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 GER 1976 Apr. 6th - OG Montreal - depicting the GDR M4+ silver medal winner crew at OG Munich 1972 without cox

MI 889

SC B533

YV 738

stamp geq 1976 march 5th og montreal 1976 4 race copy of original photo 1

MI SS 12

SG MS 1781

YV BF 11

Dietrich Zander (stroke), Rolf Jobst,

Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens (bow),

cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig

On the photo only a small part of

the coxwain's head is visible behind the

bowman - on the stamp the drawing shows

no cox at all giving the impression

of a M4- crew

Stamp GER 1981 Apr. 10th - °For the Sport°-issue (WRC Munich 1981)

        MI 1094

        SC B587

        SG 1958

        YV 926
Stamp GER 1981 booklet Deutsche Sporthilfe
Stamp GER 1992 Febr. 6th - OG Barcelona

        MI 1593

        SC B725

        SG 2439

        YV 1420
Stamp GER 1992 Febr. 6th - OG Barcelona booklet Deutsche Sporthilfe (= sport promotion)
Stamp GER 1998 Febr. 5th - WRC Cologne

        MI 1970

        SC B829

        SG 2832

        YV 1802
Stamp GER 1998 Febr. 5th - WRC Cologne booklet Deutsche Sporthilfe
Stamp GER 2004 Dec. 17th DEBEX - Kathrin Boron & Kerstin El-Qalqili (sponsor Deutscher Herold) - W4X gold medal winners OG Athens 2004 - MS
Stamp GER 2004 Dec. 17th DEBEX - Kathrin Boron & Kerstin El-Qalqili (sponsor Deutscher Herold), W4X gold medal winners at OG Athens 2004
Stamp GER 2005 March DEBEX - W4X gold medal crew OG Athens 2004 Kerstin El-Qalqili, Manuela Lutze, Meike Evers, Karin Boron (sponsor Allianz)
Stamp GER 2005 March DEBEX - W4X gold medal winners OG Athens 2004 Kerstin El-Qalqili & Kathrin Boron (sponsor Allianz) - MS
Stamp GER 2008 June 30th MZZ Briefdienst Halle - Andreas Hajek, M4X gold medal winner at OG Barcelona 1992 + OG Atlanta 1996 (5000 issued)

MZZ Briefdienst = local mail service
Stamp GER 2008 June 30th MZZ HALLE MS ° 50 years SC Chemie Halle/SV Halle - 50 years Olympic success from Halle° with list of Halle's Olympic gold medal winners
Stamp GER 2008 June 30th MZZ-Briefdienst HALLE MS °50 years SC Chemie Halle/SV Halle - 50 years Olympic success from Halle° with list of Halle's Olympic gold medal winners
Stamp GER 2008 March 13th - OG Beijing

        MI 2652

        SC B1000

        SG 3525

        YV 2477
Stamp GER 2008 March 13th - OG Beijing booklet Deutsche Sporthilfe

Stamp GER 2009 June 2nd RPV Briefservice - 100 years watersport in Cottbus


	RPV Briefservice is a regional mail service at Cottbus, the second largest city in Brandenburg with 100 000 inhabitans southeast of Berlin and northest of Leipzig and Dresden. The Cottbus Rowing Club was founded in 1909.

Stamp GER 2011 °Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports° Georg von Opel (1912 -1971), German champion 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1951 (1X, 4-, 8+); Vice-president of the German Rowing Federation (self-adhesive)
Stamp GER 2011 °Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports° Gustav Schaefer (1906-1991), European champion single sculls ERC Lucerne 1934 and Olympic champion single sculls OG Berlin 1936 (self-adhesive)
Stamp GER 2011 °Hall of Fame des deutschen Sports° Karl Adam (1912-1976), famous coach of the Ratzeburg 8+s that dominated 1959-1968 (self-adhesive)

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