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 GBR 2005 Oct. 4th with °British Gold Medal Winners Beijing 2008° - LM2X + M4- on tab

MI 2341
Stamp GBR 2009 Mi 2455 II (issued 2006 Oct. 17th) with victorious Cambridge crew 2004 on tab - detail from MS Cambridge University 800th anniversary
Stamp GBR 2010 July 27th - Paralympic Games Rowing

         MI 2977

         SC 2815

   SG 3107

                           booklet

       SC 2825
Stamp GBR 2010 July 27th Paralympic Rowing (pictogram)
Stamp GBR 2011 Nov. 1st UNIVERSAL MAIL UK °Celebration of Sport° OG London (self-adhesive)
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 2nd - OG London - W2- gold medal winners Helen Glover & Heather Stanning (GBR)

       MI 3294

       SC 3047

       SG 3342

       YV 3687

                                   The first British women ever to win rowing gold
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 4th - OG London - W2X gold medal for Katherine Grainger & Anna Watkins (GBR)

       MI 3299

       SC 3052

       SG 3347

       YV 3694
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 5th - OG London - LW2X gold medal for Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR)

       MI 3303

       SC 3056

       SG 3351

       YV 3699
Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 5th - OG London - M4- gold medal for Alex Gregory, Tom James, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge (GBR)

       MI 3302

       SC 3055

       SG 3350

       YV 3700

       SG 3350a
Stamp GBR 2012 Jan. 12th OG London (self-adhesive postage label) with small red Olympic pictogram No. 13
Stamp GBR 2012 Sept. 4th - Paralympic Games London - LTAMix4+ gold medal for P. Relph, N. Riches, J. Roe & D. Smith, cox L. van den Broecke (GBR)

      MI 3336

      SC 3086

      SG 3381

YV 3729
Stamp GBR SCOTLAND EYNHALLOW HOLY ISLAND 1984 (unauthorized) - OG Los Angeles 1984

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

perforated

imperforated
Stamp GBR-IOM 2004 July 1st - GBR M4- crew after their gold medal win at OG Sydney 2000

        MI 1142

        SC 1049

        YV 1171

Stamp GBR-IOM 2012 Jan. 1st OG London

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

stamp gbr iom 2012 jan. 1st ms og london mi 1747

stamp gbr iom 2012 jan. 1st ms og london pane from. special collectors book

Stamp GBR-IOM 2012 Jan. 1st OG London SS (two complete sets se-tenant)

SC 1475
Stamp GBS 2001 May 20th - Paintings by Auguste Renoir

       MI MS 1624-32

       MI 1625

       MI 1626

Stamp GBS 2009 March 10th SS - OG Beijing 2008 Chinese gold medal winners - W4X - perforated & imperforated

MI 4053-58 YV 2768-73
MI 4053 YV 2768
MI 4054 YV 2769
MI 4056 YV 2771
MI 4057 YV 2772

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

Stamp GBS 2023 (unauthorized issue) - OG Atlanta 1996 - Rob Waddell (NZL)

Stamp GBS 2023 OG Atlanta Rob Waddell NZL

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.

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