Stamps by Year - 2008
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Stamp AUS 2008 Aug. 18th - OG Beijing M2- gold medal winners Drew Ginn & Duncan Free (AUS)
MI 3057 II
SC 2917
SG 3043 B
YV 2929
printing with Chinese characters in margin
MI 3057 I
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Stamp AUS 2008 Aug. 18th - OG Beijing M2X gold medal winners David Crawshay & Scott Brennan (AUS)
MI 3058 II
SC 2918
SG 3044 B
YV 2928
MI 3058 I (printed in CHN with Chinese
characters in sheet margin)
MI 3058 I (printed in CHN with Chinese characters in sheet margin)
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Stamp AUS 2008 MS OG Beijing - Australian gold medallists, among them the M2- and M2X gold medal winners
MI MS 3052-65
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Stamp BEN 2008 MS °Legendary Athletes at Olympic Games° perforated & imperforated (unauthorized) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)
Steve Redgrave (GBR) won five gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games:
1984 OG Los Angeles M4+ (with M. Cross, R. Budgett, A. Holmes, cox A. Ellison)
1988 OG Seoul M2- (with A. Holmes)
1992 OG Barcelona M2- (with M. Pinsent)
1996 OG Atlanta M2- (with M. Pinsent)
2000 OG Sydney M4+ (with J. Cracknell, T. Foster, M. Pinsent)
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Stamp BLR 2008 Aug. 15th OG Beijing - Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
Ekaterina Karsten rowed at seven Olympic Games and won two Olympic gold medals (W1X OG Atlanta 1996 and OG Sydney 2000), one silver and two bronze medals plus six WRC titles MI 722
SC 670
SG 743
YV 638
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Stamp CHN 2006 June 23rd OG Beijing SS with mascot or pictogram tabs (°One World One Dream° series)
Stamp MI 3768 -
Stamp CHN 2008 Aug. 9th
MI 3992
The Olympic rowing pictogram is depicted just above "1.20"
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Stamp CHN 2008 Aug. 9th MS °Celebrating the Chinese Team Gold Medallists°
MI 3992 (3x)
W4X gold medal winner crew -
Stamp COL 2008 Aug. 1st OG Beijing (mascot on tab)
MI 2498
SC 1292
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Stamp ESA 2008 July 3rd OG Beijing SS
MI Bl. 69 Sculls in wrong position
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Stamp ESP 2008 July 16th - coastal rowing boat
MI 4341
SG 4375
YV 4043
Stamp issued se-tenant with
tab at left, continuing image
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Stamp EST 2008 OG Beijing - J. Jaanson & T. Endrekson (EST), M2X silver medal winners (printed on stationary)
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Stamp FRA 2008 June 16th - OG Beijing
MI 4450
SC 3496
YV 4224
YV BF 122
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Stamp GAM 2008 Sept. 15th (personalized) - OG London 1908 - M8+ final - GBR (Leander Club) beats BEL (Royal Club Nautique de Gand) by two lengths
Gold medal: GBR (Leander Club) Albert Gladstone, Frederick Kelly, Banner Johnstone,
Guy Nickalls, Charles Burnell, Ronald Sanderson, Raymond Etherington-Smith, Henry
Bucknall, cox Gilchrist MacLagan
Silver medal: BEL (Royal Club Nautique de Gand) Oscar Taelmann, Marcel Morimont,
Rémy Orban, Georges Mijs, Francois Vergucht, Polydore Veirman, Oscar de Somville,
Rudolphe Poma, cox Alfred Vanlandeghem
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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
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Stamp GRN 2008 Febr. 6th - OG Beijing
MI MS 5998-6001
MI 6000
SC 3620
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Stamp INA 2008 July 5th MS - 17th National Games with dolphin mascot on lower left margin
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Stamp IND 2008 Aug. 8th SS OG Beijing with 35 sport pictograms
MI SS 56
SC 2251e
Olympic pictogram No. 12a
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Stamp IRL 2008 July 15th - OG Beijing
MI 1834
SC 1793
SG 1907
YV 1838
with overprint "Olympex 2008"
MI 1836
with overprint "Olympex 2008" on both stamps
MI SS 73
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Stamp ITA 2008 March 31st - Italian Rowing Federation 120th anniversary
MI 3233
SC 2864
SG 3136
YV 2991
