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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
olympic walking
Among
the great names of the Antwerp and Paris Olympics we sharply think of
Ugo Frigerio, holder of three gold medals in the walking race. He has
been commemorated both by a stamp from the Dominican Republic and
Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea. The Dominican stamp shown here
featuring Ugo in his walking style.
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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-3
- Statue of Pentathlete
- Olympic Music
- Misha - the Mascot
- Nadia Komaneci
- First Olympic Swimmer
- Fencing Hero of Cuba
- Paavo Nurmi
- Olympic Wrestling
- Olympic Walking Race
- Olympic Long Jump
- Jesse Owens
- 1st Winter Oly Winner
- Laszlo Papp-the Boxer
- Bob Mathias
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…
