Olympic Games (22nd August 2008)

At the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Olympic Flag was symbolically handed over to London, who will host the Games in 2012.

To mark this historic event, Royal Mail and China Post have joined forces to produce a joint stamp issue featuring four stamps celebrating the historical and modern architecture of each city.  The UK stamps are available in a miniature sheet.

The Miniature Sheets went on sale in the UK on 22nd August, while their China counterparts, featuring the same images, went on sale in China two days later on the day of the handover ceremony.

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