AICO NEWS & EVENTS

MOSFIT, the Hungarian Olympic and Sport Philatelic Association, was founded in 1992. On its 25th anniversary, Mr. Laszlo Juhasz edited this 200+ page book celebrating Olympic and sports stamp collecting in Hungary. Many important philatelic moments are...

30th anniversary of the restored National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (1988/2018) Collectors View Produced by the Lithuania National Olympic Committee on the 30th anniversary of its restoration in 2018, this book is dedicated to acquainted the collecting...

From Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020. The first book featuring the identity of every Olympic Games. Olympic Games – The Design by MARKUS OSTERWALDER One idea, 2 volumes, 57 Olympic Games, 160 designers, 6,500 images and one million hours of research...

SPORT PASSION COLOR. On May 18, 2019, La Poste issues a block of 6 stamps in a new series on sport to extend over a 5-year period. France is in the spotlight in 2019 with 6 sporting disciplines: basketball, canoeing, football, hockey, table tennis...

Magyar Posta issues commemorative personalized stamp. AICO member, MOSFIT (Hungarian Olympic and Sport Philatelic Association), celebrated a milestone on 7 March 2019: a quarter century of promoting Olympic and sports philately in Hungary! [caption...

ATHENS  2004  OLYMPIC  NOC  PINS  AND  RELATED  MEMORABILIA,  Vol. 1 by  Ioannis  Thomakos - Olympic Historian & Collector - Athens, Greece The Book was Created in Commemoration of the 15-year Anniversary of the Athens 2004 Olympic...

The Czech Association for Olympic and Sports Philately OLYMPSPORT invites collectors to participate in its Postal Auction 2018, which is currently underway and ends on 28 October 2018. The auction. which contains surplus material from its members, presents...

Slovak Olympic Memorabilia 25 was published on the occasion of the 25th Anni­versary of the establishment of the Slovak Olympic Committee. The book provides an overview of all collector memorabilia from 1993 through 2018 focused on the promotion of the...

The Croatian Society of Olympic Philately & Memorabilia will honor Olympic Day and IOC founder, Pierre de Coubertin, with a special postmark on 23 June 2018 -- IOC Day!

Communique #6 - 1st AICOlympiad, 2014-2018 President's Message Olympic collectors! Who are they? There is no single right answer. Certainly, it can be said that everyone has in common a passion for Olympic history, the Olympic Games and Olympic...

A Last Farewell to a Great Olympic Philatelist. It is with great regret that I announce the death of Michalis TSIRONIS a good friend and a great Olympic Philatelist. He departed from this life on 23 March 2018, at the age of 86. Michalis Tsironis...

During the Olympic Games, the host country welcomes the whole world. Its aim is to make this grand occasion a success, starting with a dazzling opening ceremony. In terms of sport, the host country naturally has to provide all the infrastructure for the...

  MILANOFIL 2018 The 2018 edition of Milanofil ended this year and was hosted in the pavilions of the new "Superstudio più" in via Tortona 27. Numerous as always, the appointments held during the two days of the event; among the many, what touched...

  The official publication of the Czech Society of Olympic and Sports Philately (OLYMPSPORT)  is issued four times a year. However, the Association also publishes single subject thematic publications irregularly. The most recent publication...

After seven years of research and preparation this publication about Olympic memorabilia has appeared. Conceived as the first of eight volumes this is a comprehensive catalogue of the Official Reports. It is primarily targeted at museums and collectors...

An overprint on the Paris 2024 Olympic bid stamp and special cancel were released on 14 September. The pane of 24 stamps is being sold through La Poste, the French postal administration, for 17.52 EUROS. Sales will end on 30 September, the day the Paris...

The prospect of having the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 encourages passions. Notably that of collectors of Olympic objects. As in any collection, it is a universe of enthusiasts that we meet. These collectors have hundreds of medals, Olympic torches,...

The second volume of the Italian Olympic champions, reports on the Italian gold medalists (summer and winter) from Moscow 1980 through the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. As in the previous edition, which covers Italian Olympic champions from 1896 to 1976,...

The Executive Board of the International Association of Olympic Collectors (AICO) announces the launch on 5 August 2016 of the OLYMPIC COLLECTING LIBRARY CATALOG. This is the latest and most important project for our Association as it will ably demonstrate...

To coincide with the Opening of the 31st Olympic Games in Rio on 5 August 2016, AICO announces the launch of the new AICO FORUM where the worldwide community of Olympic and sports collectors may rendezvous. Like the Ancient Greek agorae, the AICO FORUM...

OFFICIAL OLYMPIC PARTICIPANT BADGES – A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE The brand new book by Hans Elbel and Oleg Vorontsov The most complete guide! Both for new as well as experienced collectors! The first 80 years of the modern Olympic Games saw participants...

[Above, left to right: Stephanie Coppex, IOC representative; Branislav Delej, Treasurer; Christophe Ait-Braham, Secretary; Roman Babut, President; Mark Maestrone, 1st Vice-President; and Massimiliano Bruno, 2nd Vice-President.] At the IInd General...