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 SAM 2012 - Longboat with 42 oars

stamp sam 2012

stamp sam 2012 ss

samoan longboat used in the traditional fautasi race

The Fautasi Race is a traditional Samoan event.

It happens in Samoan longboats with 42 oars

and is held annually during the Independence

Festival. A very impressive video on "YouTube"

shows this competion ("Fautasi Race 2013

Flag Day")

Stamp SHARJAH 1968 Oct. 15th SS OG Mexico (perforated & imperforated + colour variation)


MI SS 43 A	MI SS 43 B
MI SS 43 A with different background colour	original stamp MEX 1968 March 21st

Stamp SHARJAH 1972 July 27th - OG Munich

       MI 943 A

       MI MS 942-51 A

       MI 943 B

   MI MS 942-51 B

Stamp MI 943 A + B - MS MI 942-51 A + B
Stamp SHARJAH 1972 OG Munich - M2X gold medal win for URS (A. Timoshinin & G. Korshikov)

MI 1177
Stamp SHARJAH KHOR FAKKAN 1969 SS OG Mexico (perforated & imperforated)

MI SS 21 A perforated

MI SS 21 B imperforated
Stamp SIN 2024 July 26th OG Paris (pictogram)
Stamp SLE 1989 Apr. 28th - OG Seoul depicting Thomas Lange (GER), M1X Olympic champion

       MI 1167

       SC 1028

       YV 940
Stamp SLE 2008 OG Beijing (MS + proof)
Stamp SLE 2012 OG London (unauthorized) - W4X silver medal winner crew GER

Annekatrin Thiele (bow), Carina Baer, Julia Richter,

Britta Oppelt (stroke)
Stamp SLE 2015 Dec. 21st - OG London 2012: M1X gold medal for Mahé Drysdale (NZL)

MI 6751

YV 5604
Stamp SLE 2015 Dec. 21st OG London 2012 - M4- gold medal for GBR

MI 6749

YV 5602
Stamp SLE 2015 Dec. 21st OG London 2012 - W2X crew Wang Min & Zhu Weiwei (CHN), 4th place in the final

MI 6748

YV 5601
Stamp SLE 2015 Dec. 21st OG London 2012 - W8+ gold medal for USA

MI 6750

YV 5603
Stamp SLE 2015 Dec. 21st SS OG London 2012 - gold medal winners ROWING (perforated & imperforated)

       MI MS 6748-51

       SC 3549

       YV 5601-04

       MI SS 882

     SC 3569

       YV BF 860
Stamp SLE 2015 Sept. 25th - Painting °A Sunday Afternoon...° by George Seurat
Stamp SLE 2022 OG Paris 2024 (unauthorized issue)

Stamp SLO 1992 July 25th MS OG Barcelona

MI MS 27-28

SC 143

SG 167-68

YV F 27-28

Iztok Cop & Denis Zvegelj: M2- bronze medal

Janez Klemencic, Saso Mirjanic,

Milan Jansa & Sadik Mujkic: M4- bronze medal

Stamp SLO 1996 June 5th - OG Atlanta - Iztok Cop (SLO)

       MI 151

       YV 154

       MI MS 151-52

       SC 260a
Stamp SLO 2000 Oct 16th - OG Sydney depicting Luka Spik & Iztok Cop (SLO), M2X gold medal winners

MI 327

SG 477
Stamp SLO 2011 May 27th - WRC Bled

       MI 901

       SC 886

       SG 942

       YV 745

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