SingPost released the Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012
stamp issue on 2.1.2012.
Wenlock is featured in
SingPost’s Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012 stamp issue. The stamp issue
showcases Wenlock in four different Olympic sports that Singapore athletes have
displayed consistent excellence - table tennis (1st local), swimming (S$0.65), sailing (S$1.10) and badminton (S$2.00).
There is more to the XXX Olympiad London 2012 mascot than meets
the eye. Named Wenlock, the one-eyed mascot got its name from
Much Wenlock, a town in England deemed as the birthplace of the
modern Olympic Games. Its eye represents a camera lens that records
everything and the five friendship bracelets on its wrists resemble the Olympic
rings. With a metallic finish, it was fashioned after a last drop of steel left
over from the final girder of the Olympic Stadium in London, based on a short
story by children's author Michael Morpurgo.
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