Olympic Stamps--Show Us Yours!

LaoPhil, those engraved Japanese look really great.
Thanks for the sharp scans.

Back in 1964 I read in Linn's Weekly Stamp News about the new
Tokyo Olympic stamps being issued including the souvenir sheet
and I wanted them.
I decided to place an order at the Japan Post Philatelic Bureau
for the sheet and other commems they had on hand.
Wow that was 60 years ago. Seems like yesterday.
The quality of Japanese photogravure stamps by the mid sixties
was excellent especially their multicolour printings.
IMO they were almost the equal of Courvoisier and Harrison and Sons.

Japan 1964

Scott 825a

lithograving, agree with you about the quality, and imo beauty, of the mid sixties Japanese stamps. I have several of them in my different collections.

Since we both like very much engraved stamps hope you will enjoy the following set, issued to publicize Moscow Olympic Games, designed by Pierrette Lambert, engraved by Claude Jumelet and issued by Monaco on April 28, 1980:

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps

Starting in 1968 until today, Laos issued thirteen sets publicizing the summer Olympic Games. Today, the first day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, I would like to start a new series of posts shows all Laos summer Olympic Games stamps. I will post them by order of date of issue. Sorry in advance if I already posted two or three sets in this thread or other threads.

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps (I)

Olympic Games, Mexico 1968, designed by Sa-Nguan Rodboon and issued by the Kingdom of Laos on November 15, 1968:

- Hurdling, engraved by Louis-Norbert Hanniquet
- Tennis, engraved by Cécile Guillame
- Football, engraved by Eugène Lacaque
- High-jumping, engraved by Eugène Lacaque

Kiel Olympic City 1972- Y.A.R.

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps (II)

Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles '84, issued by Laos on January 25, 1983:

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps (III)

Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles '84, issued by Laos on March 26, 1984. Each stamp shows Gold medal from former Olympic Games.

(continue, Los Angeles, 1982):

What a mixture. Games, events and winners appear to be mixed at will.

Was basketball even an event at London 1908 or only a demonstration sport in 1904 and 1924?

Was volleyball even recognised as a (non-Olympic) sport by the IOC before 1909, and played at the Olympics before 1964?

Diving at the 1896 Athens Olympics?

Well, I don't think there is a connection between the sport field shown on the stamp and the Gold medal depicted. This stamps were designed and printed in Cuba which, in those years, produced many stamps for many countries and not always they took care about the stamp designs and their meaning, in addition to many design mistakes you can find on many stamps.

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps (IV)

Summer Olympic Games, Seoul '88, issued by Laos on February 2, 1987:

(continue, Seoul 1988)

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps (V)

Summer Olympic Games, Seoul '88, issued by Laos on February 7, 1988:

(continue, Seoul 1988)

Laos Summer Olympic Games Stamps (VI)

Summer Olympic Games, Barcelona '92, issued by Laos on June 1, 1989: