Stamps by Countries - G-H-I

Depicted is the M8+ crew of New Zealand, gold medal winner OG Munich 1972
perforated
imperforated

SC 1475

The image in the lower left corner

(with the 8+ on the right margin)

depicts the MS whereas the picture

in the lower right corner (with the

8+ on the left margin) shows a

pane from the Special Collector's Book

TANG Bin, JIN Ziwei, XI Aihua & ZHANG Yangyang (CHN)

Stamp GBS 2009 May 29th SS - Famous painters - °Oarsmen's breakfast° (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Stamp GBS 2011 Sept. 27th SS - OG London

MI Bl. 1003

Rob Waddell won the M1X B-final at

OG Atlanta 1996 (= 7th place),

became M1X World champion in 1998,

defended his title in 1999 and crowned

his career with the M1X gold medal win

at OG Sydney 2000.

Silken Laumann gained the W2X bronze medal

at OG Los Angeles 1984 together with her sister

Danielle. She won the W1X gold medal in 1991

and was the gold medal favourite for OG Barcelona

1992 when ten weeks prior to the Games her right

leg was shattered by an accident in the warm-up area

of regatta Essen (GER). A M4- crew had rammed into

her shell. Told that she would never row again and

after five operations she walked with a cane to her

boat and won the W1X bronze medal.

She finished her career with the W1X silver medal at

OG Atlanta 1996.

FISA introduced traffic rules for the warm-up areas

of regattas after the 1992 incident.

Stamp GBS 2023 (unauthorized issue) - OG Atlanta 1996 - Xeno Mueller (SUI), M1X gold medal winner

M1X Final A OG Atlanta 1996

Gold:      Xeno Muller (SUI)         6:44,85

Silver:     Derek Porter (CAN)      6:47,45

Bronze: Thomas Lange (GER)   6:47,72
Stamp GBS 2025 Apr. 30th - African Youth Games in Angola, scheduled for December 2025 (two different values)
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

Imperforated proofs are very rare (about 10 existing)

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

Stamp GDR 1988 Aug. 9th - OG Seoul

       MI 3186

       SC 2693

       SG E 2889

       YV 2799
Stamp GEQ 1972 Aug. 17th SS - OG Munich (pictogram behind the runner's left leg)

MI SS 18

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