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 TGA 1993 July 1st - King's 75th birthday (perforated & imperforated proof)

        MI 1293

        SC 851a

        YV 936
Stamp TGA 1993 March 16th - Health & Fitness (perforated & imperforated proof)

MI 1270
Stamp TGA NIUAFO'OU OG London 2012 (personalized issue)

SG 370
Stamp THA 1998 Dec. 6th - 13th Asian Games Bangkok

       MI 1894

       SC B86

       SG 2075

       YV 1831

gold foil
Stamp TJK 2000 (unauthorized) - Prince William
Stamp TJK 2003 May 20th OG Athens & OG Beijing with Olympic pictogram No. 5 reversed in margin (perforated & imperforated)

       MI SS 34 A

       SC 219

       MI SS 34 B

       SC 219
Stamp TKM 1992 Dec. 25th OG Barcelona (perforated & imperforated)

       MI 18

       SC 33 d

       YV 18

       MI 15-19

       YV 15-19
Stamp TKM 1992 Dec. 25th SS OG Barcelona with Olympic pictogram No. 3

MI SS 2

SC 23
Stamp TKM 1993 Apr. 7th - OG Barcelona (re-valued)

   MI 27

       SC 33d

       SG 29

       YV 37

       MI 25-29

Stamp TOG 1980 Febr. 29th SS OG Moscow (perforated & imperforated)

The Olympic rowing regatta 1980 took place

at Moscow, not at Tallinn where the sailing

contests were held

MI SS 155 A

MI SS 155 B

Photo from book °Montreal 1976° by H.

Rosendahl, published by Corvus Verlag 1976, page 97

The decisive moment in the M1X final at OG Montreal 1976:

The favourite P. M. Kolbe (GER) in the foreground

is no longer able to defend his leading position against

P. Karppinen (FIN) and has to rest content with the silver medal.

Stamp TOG 1984 Oct. 15th SS - OG Los Angeles: NZL M8+ crew, gold medal winner OG Munich 1972

MI SS 247 (stamp MI 1786)

SC C499

NZL crews wear black singlets!

Just a small wave and the boat is waterlogged!

NZL: Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce,

John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor

Coker, Gary Robertson, cox Simon Dickie
Stamp TOG 1985 Aug. 1st SS OG Los Angeles gold medal winners (SS TOG 1984 with imprint °Canada Medaille d'Or°

        MI SS 270 (stamp MI 1898)

        SC 525

     CAN: Patrick Turner, Kevin Neufeld,

     Mark Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele,

     Michael Evans, Dean Crawford,

     Blair Horm, cox Brian McMahon
Stamp TOG 2011 "Courses de Bateaux" (perforated and imperforated - 10 images)
Stamp TOG 2012 Febr. 20th SS °Course de Bateaux° I (perforated & imperforated)

YV 2797

The images in the bottom row show a M8+ (left) and boats in a coastal rowing regatta (right)
Stamp TOG 2012 Febr. 20th SS °Courses de Bateaux° II

YV BF 556
Stamp TOG 2017 May 5th - Coubertin
Stamp TOG 2018 Nov. 30th SS - history of sport philately

YV 6495

Stamp TOG 2019 - Paintings by Georges Seurat (1859-1891)

Stamp TOG 2019 SS Seurat paintings

°The Seine at the Isle of Grande Jatte in spring°

(1888)

MI 10103

°A Sunday afternoon on the Isle of Grande Jatte°

(1884-1886)

MI 10105

Stamp TOG 2021 Dec. 20th OG Tokyo 2020 (pictogram)
Stamp TOG 2021 Sept. 3rd (unauthorized issue) OG Tokyo 2020 - mascot Miraitowa

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