Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Soviat Unian Issue for 1976 Montreal Olympic


DOMINICANA - 1956 Issue For Melbourne Olympic



Dominican Republic Issues:Between 1957 and 1960 The Dominican Republic issued 40 Olympic stamps with 32 commemorating the Melbourne Games. There were also several surcharge overprints and Miniature Sheets
1958 Olympic Games (4th issue) More winning athlet. (Long Rectangle)The fourth issue commemorated Gold Medal Winners at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and was issued on the 30/10/1958.
1 centavo (postage)-Gillian-Sheen-Union Jack-Fencing
2 centavos-
Milton Campbell-US flag-Decathlon
3 centavos-Shozo Sasahara-Japanese flag-Featherweight wrestling
5 centavos-Madeleine Berthod-Swiss flag-Skiing
7 centavos-Murray Rose-Australian flag-400 & 1500m freestyle
11 centavos (airmail)-
C Jenkins & T Courtney-US flag-400, 800 & 1600m relay
16 centavos-
Indian Hockey Team-Indian flag-Hockey Sixth Gold in a row
17 centavos-Swedish sail dinghies-Swedish flag-Sailing

Monday, January 19, 2009

Sunday, January 18, 2009

DDR Stamp - 1988 Winter Game


Former East German (DDR) Stamps For Calgary 1988 Winter Games
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Calgary, Canada and opened by the 45th Governor General of Canada: Jeanne Sauvé.
1988 was the last year that the Winter Paralympics and the Winter Olympics were held in separate cities; all subsequent Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have been hosted by the same city, starting with 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. These Winter Olympics were also the last time the teams from both the Soviet Union and East Germany competed as distinct National Olympic Committees or NOCs.
As at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the Canadian team failed to win a gold medal, matching only former Yugoslavia in the dubious distinction of not having won an Olympic winter gold medal on home soil.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

US FDC 1960




Thanks to Tomislav
In Commemoration of the Opening of the British Exhibition
New York 10th Jube 1960With VIII Olympic Winter Games stamp

1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated between February 18 and February 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States (located near the Lake Tahoe basin). Squaw Valley won the bid in 1955. It was the first return of the Olympic Games to North America in 28 years.