Olympic Long Jump
Image courtesy Michael Breen
The 23rd Summer Olympics were hosted by Los Angeles, California. In the long jump (and in other track and field events) Carl Lewis was outstanding, winning one of his four gold medals.
Olympic stamps
Since 1968, stamps have been issued to celebrate Australia's participation in the Olympic Games.
Olympics on Stamps
Another very popular topic with a lot of material available, most of it quite affordable, is Olympics. Most participating nations have issued at least one stamp for each Olympics of the modern era, starting in 1896.
Olympic Accommodations, 1928 Amsterdam Games, by Laurentz Jonker
Published in Spring 2011 "Journal of Sports Philately", Submitted by the Sports Philatelists International.
15¢ Olympics 1980 - Soccer, entire, #6¾ or #10 (1979)
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5¢ Olympic Games stamp has a retail value of about $2.20 as an unused single. But a plate block is valued at $20 ($25 for never-hinged). Therefore, an unused plate block has a value nearly 2½ times greater than four single unused stamps.
lepta chocolate, first stamps issued, printed in Paris, classic Hermes heads, used dot design as cancel, 1875: first postage due issued, 1875, July 1; joined the UPU, 1889: variation in original design issued, printed in Athens, 1896: first Olympic ...
Anatoly Karpov, the former world chess champion is also a popular stamp collector specializing in chess and Olympics-themed stamps.
You might just trade them - even. But suppose the Olympics stamp is more valuable than your ship stamp? And you have agreed to be really fair about this. How do you tell what the value of a stamp is?
Kraft Foods of Canada sponsored the next two: the Winter Olympics Booklet (7 February 1992) and the Summer Olympics Booklet (15 June 1992).
'Vancouver overprint' - rush printing of the 48c Flag over Canada Post building inscribed in red "Vancouver/2010", issued July 11, 2003, just 9 days after the 21st Winter Olympic Games of 2010 were awarded to the Vancouver-Whistler, BC region.
Coins issued to honor some person (D. Boone), place (Mount Rushmore), or event (Special Olympics) and, in many instances, to raise funds for activities related to the theme. Sometimes called NCLT (non-circulating legal tender) commemoratives.
The Greeks conveyed the names of the victors at the Olympic Games to their various cities by this means. Before the telegraph this method of communication had a considerable vogue amongst stockbrokers and financiers.
Decorative Banner - the illustrated margin on the top of some modern commemorative panes. It has no postal value. Example: 1996 Summer Olympics, Scott 3068.
I have seen collections of movie star maximum cards, teddy bear maximum cards, butterflies, sports figures, animals, parks, presidents, the olympics. Whatever topic you like can make a wonderful maximum card collection.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Olympic Games, Cover, Catalog
  
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