When you want to put a different spin into your stamp collection, start focusing on Olympics stamps. As the name suggests, these are the stamps that were inspired by the Olympic spirit.
A Brief Background of the Olympics and Olympic Stamps
The modern Olympics started in 1896 and to commemorate the event, the Greek Post Office released a set of classical stamps. This was later duplicated in time for the 10th Anniversary games that was hosted in Athens. These types of stamps reappeared once again in 1920. There were also some stamps that were released in 1948. But the deluge of stamps happened in time for the Melbourne Olympics. During the 1980s, a huge number of stamps were made thanks in part to Juan Antonio Samaranch, a stamp collector and President of the... Read More