Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Friday, September 28, 2018

TOGO

650fr: this block of four features traditional wrestling, very popular across W. Africa

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

TUNISIA

500: this 2018 issue features Tunisia's participation in this year's World Cup

Sunday, September 3, 2017

LIBYA

150: this sports issue features cyclists competing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics

Friday, March 4, 2016

TUNISIA

250: this 1998 World Cup issues shows the entire national team playing for Tunisia

Saturday, November 7, 2015

LESOTHO

40s: this World Cup issue celebrates the games played in USA, 1994

Saturday, October 24, 2015

MAURITANIA

40um: this 1987 "pre-Olympic" air issue shows a Judo competition

Sunday, September 27, 2015

ZAIRE

Z100 overprint: In the final years of Zaire's stamp issuing history, it had an enormous number of overprints, in successively increasing values. Seen here is 100z overprinted on a 1982 soccer World Cup issue

Sunday, March 1, 2015

LIBERIA

41c: this pre-war issue celebrates the Los Angeles Olympic games, in 1984

Monday, October 20, 2014

KENYA

Two sports issues: Sh. 1: World Cup Soccer (1986) and Sh. 7: Seoul Olympics, Javelin (1988)

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

TANZANIA

Sh. 400: this olympic issue shows running, a sport that Tanzanian athletes excel in

Monday, June 2, 2014

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

Sh. 1600: this issue celebrates the win of gold medalist Boniface Kiprop in the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

CAMEROON / Cameroun

250fr: this large format airmail issue celebrates the World Cup, which was held in U.S. in 1994

Monday, February 24, 2014

SIERRA LEONE

L15: this World Cup issue celebrates the 1990 competition held in Italy, and shows the country team of Yugoslavia; the trophy appears at lower right

Sunday, December 22, 2013

SENEGAL

300fr: this 1998 World Cup soccer issue shows various flags of countries competing for the title, including several African countries such as Cameroon and Tunisia

Thursday, December 12, 2013

TOGO

200fr: this World Cup soccer issue dates from 1996, and shows the flag of France, the host of the 1998 games

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

TANZANIA / Tanzanie

Sh. 13 and 500: two stamps from a 1990 World Cup issue illustrate a penalty kick and a corner kick with national teams on the field

Saturday, November 23, 2013

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

Sh. 100: this 1988 Olympics issue shows a competitor on the Rings against a background showing the Ugandan flag

Friday, November 8, 2013

COMOROS / Ile Comores

90fr: this large format soccer issue celebrates the 1982 World Cup Games held in Spain

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

BOTSWANA

P1: this 1992 issue shows boxing in the Barcelona Olympic games

Monday, August 12, 2013

BOTSWANA

P. 1.10: this round 2010 issue shows the flag of Botswana and a kicker in the World Cup

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