Stamps by Countries

It is sometimes difficult to decide whether a stamp is an official issue and thus valid for postage, especially in African and Asian countries. If a stamp is listed in the world-wide accepted and well-known stamp catalogues Michel (MI, Germany), Scott (SC, USA), Stanley-Gibbons (SG, United Kingdom) or Yvert & Tellier (YV, France) it is a real postage stamp for sure. Often these catalogues publish new issues from exotic countries only many years after their issue date.

If it is doubtful whether a stamp is an official issue or not that particular stamp remains listed in the category "Stamps" unless its unauthorized status is proven.

Stamp GER 2016 (personalized) - LTA mixed 4+ GER at WRC Aiguebelette 2015 #Coll. VZ#

Stamp GER date of issue unknown German Disabled Association personalized issue

Juliane Blaess, Tino Kolitscher, Valentin Luz, Susanne Lackner, cox Inga Thoene

won the LTA mixed 4+ B final at WRC Aiguebelette 2015 and achieved the 4th place in the A final of the Paralympic Games 2016.

Stamp GER 2016 Aug. 25th LVZ-Post (Leipzig) - Annekatrin Thiele


Print run: 500	W2X gold medal winner ERC Montemor-o-Velho (POR) 2010 W2X silver medal winner OG Beijing 2008 + OG London 2012 W4X gold medal winner WRC KOR 2013 + Amsterdam 2014 ERC Poznan 2015 + Brandenburg 2016 OG Rio de Janeiro 2016

Stamp GER 2016 Aug. 25th LVZ-Post (Leipzig) - Philipp Wende

Print run: 500
Philipp Wende (GER)

M4X gold medal winner

OG London 2012

WRC Aiguebelette 2015

OG Rio de Janeiro 2016

Stamp GER 2016 Aug. 25th LVZ-Post (Leipzig) - Tim Grohmann


Print run: 500	Tim Grohmann was a member of the German M4X crew that won the gold medal at the Olympic Games London 2012 and at the ERC Seville 2013. After disappointing M4X results in the spring 2016 he was replaced by Hans Gruhne and served as an emergency man in the German Olympic rowing team for the Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016. His former crew mates defended their Olympic M4X title successfully.

Stamp GER 2016 Deutsche Sporthilfe OG Rio de Janeiro - M4X gold medal win for GER
Stamp GER 2016 Deutsche Sporthilfe OG Rio de Janeiro - W4X gold medal win for GER

Stamp GER 2017 May 11th - "Miteinander - 50 years Deutsche Sporthilfe"

MI 3309

SC B1130

SG 4126

YV 3093

MITEINANDER = TOGETHER

The designer of the stamp on the left used this

photo of the "Deutschland-Achter" rowing on a

stretch of Duisburg port taken from a height of

60 m (probably 2011) - photo by Heiner Bayer

Stamp GER 2017 May 11th - booklet "50 years Deutsche Sporthilfe" with block of 4 stamps (special edition Deutsche Sporthilfe)
Stamp GER 2017 May 11th - booklet "50 years Deutsche Sporthilfe" with MS

(front)

Booklet MI MH 106

(back) (enlarged detail on back)
Stamp GER 2018 Deutsche Sporthilfe - booklet "German gold medal winners 2018"

(front)	Booklet MI MH 106
(back)	(enlarged detail on back)

Stamp GER 2018 Deutsche Sporthilfe - GER M8+ crew, gold medal winner at WRC Sarasota (USA) 2017



WRC Sarasota 2017 M8+ result Gold medal GER 5:26,85 Silver medal USA 5:28,45 Bronze medal ITA 5:28,90	This crew is the fastest M8+ in the world: winner of the M8+ World Rowing Cup final 2017 at Poznan (POL) in 5:18,68 min.