Royal Mail 2012 Olympic stamps

Track athletics collage by Nathalie Guinamard. The stamps will highlight the Olympic and Paralympic sports at the London 2012 Games Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Diver by illustrator Julian Opie. Aquatics is the collective term for four Olympic water events: swimming, water polo, diving and synchronised swimming Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Paralympic archery by George Hardie. Archery has been a Paralympic sport since Rome 1960 Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Paralympic dressage by Andrew Davidson. Para-equestrian dressage became a Paralympic sport at the Atlanta 1996 Games Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Weightlifting by Guy Billout. The stamps are among the first 10 sports being showcased and will go on sale on 22 October Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Boccia is illustrated by David Doyle. Boccia is unique to the Paralympic Games, where it is played by wheelchair athletes with severe cerebral palsy and related neurological disorders Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Badminton by David Holmes. Royal Mail is launching 30 stamps to mark the 30th Olympiad. Artists are designing images of 20 more sports for stamps that will go on sale in 2010 and 2012 Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Judo by Paul Slater. The sport of judo was first introduced at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Basketball by Huntley Muir. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe said: 'It is a huge honour to have stamps created in celebration of the Games' Photograph: Royal mail/PA

Canoe slalom by John Royle. Slalom canoeing made its Olympic debut in 1972 in Augsburg, in the former West Germany Photograph: Royal Mail/PA