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 AUS 2021 Aug. 3rd OG Tokyo - M4- gold medal winner crew Alexander Purnall, Spencer Turrin, Alexander Hill & Jack Hargreaves (AUS)

       MI 5368

       SG 5490

       YV 5125
Stamp AUS 2024 Sept 23rd Paralympics Paris - PR3 Mixed Double Sculls gold medal winners J.Altschwager & N. Ayers (AUS)
Stamp AUT 1991 Aug. 20th - WRC Vienna

       MI 2036

       SC 1544

       YV 1865



              Proof



     There were no 4X+ crews competing
Stamp AUT 2019 Aug. 26th WRC Linz-Ottensheim

       MI 3478

       SC 2813

       SG 3575

       YV 3318

                  black proof
Stamp AZE 2016 Aug. 1st - OG Rio de Janeiro with Olympic pictogram No. 14 in margin

SC 1115
Stamp AZE 2024 July 26th OG Paris with Olympic pictogram No. 12
Stamp BAN 1992 July 25th OG Barcelona
Stamp BDI 2018 MS OG Tokyo 2020 (W2-)

SC 1115

Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Elisabeta Lipa (ROU)

Elisabeta Lipa won five gold medals

at Olympic Games:

W2X at OG Los Angeles 1984

W1X at OG Barcelona 1992

W8+ at OG Atlanta 1996

W8+ at OG Sydney 2000

W8+ at OG Athens 2004

She also won the W1X gold

medal at WRC Bled 1989

Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Georgeta Damian-Andrunache (ROU)

Stamp BDI 2022 unauthorized issue Georgeta Andrunache ROU

Georgeta Andrunache (nee Damian)

won five gold medals at Olympic Games

and another five gold medals at World

Rowing Championships:

W2- and W8+ at OG Sydney 2000

W2- and W8+ at OG Athens 2004

W2- at OG Beijing 2008

W8+ at WRC Aiguebelette 1997

W8+ at WRC Cologne 1998

W8+ at WRC St. Catharines 1999

W2- at WRC Lucerne 2001

W2- at WRC Sevilla 2002

o botosaneanca in guiness book la multi ani georgeta andrunache 6Lh

Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - James Bruce Tomkins (AUS)

                                   J. B. Tomkins is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and a seven-time World Champion

        OG Barcelona 1992 (M4-)        OG Atlanta 1996 (M4-)        OG Athens 2004 (M2-)

                       World Champion Nottingham 1986 (M8+), Tasmania 1990 (M4-), Vienna 1991 (M4-),

                                                 Cologne 1998 (M4+ and M2+), St. Catharines 1999 (M2-), Milan 2003 (M2-)
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Kathleen Joan Heddle 1965-2021 (CAN)

OG Barcelona 1992 W2- gold medal

OG Barcelona 1992 W8+ gold medal

OG Atlanta 1996 W2X gold medal

WRC Vienna 1991 W2- gold medal

WRC Vienna 1991 W8+ gold medal

WRC Tampere 1995 W2X gold medal
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Mahe Drysdale (NZL) - set of six

Two-time M1X Olympic champion (2012 + 2016) and five-time World champion

(2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - OG Paris 2024 (M2- CRO)
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Paul Costello (USA)

Paul Costello (1894-1986) won three

gold medals at three Olympic Games:

M2X gold medal at OG Antwerp 1920

M2X gold medal at OG Paris 1924

M2X gold medal at OG Amsterdam 1928
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

Pertti Karppinen won three gold

medal at three Olympic Games:

M1X gold medal at OG Montreal 1976

M1X gold medal at OG Moscow 1980

M1X gold medal at OG Atlanta 1984
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)

Steve Redgrave won five Olympic gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games:

Los Angeles 1984 (M4+), Seoul 1988 (M2-), Barcelona 1992 (M2-), Atlanta 1996 (M2-) and Sydney 2000 (M4-).

He also won nine gold medals at World Rowing Championships: WRC Nottingham 1986 (M2+), WRC Copenhagen

1987 (M2-), WRC Vienna 1991 (M2-), WRC Radice 1993 (M2-), WRC Indianapolis 1994 (M2-), WRC Tampere

1995 (M2-), WRC Aiguebelette 1997 (M4-), WRC Cologne 1998 (M4-) and WRC St. Catharines 1999 (M4-).

He competed at Henley Royal Regatta for more than two decades winning 17 times in five different events,

among them the Diamond Sculls.

Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)

Stamp BDI 2022 unauthorized issue Vyacheslav Ivanow URS

V. Ivanov won three gold medals

at Olympic Games:

M1X at OG Melbourne 1956

M1X at OG Rome 1960

M1X at OG Tokyo 1964

He was the M1X World Champion

at WRC Lucerne 1962 and M1X

European Champion at ERC Bled

1956, ERC Macon 1959, ERC Prague

1961 and ERC Amsterdam 1964.

Furthermore he won the Diamond

Sculls at Henley 1957 and 1958.

Stamp BDI 2023 SS - unauthorized issue - "Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics"

Lower right corner: J. Dreifke & K. Koeppelien (GDR),

M2X gold medal winners OG Montreal 1976 and WRC

Munich 1981
Stamp BEL 1987 Sept. 5th - Belgian Rowing Federation centenary

   MI 2311

       SC 1276

       SG 2918

       YV 2259

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