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Our prize is
an Olympus
VG-170
featuring 14
megapixels,
5x wide
optical
zoom,
720p HD
movie and
7.6cm/3.0”
colour LCD.
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You’ve been framed
It’s an Olympics special this issue!
Winner Paul Simons was lucky enough to watch Mo
Farah’s 5,000m victory at the Olympic Stadium. But Paul,
postman at Oldham delivery office and one of Courier’s
previous guest editors, took a spot of light reading with him
in case the sporting action wasn’t enough.
Dave Hoskin, postman at Bodmin delivery office,
took a well-earned rest after he had run with the
Olympic torch through Bugle, Cornwall.
Torchbearer Pauline Eastment, postwoman at St
Athan, paused for pictures outside the Millennium
Centre, Cardiff Bay, shortly after completing her leg of
the Olympic Torch Relay in Barry. We like her clever
use of Courier!
And Graham Clarkson from Medway mail centre
caught up with Courier on a break from his Games Maker
driving duties in the Paralympic Games.
Dave Hoskin
You could be
enjoying all the multimedia
benefits of a
smart TV courtesy of Courier.
We have five Samsung Smart TVs
to give away.
This sleek 22-inch TV boasts full
high definition, built-in wi-fi so you
can access Facebook or stream movies
without messy cables, USB playback,
integrated Freeview and the
BBC sports app that puts you at the
Smart move
Pauline Eastment
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WINner!
Paul Simons
Graham Clarkson
Q: Who is widely
credited with
inventing television?
Helping you
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In today’s busy world, it’s no wonder
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UNFORGETTABLE
YEAR AHEAD
Going Logo
Postal artistry was a keen
and successful pursuit for
MacDonald Gill.
He redesigned the iconic
logo for the General Post
Office (GPO) in 1934, one of
the first examples of branding.
The Brighton-born mural
painter, architect, letterer and
graphic artist was also an accomplished
decorative mapmaker.
He created an elaborate,
complex map of mail steamship
routes in 1937, including
a wealth of cartographic information
and typography.
It depicts the Royal Mail
steamship routes that carried
most of the UK’s international
mail during the 1930s, framed
by illustrations of transport
links through which the post
would pass.
The British Postal Museum
& Archive (BPMA) has a reproduction
of the map for sale.
It comes folded in a wallet,
accompanied by an introduction
by BPMA curator Julian Stray.
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from the archive
Thanks for
the memories
Our final Olympic and
Olympic Stadium in the background.
Paralympic stamps are on sale The Paralympic Games feature
on 27 September.
on two stamps, with images from
‘Memories of London 2012’ are the opening ceremony and
four stamps reviewing iconic ParalympicsGB procession into the
moments from both the Olympic stadium.
and Paralympic Games.
The fourth stamp shows a scene
One of the stamps highlights the from the closing ceremony of the
role of the 70,000 Games Makers, Olympic Games.
featuring a group of volunteers, in
their distinctive purple and red
Visit royalmail.com/memories
uniforms, with the iconic
Reader
offer
Get your copy
of MacDonald
Gill’s Map of Mail
Steamship Routes
from the BPMA for
£9.99 (+£3.50 postage
and packaging within the
UK).
Visit wwwpostalheritage.
org.uk/page/publications
-steamshipmap, call
020 7239 5125 or send a
cheque made payable to
‘Postal Heritage Services’
to: Product Sales, The
British Postal Museum &
Archive, Freeling House,
Phoenix Place, London
WC1X 0DL.
A good moo-ve
Traditional breeds of British
cattle feature in the latest in our
British Farm Animals series of
Post & Go stamps.
Out on 28 September, the stamps
showcase six breeds, including Aberdeen
Angus and Highland.
The one4all Crossword
Bag yourself a £10 One4all gift card
in our crossword competition
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7 8 9
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We have 10 £10 gift cards up for grabs. Once again you’ll find some help
with your answers to this issue’s crossword within the pages of this issue of
Courier. Post your entry to September crossword, 24-26 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1
0UE to arrive by 19 October 2012. See above left for full terms and conditions.
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Home Address
Postcode
clues
Across
3. We will trade in this country as
Euro Business Parcel (5)
6. And 2 Down. British swimming
sensation at the 2012 Paralympics
(5,8)
8. It shows tiredness or boredom (4)
10. Mark, our Olympics director (7)
11. Drawer for money (4)
12. Brass instrument (6)
13. Sword used in Olympic and
Paralympic fencing (4)
15. Work is almost complete on this
Nottinghamshire delivery office (7)
17. And 7 Down. These helped to
promote Royal Mail’s involvement in
the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games (4,9)
18. See 11 Down
19. Country that won most gold
medals at the 2012 Olympic
Games (3)
Down
1. 2012 has been the _____
summer of sport ever (4)
2. See 6 Across
4. Cyclist who now has a record six
Olympic gold medals…(3)
5. …and the British sailor who has
won a gold medal at the last four
Olympic Games (7)
7. See 17 Across
9. Boxer who lit the flame at the
1996 Olympics in Atlanta (3)
11. And 18 Across. Shakespeare
play which was the inspiration for
the opening ceremony of the 2012
Paralympics (3,7)
12. Silvery-white magnetic metal (6)
14. This New York island used to be
an entry point for immigrants (5)
16. Dutch cheese (4)
June’s answers
Across 5 Joseph. 6 Oath.
7 Cancer UK. 8 Burgess Hill.
12 Prostate. 14 Appeal.
16 Dickens. 17 Salad.
Down 1 USA. 2 Update.
3 Joseph. 4 The Killers. 5
Jailbreak. 9 Gape. 10 Stolid. 11
Images. 13 RADA. 15 Pea.