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ISSUE 140 - August 5, 2022 - Stamp News Online Magazine

Olympics on Stamps

This collection of Summer Olympic stamps is a continuation from our July issue of Stamp News Online. Here we begin our Summer Olympic stamp collection with the 1972 Munich Games. Munich created, Waldi, the first official mascot of the Olympics. First Olympic mascot appeared at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Summer Olympic Stamps
1972 Munich, West Germany -
1972 Summer Olympics, Munich massacre

 

1972 Munich Olympics Souvenir Sheet
1972 Munich, West Germany -
1972 Munich Olympics Souvenir Sheet, Munich

 

Stamp pictures the Israeli team athe the 1972 Olympics
1972 Munich, West Germany -
Issuing country is Haiti. Stamp pictures the Israeli
team at the Opening Ceremony in Munich.

 

1972 Olympic Stamps issued by Hungary
1972 Munich, West Germany -
Hungary at the Summer Olympics

 

1976 Montreal Opening Ceremony Cover
1976 Montreal, Canada
- 1976 Summer Olympics,
1976 Summer Olympics medal table

 

1976 Canadian Olympic Stamps
1976 Montreal, Canada -
Images 1976 Olympics

 

1976 Olympic Closing Ceremony Cover Canada
1976 Montreal, Canada - Nadia Comaneci

 

1980 Soviet Union Olympic Stamps
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia)
- 1980 Summer Olympics Moscow

 

1980 USA Olympic Stamps
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia)
- The U.S. boycotted the Olympic Games in Moscow due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The five stars in the stamp designs appear where the five Olympic rings might have been used.

 

1980 North Korea Olympic Stamps
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
- North Korea at the 1980 Summer Olympics

 

1984 USA Summer Olympic Stamps
1984 Los Angeles, United States
- 1984 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

 

1984 Summer Olympic Stamps China
1984 Los Angeles, United States - Issuing country is China

 

1984 USSR Stamps for the Friendship Games
1984 Los Angeles, United States
- These stamps were issued by the USSR for the "Friendship Games", which Russia hosted as a Soviet-bloc alternative to the Olympics., Friendship Games, 1984 Moscow pulls out of US Olympics

 


1984 Los Angeles, United States
- Sierra Leone at the 1984 Summer Olympics,
Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa

 


1988 Seoul, South Korea
- 1988 Summer Olympics

 


1988 Seoul, South Korea
- Seoul 1988 images

 


1988 Seoul, South Korea
- Luxembourg at the 1988 Summer Olympics

 


1992 Barcelona, Spain
- Greece issue for the 1992 Games. 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic history: Barcelona 1992, Eurosport Blog

 

1992 Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Summer Olympics 1992 - 23 Highlights

1992 Barcelona, Spain - Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - List of Canadian Summer Olympics gold medalists, Images 1992 Olympic Diving

 

1996 Atlanta, USA - 1996 Summer Olympics

 


1996 Atlanta, USA
- 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, 25 photos

 


1996 Atlanta, USA - Yugoslavia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

 


2000 Sydney, Australia
- 2000 Summer Olympics

 


2000 Sydney, Australia
- Indonesia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

 


2000 Sydney, Australia
- Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

 

2004 Athens, Greece - 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 2004 Olympics flame ceremony

 


2004 Athens, Greece
- Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Faliro Arena Athens

 

2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina Summer Olympic Stamps
2004 Athens, Greece
- Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Summer Olympics

 

2008 Summer Olympic Stamps Beijing
2008 Beijing, China
- 2008 Summer Olympics

 

2008 Beijing Olympic Stamps
2008 Beijing, China
- Beijing 2008 Highlights

 

2008 Olympic Mascot Stamps Beijing 2008 Beijing, China

 

2012 London Olympic Stamps 2012 London, England

 
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