Olympic Stamps--Show Us Yours!

Arrived this morning:

Goaltender for the French national ice hockey team, nicknamed Les Bleus (The Blues), in a maple leaf-shaped goal crease, designed by Saint Pierre and Miquelon artist Rolande Ruel, engraved by Claude Jumelet, and issued by Saint Pierre and Miquelon on March 5, 1988 to commemorate the XV Olympic Winter Games, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, February 13 to 28, 1988, Scott No. 508.

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1984 Olympics letter sheet for foreign postage, designed by American commercial illustrator Robert "Bob" M. Peak (1927-1992), printed by photogravure, and issued by the USA on October 14, 1983, Scott No. UC57.

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Hurdler, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by France on July 8, 1972 to publicize the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, Scott No. 1348, Y&T No. 1722.

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Here are images of the four airmail stamps in an set depicting various athletic events, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by the People's Republic of the Congo on December 27, 1968 to publicize the Mexico City Summer Olympic Games, Scott Nos. C72-75.

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Running


Soccer


Boxing


High jump

Dominican Semi-Postal Olympic



games stamps.

Paraguay 1963

Costa Rica 1924

This one came in a batch of cinderellas the other day. Goes to show what some folks think of the stamps of Liberia.

Couldn't resist. Had to add an FDC that Grandma mailed to herself in 1932.

Here are images of the five airmail stamps in a set honoring various home-country gold medal winners in the first five modern Olympic Games and depicting famous landmarks in each Olympic city, designed and engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by Central African Republic on December 28, 1972, Scott Nos. C105-09.

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Spyridon ("Spyros") Louis (1873-1940) was a Greek water-carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Parthenon.


Hermann Barrelet (1879-?) was a French competitive rower who won the gold medal in the single sculls in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Arc de Triomphe.


Myer Prinstein (1878-1925) was an American athlete who won gold medals in long jump and triple jump in the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Old Courthouse and Western Arch.


Henry Taylor (1885-1951) was a British freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, UK. Tower of London.


Claes Edvin Johansson (1884-1949) was a Swedish wrestler who won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman middleweight class in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. City Hall.