Show Me Your Sports Stamps!

For some reason, I can't find the thread dealing with golf stamps so I'm posting golf under sports.

Here are images of a Tokyo Olympic Games set of four stamps, all designed by French artist Pierrette Lambert (1928- ), engraved by several different engravers, and issued by Monaco on December 3, 1964, Scott Nos. 592-95. Note the Japanese-painting style backgrounds on three of these stamps; I suppose Lambert thought that design element would be redundant on the judo stamp.

- nethryk

Weightlifting, engraved by Jules Piel.


Judo, engraved by Jules Piel.


Pole vault, engraved by René Cottet.


Archery, engraved by Charles Mazelin.

Here are images of the four stamps in a set designed by Norwegian illustrator M. Ottar Michaelsen, engraved by Henry Welde, and issued by Norway on February 8, 1966 to publicize the World Skiing Championships in Oslo, February 17-27, Scott Nos. 486-89, Facit Nos. 569-72.

- nethryk

Prehistoric rock carving of skier, c. 2000 BC, Rodoy Island.


Ski jumper.


Cross-country skier.


Holmenkollen ski jump.

From the former East-Germany

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a sport that I've never dreamt of attempting: Alpinisme (mountain climbing), designed by Raoul Serres, engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued by France on July 9, 1956, Scott No. 804, Y&T No. 1075.

- nethryk

Switzerland 1932