#Sports Stamps
Ireland's first ever Moving Stamps mark 2006 Ryder Cup
The country's first ever lenticular stamp will be issued by An Post today to celebrate The 2006 Ryder Cup being held in Ireland. The limited edition Ryder Cup stamps feature lenticular images, which appear to move when the stamp is tilted. This innovative design feature has never before been seen on an Irish stamp, has never been used in a Ryder Cup stamp and is rarely seen at all internationally!
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
European swimming championship
Hungary Post is marking the 28th European Swimming Championship in Budapest by issuing a commemorative set of stamps. This prestigious event, which has been regularly organised in Europe since 1926, was last staged in Hungary in 1958. Between 26 July and 6 August outstanding swimmers from across the continent will compete in the European Championship at the Alfred Hajos Swimming Pool in the attrac
South Africa look to 2010. New stamp for next World Cup issued
As the dust settles following Italy's triumph at World Cup 2006 in Germany, 2010 hosts South Africa have issued a new stamp to commemorate their staging of the next finals. Students at the Pretoria Open Window Art Academy were asked to submit designs for the new issue, however they were given strict instructions not to use images of football players, any team logos or colors and the stamp had to h
Postage stamp will honor Mickey Mantle
Iowa Baseball great Mickey Mantle will be honored on a postage stamp. The stamp bearing a likeness of the New York Yankees star will be issued in 2006 as part of a "Big Hitters" series. Other stamps in the series will honor Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Mel Ott of the New York Giants. Marv Diemer, a former state legislator from Cedar Falls, has been pushing for the Mantle stamp since
