In 1960 my wife and I were living in a flat in Wolverhampton and we hired our first TV to watch the games in Rome when a boxer named Cassius Clay won a gold. I have two stamps commemorating the Rome games but not from a country that I associate with the Olympics. I'll post them both because I like the shape of one in particular.
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| Rome Olympics 1960 - Mongolia |
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| Rome MCMLX - Mongolia |
I was surprised to find that I do have one Olympic stamp from Great Britain so I have decided to include that as well.
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| Barcelona 1992 - Great Britain |
I could post stamps from other games but there are too many for a single post. Perhaps I can use them another time.
9 comments:
I like Mongolian stamps, they always have a variety of shapes. Royal Mail have certainly gone to town with the 2012 Olympics stamps, lost count of the number of sets, and we are still a year away.
Of these, the one I remember most is the Barcelona games. We were living in Paris at the time and so many people were planning to go south to see them, it seemed so accessible. As far as I remember nobody managed to get the tickets. And the other memory is of the "No pain, no Spain" slogan. Odd, the things that stick in the mind.
Olympic stamps are an interesting and big topic to collect.
Perfect time for olympic season
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Yes, Olympic stamps must be a huge collecting area. The Mongolian stamps are interesting. I think the media may be in danger of over-advising us about the countdown, when they started 'only a year to go' I was thinking already they are telling us ;)
oh!!! i have plenty of olympic stamps but i am waiting in january to start posting them, almost like a countdown to the London's games. actually, i should look if i couldn't post something today, once i've done my SS tour.
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HUGZ
I really like the Barcelona stamp. Such a rich blue color. Thanks for sharing!
Loved to collect stamps as a child. Thanks for the memories.
This is a great selection.My favorite is the Barcelona!
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