The 2004 Summer Olympics or XXVIII Olympics were held in Athens Greece from 13 to 29 Aug 2004. Indonesia issued a set of three round-shaped stamps on 05 May 2004 to commemorate the Olympics. A total of 10,625 athletes from 201 Nations participated in 28 Sports, 40 Disciplines and 301 events. The USA topped the medals tally with 36 Gold Medals.
A FDC is listed with three Stamps. The stamps are round shaped.
2500 R – Athletics – High Jump 2500 R- Swimming 2500 R – Athletics -Hurdles.
The Rugby World Cup is played every Four Years . The Inaugural World Cup was played in 1987 and was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.Eight editions of World Cup have been held till now. The last World Cup was played in England in 2015 and next world Cup which will be Ninth World Cup is scheduled to be held in Japan from 20 September 2019 to 02 November 2019 .There will twenty teams participating in 2019 Rugby World Cup.New Zealand are current World Champions and have won the Webb Ellis Trophy thrice, Australia and South Africa have won it twice and England have won it once.
3rd World Cup was held in South Africa in 1995. Teams from 16 countries participated in the Cup and South Africa defeated New Zealand 15-12 in the final to win lift the Winner’s Trophy. South Africa also issued a miniature sheet on 25 May 1995 to commemorate the hosting of Rugby World Cup in South Africa.
MINIATURE SHEET 1995 RUGBY WC SOUTH AFRICA
The 4th Rugby World Cup was hosted by Wales in 1999. Australia beat France in the Final 35-12 to lift the World Cup. France issued an oval shaped (rugby ball) stamp on the 4th Rugby World Cup on 11 Sep 1999.
STAMP OF FRANCE – ODD SHAPED OVAL -4TH RUGBY WORLD CUP 1999
5th World Cup was held in Australia in 2003. Teams from 20 countries participated in the World Cup and England defeated Australia in the Finals 20-17 to win the trophy..A total of 48 matches were played and total attendance was 1,837,547 .A
Australia issued a miniature sheet containing three stamps on 08 October 2003 to mark the event. The stamps feature the Webb Ellis Trophy and rugby players.
MINIATURE SHEET AUSTRALIA 2003 RUGBY WORLD CUP
The Final was played on 22 November 2003 at Telstra Stadium in Sydney in front of a crowd of 82,957. England won the finals and Royal Mail issued a miniature sheet with four stamps on 19 Dec 2003 to commemorate England’s historic win and crowning as Rugby World Champions.
3D Lenticular Golf Stamps -Ryder Cup Tournament 2006- 3D Stamps of Ireland
Ryder Cup is a Biennial Men’s Golf Competition between teams from Europe and USA. The competition is held every two years with venues alternating between courses in USA and Europe.
The 2006 edition was played in Ireland at Palmer Course of the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare West of Dublin. This was the first time the event was held in Ireland. The 36th Ryder Cup (2006) was played from 22-24 Sep 2006. Europe won the event.
Ireland issued a beautiful set of two 3D stamps to commemorate this edition of Ryder Cup. 75c – Teeing Off 75c -Bunker
Theatre Art of Kazakhstan – Stamps of Kazakhstan 2006
Kazakhstan issued a beautiful round shaped stamp on Theatre Art of Kazakhstan on 15 Dec 2006. The stamps were round in shape and featured a Kazakh Woman in Costumes.
Stamps on Steam Locomotives – Bosnia & Herzegovina – 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina issued a miniature sheet of two stamps on 29 May 2012 on steam locomotives. The miniature sheet is in the shape of a locomotive. The Print run is 10,000 stamps of each.
