Soccer

some of my collection

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World Cup Soccer
June 2006
Soccer players in action

2018 Russia FIFA

ESPAÑA '82
1980

From 13 June until 11 July 1982, Spain hosted the finals of the FIFA World Championship. To celebrate the event, Correos, Spain's postal services, issued a total of 10 special stamps.

Qualification matches started in 1980. On 23 May 1980, Correos issued the first two stamps celebrating "España 1982." The stamps had face values of 8 and 19 pta (pesetas). The 8 pta stamp (Edifil 2570) depicts an action during a football game with players from two teams and a referee. The 19 pta stamp (Edifil 2571) depicts the official match ball for the finals against a background made up of corner flags. The inscription 'ESPAÑA '82' on the latter stamp has the colours of the Spanish flag.


1980, España / Spain, FIFA World Championship, Edifil nrs. 2570-2571.

Issue: Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol, "España 82,"
date of issue: 23 May 1980,
stamp size: 40.9 x 28.8 mm.,
perforation: 13¼,
printing type: photogravure,
printer: F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre),
numbers printed: 8 pta: 10,000,000; 19 pta: 10,000,000.

ESPAÑA '82
1981

Correos issued a further pair of stamps celebrating the finals of the twelfth FIFA World Championship in Spain on 2 May 1981. The stamps had face values of 12 and 30 pta. The 12 pta stamp (Edifil 2613) depicts a player in Spain's national jersey engaging in a header action with a player from an opposing team. The 30 pta stamp (Edifil 2614) depicts a player in Spain's national jersey attempting to score a goal. In a lower corner of each stamp appears the official tournament logo of an ascending ball with movement suggested by a tail in the colours of the Spanish flag.


1981, España / Spain, FIFA World Championship, Edifil nrs. 2613-2614.

Issue: Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol, "España 82,"
date of issue: 2 May 1981,
stamp size: 28.8 x 40.9 mm. (12 pta) and 40.9 x 28.8 mm. (30 pta),
perforation: 13¼,
printing type: photogravure,
printer: F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre),
numbers printed: 12 pta: 10,000,000; 30 pta: 10,000,000.

ESPAÑA '82
1982

Correos issued the third pair of stamps celebrating the finals of the FIFA World Championship in Spain on 24 February 1982. The stamps had face values of 14 and 33 pta. The 14 pta stamp (Edifil 2644) depicts an official poster for the event designed by Spanish artist Joan Miró I Ferrà. The 33 pta stamp (Edifil 2645) depicts the FIFA World Cup casting a shadow in the appearance of the official tournament logo.


1982, España / Spain, FIFA World Championship, Edifil nrs. 2644-2645.

Issue: Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol, "España 82,"
date of issue: 24 February 1982,
stamp size: 28.8 x 40.9 mm.,
perforation: 13¼,
printing type: photogravure,
printer: F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre),
numbers printed: 14 pta: 10,000,000; 33 pta: 10,000,000.

ESPAÑA '82
Venues – opening day

On 13 June 1982, the day the final rounds in Spain kicked off, Correos issued two souvenir sheets (Edifil nrs. 2664-2665). Each sheet contained four stamps with face values of 9 pta, 14 pta, 33 pta, and 100 pta (Edifil nrs. 2660-2663). The stamps depict a final of the championship in four stages: the finalists greeting each other (9 pta), a duel between two opposing players (14 pta), scoring a goal (33 pta), and the winners receiving the FIFA World Cup (100 pta).


1982, España / Spain, FIFA World Championship, Edifil nrs. 2660-2663.

In the left margin of each sheet appear the arms of seven host cities. Barcelona, Madrid, and Sévilla each had two venues.


1982, España / Spain, FIFA World Championship (Barcelona, A Coruña, Madrid, Alacant, Gijón, Bilbo, Elx), Edifil nr. 2664.


1982, España / Spain, FIFA World Championship (Vigo, Valéncia, Zaragoza, Oviedo, Valladolid, Málaga, Sévilla), Edifil nr. 2665.

Issue: Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol, "España 82,"
date of issue: 13 June 1982,
stamp size: 40.9 x 28.8 mm.,
sheet size: 163.6 x 105.6 mm.,
perforation: 13¼,
printing type: photogravure,
printer: F.N.M.T. (Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre),
numbers printed: 6,294,213 (each).

NSK, Great write up. One question - I thought the Jules Rimet Cup was won permanently by Brazil in 1970 and what would have been displayed in 1982 would have been the FIFA World Cup. Is this incorrect?

You are correct. It is the FIFA World Cup. I corrected the posts.

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UEFA European Football Championship
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