Stamps by Countries

It is sometimes difficult to decide whether a stamp is an official issue and thus valid for postage, especially in African and Asian countries. If a stamp is listed in the world-wide accepted and well-known stamp catalogues Michel (MI, Germany), Scott (SC, USA), Stanley-Gibbons (SG, United Kingdom) or Yvert & Tellier (YV, France) it is a real postage stamp for sure. Often these catalogues publish new issues from exotic countries only many years after their issue date.

If it is doubtful whether a stamp is an official issue or not that particular stamp remains listed in the category "Stamps" unless its unauthorized status is proven.

Stamp BRA 2001 Aug. 21st - Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Rio de Janeiro

MI 3169

SC 2787
Stamp BRA 2001 Nov. 23rd - Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

MI 3208

Founded 1895 as rowing club

Stamp BRA 2010 Sept. 1st - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista centenary 1910 - 2010 (four different stamps)


MI 3831 SC 3143	MI 3833 SC 3145
personalized issue SC 3144	textile surface SC 3146

Stamp BRA 2014 Febr 2nd - Paysandu Sport Club centenary 1914-2014

This club has an active rowing section and is a member of the Brazilian Rowing Federation

MI 4139

SC 3266
Stamp BRA 2015 Dec. 15th OG Rio de Janeiro

      MI 4352

      SC 3318u

      YV 3516
Stamp BRA 2015 March 24th OG Rio de Janeiro

     MI 4216

       SC 3298m

       YV 3394

        MI 4206

    SC 3298o

        YV 3396
Stamp BRA 2016 Aug. 1st OG Rio de Janeiro - Olympic rowing & canoeing venue

       MI 4411

       SC 3333f

        MI SS 181

        SC 3333

        YV BF 174
Stamp BUL 1968 June 24th - OG Mexico

       MI 1815

       SC 1678

       SG 1808

       YV 1600

There were no 4X+ races at OG Mexico 1968
Stamp BUL 1976 Sept. 6th OG Montreal (with Olympic pictogram No. 3) - gold medal wins for Svetlana Otsetova & Zdravka Yordanova (W2X) and Siyka Kelbecheva & Stoyanka Gruycheva (W2-)

       MI SS 66

       YV BF 64

      This Olympic pictogram (No. 3) is the one used at OG Munich 1972

Stamp BUL 1979 Sept. 30th OG Moscow with Olympic pictograms No. 5 on tab

stamp bul 1979 nov. 30th og moscow mi 2840 with pictograms in margins

MI 2841

SC 2637

MI 2842

SC 2638

MI 2845

SC 2641

MI 2843

SC 2639

MI 2844

SC 2640

Stamp BUL 1981 Jan. 9th SS OG Moscow - Olympic pictogram No. 5 in silver (commemoration of Bulgarian W4+ silver medal and W4X+, W2- & M4X bronze medals)

MI SS 109
Stamp BUL 1996 July 4th OG Atlanta - 20th anniversary of W2X gold medal for BUL at OG Montreal 1976 (S. Otzetowa & Z. Yordanova)

       MI 4230

       SC 3935

       YV 3677

       MI 4227-30

       YV 3674-77
Stamp BUL 2007 Dec. 19th ERC Poznan - Rumyana Neykova (BUL), W1X gold medal winner

        MI 4830

        SC 4459

        YV 4165
Stamp BUL 2010 July 30th - Youth Olympic Games Singapore with pictogram on tab in lower left corner

MI 4963

SC 4551
Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Georgeta Damian-Andrunache (ROU)

Olympic champion 2000 OG Sydney (W2- & W8+), 2004 OG Athens (W2- & W8+), 2008 OG Beijing (W2-)
Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Marnie McBean (CAN)

Olympic champion 1992 OG Barcelona (W2- & W8+), 1996 OG Atlanta (W2X)
Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Matthew Pinsent (GBR)

Olympic champion 1992 OG Barcelona (M2-), 1996 OG Atlanta (M2-), 2000 OG Sydney (M4-), 2004 OG Athens (M4-)
Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

M1X Olympic champion 1976 OG Montreal, 1980 OG Moscow, 1984 OG Los Angeles
Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)

Olympic champion 1984 OG Los Angeles (M4+), 1988 OG Seoul (M2-), 1992 OG Barcelona (M2-), 1996 OG Atlanta (M2-), 2000 OG Sydney (M4-)
Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)

M1X Olympic champion 1956 OG Melbourne, 1960 OG Rome, 1964 OG Tokyo

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