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The Olympic rowing regatta 1980 took place

at Moscow, not at Tallinn where the sailing

contests were held

MI SS 155 A

stamp tog 1980 febr. 29th ms og moscow mi bl. 155 a karppinen beating kolbe at og montreal 1976

MI SS 155 B

stamp tog 1980 febr. 29th ms og moscow mi bl. 155 b imperforated karppinen beating kolbe at og montreal 1976

Photo from book °Montreal 1976° by H.

Rosendahl, published by Corvus Verlag 1976, page 97

stamp tog 1980 ms og moscow photo from book montreal 1976 by heide rosendahl published by corvus verlag 1976

The decisive moment in the M1X final at OG Montreal 1976:

The favourite P. M. Kolbe (GER) in the foreground

is no longer able to defend his leading position against

P. Karppinen (FIN) and has to rest content with the silver medal.

MI SS 247 (stamp MI 1786)

SC C499

stamp tog 1984 oct. 15th ss mi bl. 247 8 nzl gold medal winners og munich 1972 NZL crews wear black singlets!

Just a small wave and the boat is waterlogged!

NZL: Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce,

John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor

Coker, Gary Robertson, cox Simon Dickie

MI SS 270 (stamp MI 1898)

SC 525

stamp tog 1985 aug. medal winners at og los angeles mi bl. 270 tog 1984 oct. 15th ss mi bl. 247 with overprint canada medaille d or

CAN: Patrick Turner, Kevin Neufeld,

Mark Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele,

Michael Evans, Dean Crawford,

Blair Horm, cox Brian McMahon

YV 2797

stamp tog 2011 courses de bateaux i

The images in the bottom row show a M8+ (left) and boats in a coastal rowing regatta (right)

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Stamp TOG 1980 Febr. 29th SS OG Moscow (perforated & imperforated)