#Beijing 2008 Olympics stamps
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: 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
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
New Olympic stamps issued
The two-year countdown toward the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been marked with the issue of four new stamps. The set of stamps depict four very different sports in basketball, fencing, sailing and gymnastics, presumably in order to reflect the diversity of the competition. The State Post Bureau of China and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games have jointly issued the stamps, w
