#Sports Stamps
All Blacks Rugby Postage Stamps from New Zealand
New Zealand Post has issued a suite of collectable products created in honour of what will arguably be the biggest year in New Zealand rugby history. With an unrivalled winning percentage since the first test against Australia in 1903, the All Blacks will carry the hopes and expectations of more than four million New Zealanders onto the field. Despite decades of change in how the game of rugby is
Top 10 most interesting sport-themed stamps of 2009
The editorial team of FindYourStampsValue.com has prepared a new ranking - Top 10 most interesting sport-themed stamps of 2009. This is the first sports rank from the FindYourStampsValue.com company. The Canadian stamps issued in honour of the Olympic Games in Vancouver come out on top. Canada: Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Mascots and Emblems This series was issued in January, 2009. The stamps sh
Monaco Post honors Ayrton Senna
Monaco Post is issuing a new stamp to mark 50th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's birth. Ayrton "Magic" Senna was born in Sao Paulo in 1960. He is considered one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time: three times world champion, he won 41 grand prix races and was in pole position 65 times. A genuine idol in Brazil, Senna gave generously to his country's charity organizations. After his death o
Spanish Tennis Federation Celebrated On New Stamp
The Spanish post office has released a new stamp which marks a 100 years of the Real Spanish Federation of Tennis. The stamp is bright red, on stuccoed paper and printed using offset litho. Issue date: 19/09/2008
Australia Post releases latest Olympic stamp
The four members of Australia's victorious women's freestyle relay team are the latest Olympians to feature on a stamp. Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and Linda Mackenzie grabbed the gold at the Beijing Olympics yesterday, beating the Chinese and American teams in world record time. Stamps featuring the four with their gold medals will be available in metropolitan Australia Post outl
Sport for Peace - Games of the XXIX Olympics, Beijing, China
On 8 August 2008, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue a set of six commemorative stamps in mini-sheet format on the theme "Sport for Peace". The stamp issue coincides with the OLYMPIC EXPO BEIJING 2008 which is being held in Beijing, China from 8 to 18 August in conjunction with the Games of the XXIX Olympics. Three souvenir sheets and a Beijing Personalized stamp sheet will
San Marino: 75th Edition Of The Road Cycling World Championships – Varese
Known throughout the world as the Garden City, Varese will host the most prestigious cycling event in 2008: the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Road Cycling World Championships. The first edition was held in Adenau, in Germany, in 1927, won by Alfredo Binda who then went on to win again in 1930 and 1932. Three routes characterize the Cycling World Championships: a road trial circuit for the elite
San Marino: The Olympic Games In Beijing
The 29th Olympic Games will be inaugurated on the 8th of August 2008, with a grand opening ceremony in the "Bird's Nest" stadium in Peking, one of the architectural gems built expressly for this extraordinary event. A couple of important and representative international Olympic sporting disciplines become the subjects of a prestigious and exclusive philatelic issue, dedicated to the Beijing Olympi
Spain: Stone Lifting Stamp
Spain has released a stamp honoring one of its traditional sports - stone lifting. It consists of lifting or carrying heavy stones to prove one's strength. Issue date: 16/05/2008
Swiss Olympic stamp issue
Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX), mountainbiking and canoeing. Two new Olympic sports and one very old discipline feature on the programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and Swiss Post is spotlighting them on two stamps and a picture postcard. Date of issue: 08.05.2008
