It is with great regret that we announce that on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, our friend, athlete and philatelist Jarda Petrásek left our ranks. For many years he was the soul of OLYMPSPORT, its chairman from 1985 to 2018, and since 2018 its...
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Read MoreThe IMOS group will convene its annual meeting on May 20th-22nd, 2022 in Munich. The city celebrates this year the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Summer Games in 1972. We have prepared and ordered a special postmark for our meeting, suitable for collections....
Read MoreChina TV aired a special 26-minute program on Olympic collecting. Featured are: Olympic collection of torches, medals, pins and other memorabilia. Philatelic collection of Mr. Ning Song. Presentations by Justin Hou and AICO president,...
Read MoreThis year is the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Albertville Olympic Winter Games. AFCOS will organize its General Assembly in the Olympic Museum in Albertville, 21-22 May 2022. There will be three organized events: Olympic and sports collectors...
Read MoreOLYMPSPORT Mail Auction No. 041 - 2021 12 November 2021 - 16 January 2022 Enter the Auction The auction is organized using a new application on the updated website of OLYMPSPORT: www.olymp-sport.cz. Therefore, we apologize...
Read MoreDavid Wallechinsky, a member of the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission, and a noted Olympic historian, has devoted a part of his website -- World Film Reviews -- to the official Olympic films that have been produced since 1912. Mr. Wallechinsky's...
Read MoreWelcome to the Interactive Olympic NOC Pins Catalogue! Current National Olympic Committee (NOC) pins catalogues are mostly available only in paper format with low resolution and low quality photos. Without a global catalogue and with already thousands...
Read MoreThe German sports collectors group IMOS (Internationale Motivgruppen Olympiaden und Sport) always publishes a special issue for their annual meeting. In 2021, the meeting was to take place in Güstrow and Teterow (Germany), but had to be cancelled due...
Read MoreOn the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, the Sport Philatelic Association has published a special 32-page issue of OLIMPIAFILA. The collecting public is invited to download a free copy of the publication. Although primarily...
Read MoreIn her role as observer and chronicler of the Cultural Olympiad, Dr Beatriz GARCIA (Member, IOC Culture & Olympic Heritage Commission) has discussed the possibilities for a cultural narrative in a postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games edition. Her reflections...
Read MoreProfessor Ascani, the president of FICTS (Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs), proudly announces the “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2020 – 38th Milano International FICTS Fest,” begins today in Milan, 7 November, and continues through 11...
Read MoreA special Olympic World Library (OWL) Search widget is now active on the AICO website, enabling any user to easily search the Olympic Studies Center collection of Olympic and sports publications. Click to access the widget page at https://aicolympic.org/resources/owl-olympic-world-library/ Or,...
Read MoreIn commemoration of the centenary of the 1920 Olympic Games of Antwerp, the Belgian Olympic Philately Club (BOPC) has issued two types of different personalized stamps: Type "A" shows the circular "Antwerp-Anvers" date stamp used during the Games. Type...
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