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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
Temple of Hera
The ruins of Palaestra, a gymnastics school for boys and the Temple of Hera were the
first ancient buildings
to be featured on postage stamps. The temple of
Hera was the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all Greece. It was
originally a joint temple of Hera and Zeus until a separate temple was built for the
latter. The existing temple was probably built around 600 B.C. Looking at this Greek stamp
we get an idea of the temple and the configuration of the buildings and intricate
construction of the columns.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
In 1992 during XXV Olympics, India brought out the following four Olympic stamps.
Olympic Stories Lot-1
- First Olympic Stamp
- Olympic God Zeus
- Temple of Hera
- Apollo
- Hercules
- Goddess Nike
- Olympic Sculptor
- Olympic Coins
- Chariot Race
- Naked Runners
- Armoured Races
- Olympic Martyr
- Olympic Revenue
- Women Olympian
Recent Updates
[31/08/2008] modified version of an ancient Red Indian ball game called 'Baggataway' More…
[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
[26/08/2008] Unique feature of 2008 Olympic stamps of Australia More…
