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 NIG 2013 July 1st - Painting "The oarsmen's breakfast" (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

YV 1893
Stamp NIG 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Emma Twigg (NZL), W1X gold medal winner OG Tokyo 2020
Stamp NIG 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Marcel Hacker (GER), M1X World Champion 2002 WRC Sevilla
Stamp NIG 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Oliver Zeidler (GER), three times M1X World and European champion

Stamp NIG 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Sergey Fedorovtsev (RUS), M4X gold medal winner OG Athens 2004

Stamp NIG 2022 unauthorized issue Sergey Fedorowtsew RUS M4X gold medal winner OG Athens 2004

Olympic regatta Athens 2004 - M4X result

!. RUS (Nikolay Spinyov, Igor Kravtsov,

Alexsey Svirin, Sergey Fedorovtsev) 5:56,85

2. CZE 5:57,43

3. UKR 5:58,87

Stamp NIG 2022 SS (unauthorized issue) "Rowing" - E. Twigg (NZL), M. Lobnig (AUT), E. Oryabinskaya & V. Stepanova (RUS), O. Zeidler (GER)
Stamp NIG 2023
Stamp NIUE 1992 July 22nd OG Barcelona

        MI SS 120

        SC SS 625

        SG MS 737

        YV BF 119
Stamp NZL 1973 Febr. 7th - Gold medal win for NZL M8+ at OG Munich 1972 (pictogram)

         MI 601

        SC 515

        SG 1001

        YV 584
Stamp NZL 1996 July 10th - OG Atlanta

       MI 1529

       SC 1377

       YV 1473

       MI MS 1526-30

       SC 1378A
Stamp NZL 1996 July 10th - OG Atlanta MS with perforated and imperforated set
Stamp NZL 2000 Aug. 4th - OG Sydney

        MI 1851

        SC 1666

        SG 2347

        YV 1786
Stamp NZL 2008 July 2nd - OG Beijing

MI 2513

SC 2197
Stamp NZL 2009 Aug. 5th

SC 2264h
Stamp NZL 2010 Oct. 6th



    Two 4+ on river followed by launch

       MI 2735

       SC 2331h



         MS °A Slice of Heaven°

Stamp NZL 2016 Aug. 12th - OG Rio de Janeiro: M2- gold medal winners Eric Murray & Hamish Bond (including MS and strip of four se-tenant medal winner stamps)


MI 3376 SC 2667 SG 3810 YV 3230
	OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 M2- result (Aug. 11th) Gold medal NZL 6:59,71 Silver medal RSA 7:02,51 Bronze medal ITA 7:04,52

Stamp NZL 2016 Aug. 15th - OG Rio de Janeiro: W2- silver medal winners Genevieve Behrent & Rebecca Scrown (including MS and strip of five se-tenant medal winner stamps with W2- and M1X)


MI 3379 SC 2670 SG 3813 YV 3233
	OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 W2- result Gold medal GBR 7:18,29 Silver medal NZL 7:19,53 Bronze medal DEN 7:20,71

Stamp NZL 2016 Aug. 16th - OG Rio de Janeiro: M1X gold medal winner Mahe Drysdale (including MS and strip of five se-tenant medal winner stamps with W2- and M1X)


MI 3381 SC 2672 SG 3815 YV 3235	Mahe Drysdale - Olympic M1X champion 2012 - retained his title 2016 at the age of 37.
	OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 M1X result Gold medal NZL 6:41,34 Silver medal CRO 6:41,34 Bronze medal CZE 6:44,10 This was the closest Olympic M1X final ever - the time difference was 5/1000th of a second. The silver medal winner Martin had raised his stroke rate to 48!