Games On Stamps... Playing Cards, Board Games, Video Games

Chess player, chessboard and pieces, designed by Hungarian-born American artist and illustrator István Bányai (1949- ), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Hungary on October 28, 1992 to publicize the European Team Chess Championship, held in Debrecen, Scott No. 3376. The Russian team won handily. Bonus: An image of an amusing illustration by István Bányai entitled "Inflation," which appeared in The Atlantic magazine in 2005, showing "stamps" from the USA's "Body Mass Commemorative Series."

- nethryk

There are about 200,000,000 Bridge players in the world, yet, to the best of my knowledge, there have only been 10 sets of stamps commemorating it.

And unluckily for you lot, today is the first day of my holiday, and I have nothing better to do....

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Thank you for your patience!






Now, I wasn't lying when I said 10 sets of stamps BUT ... did I mention there is also a Postal Stationery card?

And just before I go, what do you make of these three disreputable characters?





Omar Sharif represented Egypt in the World Bridge Olympiad 1964.

Renato Mondolfo, better known as a stamp collector, was four times European Bridge Champion, and one of the team that developed theRoman Club bidding system.

Bill Gates played in the Mixed Pairs at the Bridge World Championships 2002 & 2006.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a knight, rook, pawn, and chessboard, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by Niger on February 16, 1973 to commemorate the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Title Match for the World Chess Championship, Scott No. 265.

- nethryk

Russian checkers (also known as Shashki or Russian shashki) is a variant of checkers (draughts) played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Shashki players, designed by Ivan Martynov, printed by combined engraved and photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on September 9, 1967 to publicize the World Championship of Russian Checkers, Scott No. 3362, Zagorski No. 3405.

- nethryk

Loved the Bridge stamp series! Not a game I ever picked up, although I often thought I should.

Chess on the other hand ... here is an incomplete set from Laos, 1984, commeorating the World Chess Federation

I also really liked the Gibraltar 'Famous Moves' stamps ... off to the auction sites to see if I can find a set ...

Juniors chess match, printed by lithography, and issued by Barbados on August 8, 1984 to publicize the 60th anniversary of the World Chess Federation, Scott No. 632.

- nethryk

a painting "The players" by Pavel Fedotov, famous russian artist
shows the final scene a game of cards.

The picture has an almost mystical sense: the loser is looking at the viewer blankly, and the figures of other players, as if descended from the empty frames on the wall, cast an ominous shadow

ooo I like that picture! Off to see if I can find that stamp!

Rook and chessboard, designed by Swiss graphic artist Roger-Virgile Geiser (1923-), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Switzerland on March 14, 1968 to publicize the 18th Chess Olympiad, October 17 - November 7, 1968, in Lugano, Scott No. 489.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a queen, a rook and a knight, designed by Russian graphic artist Lev Nikolaevich Sharov, printed by photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on November 24, 1962 to publicize the 30th Russian Chess Championship, Scott No. 2676, Zagorski No. 2693.

- nethryk