ISSUE 139 - July 1, 2022 - Stamp News Online Magazine

Olympics on Stamps

We begin our display of Olympic Stamps with the 2012 Summer Olympic Games which began on July 27th and end on August 12, in London, England. Following the 2012 games we jump to the first Modern Olympics which began in Athens, Greece in 1896, followed by a collection of stamps from various Olympics through the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

We will resume the display of Olympic stamps in our August issue starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. List of Olympic Games host cities

2012 London, England - London 2012 Olympics

2012 London, England -
Royal Mail first class postage stamps launched for London 2012 Olympic Games

2012 London, England- Paralympic Games 2012

1896 Athens, Greece - 1896 Summer Olympics, Ancient Olympic Games

1900 Paris, France - 1900 Summer Olympics, Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics, Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics, Greatest Moments in Olympic Rowing History

1904 St. Louis, United States - 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904 Olympics Tug of War

1906 Athens, Greece - 1906 Intercalated Games

1906 Athens, Greece - Panathinaiko Stadium - host of first modern Olympic Games in 1896

1908 London, England - Dorando Pietri, 1908 Summer Olympics, Dorando, An Olympic Tale - video

1908 London, England - British Olympic Committee, British Olympic Association ,1908 London Olympics,

1912 Stockholm, Sweden - 1912 Summer Olympics, SWEDEN ARTIC CIRCLE 1952 - 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES STOCKOLM 1912 For the 1912 Stockholm Games, a promotional Poster stamp in German. Of special interest, the Games is misspelled "Spelen" (the Swedish spelling) instead of "Spielen" (the German spelling). There are only two known examples of this spelling error.

1920 Antwerp, Belgium - 1920 Summer Olympic Games

1924 Paris, France - 1924 Summer Olympics, Paris 1924 Olympics

1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands - 1928 Summer Olympics, Portugal at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Equestrian postcard

1932 Los Angeles, United States - An unusual promotional brochure in the shape and color or an orange and containing eight pages of information and illustrations for Orange County. About the United States Olympic Committee, Team USA Olympics

1936 Berlin, Germany - Photos 1936 Berlin Olympics , Nazi Olympics, Berlin 1936 - US Holocaust Memorial Museum

1936 Berlin, Germany - Jesse Owens, Jesse Owens USA Track and Field Article, Owens Pierced a Myth - ESPN Article

1940 Tokyo, Japan (Cancelled) and Helsinki, Finland (Cancelled) - The 1940 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Japan, and Japan produced an Official poster for the planned Tokyo Games. But the Games had to be moved because Japan was waging war in Asia. Helsinki was selected, and Finland produced seven essays, seen here in a composite sheetlet. But the games were cancelled again as World War II was underway in Europe. 1940 Summer Olympics

1944 London, England ( Cancelled) - but Polish POWs were granted permission by the Nazis to hold an unofficial POW Olympics in 1944. This is one of the stamps issued by the Polish officers for the event. "Barbed Wire" Stamps

1948 London, England - Monaco commemoratives - 1948 Summer Olympics