Famous Brothers
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Stamp CIV 2005 Dec. 14th SS OG Beijing 2008 with M4- GER (N. Kesslau, V. Grabow, J. Puttlitz, G. Grabow, gold medal winners WRC Duisburg 1983 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985, bronze medal winners OG Seoul 1988) in upper margin
MI SS 161 A
MI SS 161 B
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Stamp DJI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Martin & Valent Sinkovic (CRO)
The Sinkovic brothers won the M2X gold medal at OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 and the M2- gold medal at OG Tokyo 2020 -
Stamp MAD 2020 OG Rio de Janeiro (unauthorized issue) - Gary & Paul Donovan (IRL), LM2X silver medal winners
The O'Donovan brothers also won the LM2X
gold medal at the ERC Brandenburg 2016
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Stamp MAD 2021 (unauthorized issue) - Valent & Martin Sincovic (CRO), M2- gold medal winners OG Tokyo 2020
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Stamp MAD 2021 SS (unauthorized issue) - OG Tokyo 2020 - Sinkovic brothers (CRO) and C. McCabe & K. Langerfeld (CAN)
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Stamp PRK 1980 Oct. 20th OG Moscow SS - Bernd & Joerg Landvoigt (GDR), M2- gold medal winners
MI SS A 84 A
Berd & Joerg Landvoigt won the M2- competition at OG Montreal 1976
and OG Moscow 1980; they became M2- world champions 1974, 1975,
1978 and 1979.
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Stamp PRK 1980 Oct. 20th SS Winners of OG Moscow
MI SS A 84
Bernd & Joerg Landvoigt (GDR)
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
The photos which were used for the design of
the souvenir sheet show the M2- crew Bernd &
Joerg Landvoigt (GDR), the single sculler Pertti
Karppinen (FIN), and the M4- crew J. Thiele,
A. Decker, S. Semmler & S. Brietzke (GDR).
They were taken from the book "Spiele der
XXII. Olympiade Moskau 1980", published by
Sportverlag Berlin (GDR) 1980 (pages 102,
97 and book cover).
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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
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Stamp USA 1967 Nov. 2nd - Painting °The Biglin Brothers racing° (1873) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
MI 936
SC 1335
SG 1315
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Stamp VOL (now BUR) 1977 July 4th OG Montreal SS with overprint °Winner 1976 Frank and Alf Hansen NOR° - The Hansen brothers won the M2X final, depicted is a M2-
MI SS 45
SC C247
large perforations
YV BF 6A
MI SS 45
SC C247
small perforations
The miniature sheet with black
overprint was not valid for postage.
The design shows a sweep oar
race whereas Frank & Alf Hansen
(NOR) won the M2X gold medal.
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Stamp YEM 1970 Dec. 15th (perforated & imperforated) - German gold medal winners at Olympic Games - M4+ at OG Paris 1900
MI 1269 perforated
MI 1275 imperforated
There were two sparate finals on the
27th of August 1900 because some
competing crews had been instructed
insufficiently of the qualification rules
by the regatta officials.
The first final was won by FRA, the
second final by GER (O. Gossler,
W. Katzenstein, W. Tietgens, G.
Gossler, cox C. Gossler).
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Stationary II CRO 2011 - M4X gold medal win for CRO at WRC NZL Lake Karapiro 2010 with PM Febr. 22nd Zagreb (three differnt crew photos)
D. Sain, M. Sinkovic, D. Martin,
V. Sinkovic
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TC SUI 1996 Oct. - Schweizer Sporthilfe Sportcard No. 58 - Markus & Michael Gier (gold medal winners LM2X WRC 1995 + OG Atlanta 1996) - 1500 issued
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TC SUI 1997 Febr. - Schweizer Sporthilfe Sportcard No. 74 with Xeno Mueller (Olympic M1X champion OG Atlanta 1996) and Markus & Michael Gier (gold medal winners LM2X WRC 1995 + OG Atlanta 1996)
