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 NED 1928 OG Amsterdam (image on magnet)
FDC AUS 2000 Aug. 17th - OG Sydney
FDC AUS 2008 Aug. 18th (Sydney) and 19th (St. Ives) - OG Beijing M2- gold medal winners Drew Ginn & Duncan Free (AUS)
FDC AUS 2008 Sept, 18th (Sydney) and 19th (St. Ives) OG Beijing - M2X gold medal winers David Crawshay & Scott Brennan (AUS)
FDC AUS 2016 Aug. 17th OG Rio de Janeiro - W1X gold medal winner Kimberley Brennan (AUS)

Kim Brennan is the wife of Scott Brennan

who won the M2X gold medal at OG Beijing 2008
FDC DEN 1987 Aug. 27th - WRC Copenhagen
FDC ISR 2024 Sept. 10th - Paralympic Games Paris with corresponding PM
FDC KOR 1964 Oct. 10th - OG Tokyo (8+ on stamp)
FDC KOR 1964 Oct. 10th SS - OG Tokyo (8+ on stamp)
MC TCH 1960 OG Rome with PM 1970
MC TCH 1964 OG Tokyo on PC YUG 1966 WRC Bled with PM 1970
PM GBR 2012 Aug. 13th London on stamp NED

         British postmark on stamp NED

        "Inspire a generation" was the

         motto of the OG London 2012
PM YUG 1932 Sept. 2nd Beograd ERC set (FDC-PM)
Stamp ADEN MAHRA STATE 1968 perforated & imperforated - °French Olympic champions of the past° - Maurice Barrelet, M1X gold medal winner OG Paris 1900

MI 123 A

MI 123 B
Stamp AFG 2001 - Painting "The Seine at the Isle of Grande Jatte in the Spring" 1887 by Georges Seurat

The souvenir sheet is presumably

a private (non-official) issue, and

thus the stamp can be regarded

as a cinderella or poster stamp with

no real value for franking.
Stamp AJMAN 1969 March 1st SS (perforated & imperforated) - OG Mexico 1968 Basketball team USA with Olympic pictogram No. 2 in second row of upper margin

MI SS 125 A

MI SS 125 B

Stamp AJMAN 1971 April 23rd - Philatokyo

MI 873 A

YV 123 E

depicting stamp JPN MI 807

blue colour shift

imperforated

SS

MI 869-76 se-tenant

perforated

imperforated

Stamp AJMAN 1972 OG Munich - M2X finalists parading on the course after the race

MI 2620 A

MI MS 2605-20 A

MI 2620 B

MI MS 2605-20 B

SS MI 2620 A (white margin)

SS MI 2620 B (white margin)

SS MI 2620 A (blue margin)

SS MI 2620 B (pink margin)

MI 2636 (small size)

MI MS 2621-36 (small size)

stamp ajman 1972 mi 2620 finalists of 2x event parading at og munich copy of original photo

The designer of the stamp used

this photo which comes from the

book °Olympia 72° by W.

Umminger and other authors,

published by Roemer Verlag

1972, page 170. It shows the

six finalists of the M2X

competition parading on the

water after their race with the

gold medal winners Alexander

Timoshinin & Gennadi Korshikov

(URS) in the foreground. The

silver and bronze medallists

NOR and GDR follow in the

adjacent lanes.

Stamp AJMAN-MANAMA 1969 March 1st (perforated & imperforated) - Olympic winners OG Mexico 1968 with Olympic pictogram No. 2

MI 204 A

MI 204 B

MI 205 A

MI 205 B

MI 206 A

MI 206 B

MI 207 A

MI 207 B

MI 208 A

MI 208 B

MI 209 A

MI 209 B

Stamp AJMAN-MANAMA 1969 March 1st SS (perforated & imperforated) - OG Mexico 1968 Basketball team USA with Olympic pictogram No. 2 in second row of upper margin

MI SS F 35 A perforated

MI SS F 35 B imperforated

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