Sports for Peace
In ancient Greece, every four years they held athletic competitions among city-states at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia. These ancient Olympic Games started in 776 b.c.e. During the games, a truce was declared to athletes and others could travel safely to the games. Among other things, the games promoted culture to other lands. This was very much in keeping with the mission of the United Nations. Incidentally, the Olympics were restarted with the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in 1896.
Note
In 2008, China hosted the Olympics in Beijing. The stamps here, including the souvenir sheet commemorate those Olympic games.
Contains 3 spots: own 3 – 3 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
487 |
1 (aug 2008) |
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✓ |
488 |
1.80 (aug 2008) |
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✓ |
489 |
3 (aug 2008) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
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