Sunday, July 22, 2012

Sunday Stamps - Olympics

it turned out that many of the stamps I thought were olympic themed were, in fact, for other sporting events, so this became more of a challenge than I expected. and the post office did not have any of the rowing stamps for these 2012 games in stock when I went this week.
since these are the summer games, I am showing these three from the last ones in Beijing.
I will admit that I find the logos from the 2008 and 2012 games to be a little less than exciting. 
(though this pleased-with-herself-figure on the trampoline is cute)













find more Olympic themes on stamps at Viridian's Postcard blog
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12 comments:

  1. MarcieJuly 22, 2012 at 4:36 AM

    The Italian stamp is really cool, mixing ancient Greek and Chinese symbols. I have never seen this stamp before!

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  2. Sheila @ A Postcard a DayJuly 22, 2012 at 4:54 AM

    I love the Beijing trampolinist!

    I don't know what they are thinking with the London mascot. It's completely unrecognisable as anything.

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  3. HelenJuly 22, 2012 at 5:08 AM

    Fantastic stamps! I agree with Marcie, the stamp mixing the ancient Greek symbols on classical Grecian pottery; blended with Chinese sporting figures on traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain: well it is just brilliant. Totally love it!

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  4. Four-eyed-missyJuly 22, 2012 at 5:14 AM

    Love your stamps this week, especially the trampoline stamp. I can relate to the expression of the cute trampolinist on the stamp. Fun, fun!
    I agree with Sheila on the London Olympics mascots. My husband (who is English) and I had a good laugh when we saw them the other day while reading news online.


    Postcards Crossing

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  5. GillyJuly 22, 2012 at 7:10 AM

    Haven't seen any of the UK Olympic stamps yet - hope they are good and colourful!

    Like your trampoline stamp!

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  6. JoyJuly 22, 2012 at 7:16 AM

    The China ones almost look like written characters, guess they have used some play on that, nice combination with the cute trampolinist. They certainly made a better attempt at mascots than ours.

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  7. Bob ScotneyJuly 22, 2012 at 8:34 AM

    I'd go for the Italian stamp. UK Royal Mail is showing presentation packs of Olympic stamps - 10 stamps for £6 - all with the logo in one corner. Somehow I can't see me getting any.

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  8. viridianJuly 22, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    The Italy stamp is fantastic - so clever. Thank you for participating.

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  9. Aimee DarsJuly 22, 2012 at 6:04 PM

    What awesome stamps! I love the illustrations.

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  10. ♥ Willa @ Postage Journal♥July 22, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    But you still came up with all this cute stamps.
    --Willa @ Postage Journal

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  11. Secret Agent WomanJuly 22, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    I like the first of the China stamps - so abstract I had to take a second to see what it was.

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  12. Melbourne Australia PhotosJuly 24, 2012 at 5:15 PM

    Nice collection of stamps!

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