Australia Post is very pleased to recognise the gold-medal performance of Jared Tallent. Following the disqualification of Russian Sergey Kirdyapkin, Tallent has been belatedly awarded gold for the 50km walk at the London 2012 Games.
The gold medallist stamp will be released soon after Tallent receives the award at a ceremony held in Melbourne on 17 June 2016.
The sheetlet of 10 stamps will be available through participating Post Offices, by mail order and online, while stocks last.
Visit Jared Tallent’s website to learn more about the athlete and his achievements.
2016 Australian Gold Medallist Instant Sheetlets
Australia Post began its gold medallist instant stamp program with the Sydney Olympic Games, in 2000. To continue that tradition, and to celebrate each Australian gold medal performance at Rio, Australia Post will produce a gold medallist stamp in a sheetlet of 10 for each win.
The stamp designs will feature the athletes at the medal ceremony.
How to purchase
The gold medallist sheetlets will be available through participating Post Offices and the Australian Philatelic Bureau mail-order service within days of the medal ceremony.
Standing order customers
The gold medallist sheetlets are not included in any Philatelic Bureau standing order. If you have a standing order, you will need to request required configurations from the Philatelic Bureau, by phoning 1800 331 794 (freecall) within Australia.
2016 Australian Gold Medallists Collection
The 2016 Australian Gold Medallists collection will comprise a sheetlet of 10 stamps for every Australian gold medal win during the Olympic Games.
Don’t miss out on your 2016 Gold Medallists Collection by pre-ordering!
To pre-order your Australian Gold Medallists collection, simply fill out the mail order form at the back of the July/August edition of the Stamp Bulletin.
Your $25 deposit will reserve a copy of The Gold Medallists Collection for you. Once the number of sheetlets have been confirmed, and the final price of the collection has been established, you will receive a letter advising you of the balance due.
Technical specifications
- Issue date
- 23 July 2016
- Issue withdrawal date
- 31 January 2017
- Denominations
- 1 x $1
- Stamp design
- Simone Sakinofsky
- Product design
- Simone Sakinofsky
- Printer - gummed
- Unknown
- Paper - gummed
- Unknown
- Paper - self-adhesive
- C100
- Printing process
- Offset lithography
- Stamp size
- 35mm x 35mm
- Sheetlet size
- 148.5 x 14.28
- Perforations
- 14.28 x 14.28
- Sheet layout
- Sheetlet of 10
- FDI postmark
- n/a
- FDI withdrawal date
- n/a
This content was produced at the time of the stamp issue release date and will not be updated.
