Olympics – Page 3 – Global Postcard Sales

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Serie XXIII Olimpiadas – Los Angeles: salto em altura (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Issued by Correios e Telegrafos in April 1984, we have this unused maximum card with serial number 027151. Some minor age spotting. Grade: 2

Code: 37100084
Price: $4.00
Serie XXIII Olimpiadas – Los Angeles: salto em distancia (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Issued by Correios e Telegrafos in April 1984, we have this unused maximum card with serial number 015283. Some postmark ink transfer (from stacking) on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 37100085
Price: $4.00
Serie XXIII Olimpiadas – Los Angeles: salto com vara (Maximum Card) (Brazil)
Issued by Correios e Telegrafos in April 1984, we have this unused maximum card with serial number 015455. Some postmark ink transfer (from stacking) on the reverse, and age spotting. Grade: 2

Code: 37100086
Price: $3.00
The 9th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 6th Special Olympics National Games of the People’s Republic of China
In 2015, China Post issued several cards, almost but not quite a set, showing various anniversaries or notable dates or events. Each card has preprinted postage on the front, and nothing at all on the reverse. This one has reference number JP203. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 37100087
Price: $1.00
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics (Australia) (Maximum Card)
Australia postcards are among our favourites, for their variety and colours. Here’s a nice maximum card for the 2016 Games. (Postage pre-paid for international use, on the reverse.) Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 37100088
Price: $5.00
Mexico 68 Olympics and Aztec Calendar
Unused Loper card No. 10, and some tape on the back was almost invisibly removed but took a bit of printing off with it. Grade: 4

Code: 37100090
Price: $1.00
Le Zappion, Athens (Greece)
In 1869, the Greek Parliament allocated 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) of public land between the Palace Gardens and the ancient Temple of Olympian Zeus, and also passed a law on 30 November 1869, “for the building works of the Olympic Games”, as the Zappeion was the first building to be erected specifically for the revival of the Olympic Games in the modern world. This card is old and battered, but the stamp and postmark are there on the front even if there is no message or address on the back. Grade: 3

Code: 37100091
Price: $3.00
Atlanta 1996 Olympics, opening ceremonies (USA)
From the same series as our entry 37100001, but this one is unused. Grade: 1

Code: 37100092
Price: $3.00
1996 Atlanta Olympics, Opening Ceremony, M. Ali
Odd. The card was mailed from Atlanta in 1996 with an Olympics 32-cent stamp, and it has the logos of all the Games’ official sponsors. The caption identifies the date (19th July) of the Opening Ceremony. Yet it unaccountably fails to acknowledge Muhammad Ali as the torch-bearer. Grade: 1

Code: 37100093
Price: $7.00
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Snow Sports (folio) (PR China)
The whole thing comes in a cardboard cover measuring 8-1/2″ x 10″ (shown here). Inside, one piece that folds open to four panels. Do that, and on one side, each panel holds one postcard of a different sport (Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, and Freestyle Skiing. The cards of course are unused though each has an uncancelled stamp corresponding to the card’s particular sport. Now, flip this whole thing over and one of the panels has bilingual Chinese/English text, and one has a mint set of eight of those stamps. Another panel has details of issue from China National Philatelic, with QR code and holographic sticker guaranteeing authenticity. See our entry 37100094B for one panel. Grade: 1

Code: 37100094A
Price: $44.00
Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Snow Sports (folio) (PR China) – one panel
See description for 37100094A.

Code: 37100094B
Price: $44.00
Finnish Air Traffic Company (Finland)
Contemporary card of a 1938 poster, mailed in 2019 with stamp, postmark, and Priority label. Our sense of Olympics history is not too good, so we checked Wikipedia, and learned “The 1940 Summer Olympics … were originally scheduled to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940, in Tokyo. They were rescheduled for Helsinki, to be held from July 20 to August 4, 1940, but were ultimately canceled due to the outbreak of World War II.” So that accounts for the rings. Grade: 1

Code: 37100095
Price: $3.00
Los Angeles 1984 Olympics, Equestrian Events
Among Olympics postcards, those from the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 are some of the most diverse. Here’s an unused, official card 40PZ 0021 of the equestrian events. Just a minor bit of handling. Grade: 1

Code: 37100096
Price: $4.00
Munich 1972 (Germany)
Mailed from Munich in 1972 with stamp and clear postmark. An excellent postcard representative of this troubled Olympics. Grade: 1

Code: 37100097
Price: $3.00
Sochi 2014 Olympics, Laura Complex (Russia)
Earlier in the site we have a few other cards from this event, but none as elaborately filled on the reverse: mailed in 2020 with three different stamps, three postmarks, and a tonne of personality. Grade: 1

Code: 37100098
Price: $4.00
Olympics gymnastic champions – Larisa Iordache (Romania)
Google “Catena Romania” and you’ll learn this is, probably amongst other things, a large online pharmacy. And we present here a short series of unused postcards celebrating various Romanian sports champions. We’ve not done research on each of these individual gymnasts, though our source Tatiana explained their different events and backgrounds. The cards’ designs indicate all were Olympians, and so they are; though as you will see if you read the next few entries, some of the named locations either never sponsored Olympics, or not in those years. Anyway … this card, the first in the series, shows Lorisa Iordache. Grade: 1

Code: 37100099
Price: $2.00
Olympics gymnastics champions – Simona Amânar
See our entries for 20544054/37100099. Minor crease in upper right corner. Grade: 2

Code: 37100100
Price: $2.00
Olympics gymnastics champions – Sandra Izbașa (Romania)
See our entries for 20544054/37100099. Minor crease in upper right corner. Grade: 2

Code: 37100101
Price: $2.00
Olympics gymnastics champions – Flavius Koczi (Romania)
See our entries for 20544054/37100099. Grade: 1

Code: 37100102
Price: $2.00
Olympics gymnastics champions – Marian Drăgulescu (Romania)
See our entries for 20544054/37100099. This is the last in the series. Grade: 1

Code: 37100103
Price: $2.00
Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 – Team Hong Kong, China (set of 4) (Hong Kong)
This is a set of four cards, issued by Hongkong Post in 2021. There’s no pre-printed postage (unusual for Hongkong Post), and our scan shows table tennis as just one of the cards; other subjects include bicycling, diving, and windsurfing. The postcards are unused and still in their original cello wrap. And why is this set so expensive? As far as we can tell — and this is accurate up to the time we write this — the cards were never put on general sale, but instead made available as a bonus item redeemable by subscribers who had enough points from the Post Office’s annual subscription programme. None of that matters to you, of course, but unless things change, there will never be many of these sets available. Anywhere. Grade: 1

Code: 37100104
Price: $88.00
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Blending ancient and modern in one design, a 2020 Olympics postcard mailed in 2021 with pre-printed coloured postage and full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 37100105
Price: $4.00
München 1972 Olympics Poster (Germany)
Unused card from these ill-fated Games. Grade: 1

Code: 37100106
Price: $6.00
Nagano Winter Olympics 1998 (Italy)
Nagano is in Japan, and the small oddity is that this unused card (blank on the reverse) is from Italy. Grade: 1

Code: 37100107
Price: $3.00
23rd Olympic Games, Women’s Platform Diving (PR China)
Maybe one of the more obscure among Olympics postcards, but a simple example issued by the Chinese Government “In commemoration of gold medals won by China at the 23rd Olympic Games”. Postmarked August 1984, with pre-printed coloured postage. The reverse is blank. Grade: 1

Code: 37100108
Price: $3.00
Hong Kong Olympic Team 1996 – four sports
It just seems best that we reproduce the entire caption since it applies to the next few cards in this sequence also. Here goes: “First day of issue: 29 October 1996. Official Souvenir Postcard issued by the Amateur Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong to congratulate the outstanding achievements of the Hong Kong Olympic Team at the Centennial Olympic Games, 1996.” (That’s also in Chinese.) Unused, and note that cards in this sequence do *not* have preprinted postage. Grade: 1

Code: 37100109
Price: $4.00
Hong Kong Olympic Team 1996 – Opening Ceremony
See description for 37100109. Grade: 1

Code: 37100110
Price: $4.00
2000 Olympic Games – judo and rowing (Hong Kong)
Unused card issued by Hongkong Post on 27 August 2000, as part of Postage Prepaid Picture Card Series No. 14. This and following cards in this sequence have pre-printed, coloured postage and special philatelic cancellation. Grade: 1

Code: 37100111
Price: $4.00
2000 Olympic Games – running and table tennis (Hong Kong)
See description for 37100111. Grade: 1

Code: 37100112
Price: $4.00
2000 Olympic Games – cycling and badminton (Hong Kong)
See description for 37100111. Grade: 1

Code: 37100113
Price: $4.00
2000 Olympic Games – diving and windsurfing (Hong Kong)
See description for 37100111. Grade: 1

Code: 37100114
Price: $4.00
Salt Lake 2002 Olympics, Alpine Events (Utah, USA)
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 37100115
Price: $4.00
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte (Grenoble, 1968)
Unused card 38.185 from the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics, captioned in French, German, and English. Grade: 1

Code: 37100116
Price: $6.00
1984 Olympics, USA Women’s Basketball (Maximum Card)
Unused card 827C issued in San Antonio in June 1983 by the U.S. Postal Service. Grade: 1

Code: 37100117
Price: $3.00
23rd Olympic Games, Weightlifting in 52kg Class (PR China)
You might refer back to our entry 20307940 for a similar card (different sport) but otherwise identical description, which we’ll repeat here: Maybe lesser-known among Olympics postcards, but a simple example issued by the Chinese Government “In commemoration of gold medals won by China at the 23rd Olympic Games”. Postmarked August 1984, with pre-printed coloured postage. The reverse is blank. Grade: 1

Code: 37100118
Price: $3.00
Squaw Valley, Olympic Ice Arena (California, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P32998, showing an ice arena used for the 1960 International Winter Olympic Games. Grade: 1

Code: 37100119
Price: $2.00
Lake Placid, Whiteface Mt. Ski Center (New York, USA)
What makes this unused Dexter Press card 57714-D a “1980 Olympic Postcard” is the logo on the front, but the caption explains that this is more of an ordinary day on the slopes. Serrated edges, slight browning. Grade: 1

Code: 37100120
Price: $3.00
Paris 2024, Team Hong Kong, China (Set of 4) (Hong Kong)
Our scan shows one of four unused cards in this set issued by Hongkong Post just as the Games started. The four sports represented are fencing, swimming, table tennis, and cycling; the principals on each card have a holographic effect. What makes these cards more special is that they were issued along with stamps (not included here) of the Games, but the postcards were not made available to the general public unless we subscribed to the annual stamp plan, for a hefty amount — which we did, so we could get the cards, We do not see the logic behind this, as they would have generated good revenue otherwise, but as people say, it is what it is. Grade: 1

Code: 37100121
Price: $59.00
Paris 2024 – Team Romania – Olympic Rings (Romania)
Beginning a short series of unused cards. We will tell you all we know, and refer back to this text for later entries. The cards were produced in Romania, and have tiny logos of sponsoring organisations on the reverse. Each card has a (Romanian) Paris 2024 uncancelled stamp, and an adjoining sticker for “Team Romania”, first day of issue, next to the stamp. Exceptionally, we will call each card in this set: Grade: 1

Code: 37100122
Price: $4.00
Paris 2024 – Team Romania – Eiffel Tower (Romania)
Continuing the series described in our entry 37100122. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 37100123
Price: $4.00

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