Host Cities Commemorative Sheet The world.s greatest sporting tournament takes place this year in London for the third time in the modern series - the other years being 1908 and 1948 - so London is now the only city to have acted as host on three occasions in the history of the modern games. This memorable event is celebrated in an impressive commemorative sheet of 20 Union Flag definitives with labels depicting host cities from the very first modern competition in 1896. Each label carries a view of the host city together with its national flag and the appropriate date or dates. London, with its three dates, appears in the bottom left of the selvedge alongside the image of the Westminster Clock Tower. Issued in a numbered limited edition of just 2012, the sheet provides a magnificent celebration of the zenith of world athletic competition.
