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Welcome 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...

The 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...

On 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...

In 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...

Professor 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...

A 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,...

In 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...

The authors of this publication are Jiří Kynos, who works for the Czech Olympic Committee and is a former successful Czechoslovak sprinter (and collector of Olympic memorabilia), and Václav Diviš, Secretary General of OLYMPSPORT and member of the Czech...

The Official Report of the 25th World Olympic Collectors Fair is now available for viewing. The 2019 WOCF was held from 24-26 May 2019. The organizer of the Fair was the Polish Olympic Committee which hosted all events at their headquarters building in...

The television program "Le Club Sport en France" dedicated to Olympic collections and collectors, on “The Sport en France” channel, CNOSF TV (French NOC) was broadcast on Thursday July 30, 2020. On the program: presentation of the AICO, AFCOS,...