Rare Items
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Registered postcard ITA 1960 OG Rome with PM and registration label Lake Albano (site of the Olympic Rowing course) #Coll. JE#
PM Sept. 2nd (day before finals)
with text refering to the Olympic regatta
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Reglement GBR 1948 OG London °Aviron° with map of Olympic regatta course at Henley
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Stamp AJMAN 1973 March 31st MS OG Munich (small size)
MI MS 2605-20 A
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Stamp BOL 1980 Oct. 13th - SS OG Moscow with Olympic pictogram No. 5
MI SS 100
SC 640
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Stamp CHA 1983 Nov. 15th SS imperforated - OG Los Angeles - mascot in lower margin
MI Bl. 185 B -
Stamp CHN 2008 Aug. 9th MS °Celebrating the Chinese Team Gold Medallists°
MI 3992 (3x)
W4X gold medal winner crew -
Stamp FIN 1952 OG Helsinki (unissued design) #Coll. Postal Museum of Finland#
Designer Tapio Wirkkala
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Stamp GBR 1971 Febr. 4th Cambridge Emergency Postal Service - Boat Race
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Stamp GDR 1968 June 6th - WERC Berlin (perforated & imperforated proofs)
MI 1373
SC 1013
SG E 1094
YV 1069
imperforated proofs
Imperforated proofs are very rare - about 10 of each are believed to exist
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Stamp GDR 1968 Sept. 18th - OG Mexico (perforated and imperforated proofs)
MI 1409
SC 1046
SG E 1130
YV 1105
imperforated proofs
colours added
black inscription added
golden Olympic rings added
Imperforated proofs are very rare (about 10 existing)
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Stamp GDR 1984 OG Los Angeles #Coll. JE#
GDR boycotted the Olympic Games 1984 and the stamp on the left was never released. The image was used for the stamp on the right (OG Seoul 1988). The most expensive rowing stamp in the world -
less than ten are known.
MI III
1988 
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Stamp GEQ 1972 July 25th OG Munich (gold-foil) - 800 issued perforated, 200 issued imperforated
MI 106 perforated
SC 72111
MI A 106 imperforated
SC 72113
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Stamp GEQ 1972 Oct. 30th - OG Munich (gold-foil) with green overprint °Gold medal 4+ RFA° (= GER) - 800 issued perforated, 200 issued imperforated
MI B 106 perforated
SC 72112
MI C 106 imperforated
SC 72114
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Stamp GEQ 1972 OG Munich on air mail cover with arrival postmark on back
Certified by Grabowski PP
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Stamp HAI 2007 OG Beijing MS Olympic mascots on silk cloth with Olympic pictogram No. 12 in upper margin
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Stamp MON 1948 Epreuve de luxe
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Stamp MON 1948 July 12th - OG London imperforated with large margins (lower left corner)
YV PA 32
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Stamp NZL 1996 July 10th - OG Atlanta MS with perforated and imperforated set
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Stamp PRK 1961 Nov. 4th - Deluxe proof
only 30 issued -
Stamp TUR 2007 May 3rd Fenerbahce Sport Club Istanbul centenary
MI 3578
MI MS 3572-79
