr old twins are all exited and ready for the Games to begin

Is it too young to teach them Sartre -- NO EXIT. :mrgreen:

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 01:28:28 am

jugoslavija_post wrote:

watch the Olympics in true London fashion

Huddled in a smoky pub, with a warm beer, while it drizzles rain outside?

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 01:33:19 am

GUTTERS wrote:

MrSamoa wrote:

How did they arrive at the colors for the Olympic rings?

Each of the 5 colors stand for the five inhabited continents of the world, (North and South America are classed as one) Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

So if the icecaps melt due to global warming, and Antarctica becomes inhabitable... :idea:

Maybe they could split the Americas, add Antarctica, to make 7 rings. Of course, if the icecaps do melt, the Olympics would became the Global Water Sports Games.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 01:53:07 am

aethelwulf wrote:

GUTTERS wrote:

MrSamoa wrote:

How did they arrive at the colors for the Olympic rings?

Each of the 5 colors stand for the five inhabited continents of the world, (North and South America are classed as one) Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

So if the icecaps melt due to global warming, and Antarctica becomes inhabitable... :idea:

Maybe they could split the Americas, add Antarctica, to make 7 rings. Of course, if the icecaps do melt, the Olympics would became the Global Water Sports Games.

INNOVATIVE!!

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 03:38:08 am

I knew that the 5 rings stood for continents, but was wondering where the colors came from.

kbdessai · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 04:27:20 am

18 days, 02 hours, 33 minutes left!

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:13:01 am

MrSamoa wrote:

I knew that the 5 rings stood for continents, but was wondering where the colors came from.

As I was only half quoted in the above posts Marty the answer is

No continent is represented by a color, but one of the colors are on every flag in the world.

douglas5102 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:46:04 pm

I like the Canada olympic stamps, I hope the USA can sweep the medals, sorry about saying that. Someday I hope to see the olympics in person.

douglas5102 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:47:35 pm

Oh I forgot, I hope the USA will issue a stamp for the olympics. I also hope to enter the stamp show in Australia 2013 show.

AMark · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 07:12:27 am

Beijing's Olympic venue legacy in pictures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18780003

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 07:21:22 am

Do the hosting cities usually make or lose money on the Olympics?

paulfarrimond · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 08:08:20 am

aethelwulf wrote:

jugoslavija_post wrote:

watch the Olympics in true London fashion

Huddled in a smoky pub, with a warm beer, while it drizzles rain outside?

That's better! Or better still, don't even watch the Olympics, and just drink the warm beer and watch the rain.

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:04:54 pm

Warm beer??? :cry:

Ice cold beer!

patg · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 14:16:54 pm

I admire "kbdessai" for his open & genuine cheering for his home team and athletes.
I will admit with honest embarrassment :oops:

that I haven't a clue as to where the USA team stands as to who is expected to do what. I know that they will do well, with a few disappointments as well as some surprises here and there.

I also know if I were to "homer" too much for the Red White & Blue, I would draw the disfavor of this board.

With that being said, I usually root for the underdog anyway.

It's our way;we build up a favorite, then root for the other guy! :lol:

Anyway, Mr. Samoa I too will root for the beer. My preference is, the lighter the beer the colder I like it; whereas the darker then, more towards room temp. Let the catcalls (I mean games) begin

Best to all,
pat

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 20:51:35 pm

There is not much hooplah here in NY about the Olympics. Just 1 TV station has commercials for it from time to time. I'm surprised.

I seem to remember more people talking about, and getting excited about them in the past.

hutch · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 23:50:54 pm

We don't watch a lot of TV generally, but I have noticed the talk about the Olympic games is very low key as well here.

Poor old telly will get a work out during the games...love to watch all the events!

Can't wait!

librarianc · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 02:47:37 am

Seems a bit unusual............our Canadian TV network is now promoting athletes from other countries!!

I admire the global spirit of the campaign, but I would have thought promotion of the hometown heroes would have been paramount this close to the games????

Hope I get to see some of the events.

John A


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