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

Poland
10th International Chess Festival
July 15, 1974
The stamp set shows chess board with Education by Daniel Chodowiecki (1.50 zl) and Chess by Jan Kochanowski (1 zl).

Macedonia
European Individual Chess Championship
June 1, 2001
The chess tournament was held in Ohrid, Macedonia.

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nethryk: Where do you have the information about designer and engraver from? I have been searching for this ionformation a long time but it is almost impossbile to get it.

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Hennes
Germany

Israel
Chess
February 10, 2015
This stamp marks the European Individual Chess Championship 2015 which will be held in Jerusalem. The design reflects the connection between chess and Israel.

Uruguay
World Youth Chess Championship
September 25, 2017
The stamp commemorates the 2017 Championship held in Montevideo.

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Russian chess great Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908), with a chess knight and a rook in the foreground, designed by G. Chuchelov, printed by photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on August 30, 1958 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the chess player's death, Scott No. 2107, Zagorski No. 2137, plus an image of a photo of Mikhail Chigorin.

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Here is an image of a souvenir sheet publicizing the Rotary International World Chess Championships, printed by lithography, and issued by Tanzania on March 17, 1986, Scott No. 305a.

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Here are images of the two airmail stamps in a set depicting chessmen and chessboards, designed by French artist Jacques Combet (1920-1993), printed by lithography (Cartor), and issued by Mali on June 16, 1986 to publicize the World Chess Championships, Scott Nos. C524 & C525.

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Jordan
Chess
September 18, 2013
The stamp set shows chess board and chess pieces.

Belarus
Chess
September 23, 2005
The se-tenant pair depicts a drawing of ancient chess game.
(Designer: Shamil Khairulin)

Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting chess pieces: Knight & Rook, Bishop (portrayed as a court jester) & Pawn, Queen & King, designed and engraved by French artist Claude Andréotto (1949- ), and issued by Mali on June 27, 1977, Scott Nos. 285-87.

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Great Britain
Video Games
January 21, 2020
The stamp set features video games Elite (1984), Worms (1995), WipeOut (1995), Micro Machines (1991), Sensible Soccer (1992), Lemmings (1991), Dizzy (1987), Populous (1989).
The minisheet features Tomb Raider (1996), Adventures of Lara Croft (1998), Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000), Tomb Raider (2013).

Switzerland
Swiss Jass
September 6, 2018
The strip of four stamps depicts cards for the Swiss Jass card game.

Israel
Israeli Board Games
November 26, 2019
The stamp set depicts Taki and Rummikub.

Here is a set of seven stamps and SS issued by Laos on April 13, 1984 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the "International Chess Society". The stamps depict ancient illustrations. Stamps indicated by star (*) depict illustrations from King Alfonso X's book "Book of Chess, Dice and Tabling" (Libro de acedrex, dados e tablas), published in 1283:

"Great Chess"*:

15th century miniature (attributed to Étienne Porchier):


Otto IV of Brandenburg playing chess with his wife, from Codex Manesse c. 1300:

Four men at chess board*:

Two women playing chess*:

Two men playing chess*:

Teaching chess*:

A human chess game, from French copper engraving, 1640:

First 6 stamps issued also in a sheet with tab: