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Olympex 2012
Olympex 2012 at the British Library, July to September 2012. The International Olympic Committee organise a philatelic exhibition to accompany each Summer Olympics. In 2012 this was sponsored by China Post and held on the mezannine floor of the British Library from 9 July till 10 September 2012. Opened by the President of the IOC, the President of the IOC Paralympics and the President of the IOC Philatelic and Numismatic Society, the event was arranged in seven sections to mark the history of the Olympics and Paralympics as depicted on postage stamps from countries all around the world.