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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
Olympic Sculptor
Here is a stamp from Italy issued in 1960 on the occasion of XVII Olympic Games held
at Rome. The stamp featured a beautiful statue of a boxer which was
found in Rome in 1884. It was the work of the sculptor Apollonius and
dates back to the first century B.C. The athlete is shown resting. The
statue reflects the power and strength of the boxer's coarse muscular
body instead of beauty or elegance. The face is fully covered with
several wounds and the ears, nose and lips are deformed.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
On 8th August, 2008, the United Nations issued a set of six commemorative stamps on the theme "Sport for Peace". The stamp issue concides with the Olympic Expo Bejing 2008. Out of six stamps four are shown here.
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…
