Postcards of Nepal 1978 – Conquest of Mt Everest.
Nepal issued a 20 Paise Postcard on 29 May 1978 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Conquest of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Kim Clijsters – Belgium Sheet 2003
Kim Clijsters ( born 8 June 1983) is a former Belgian Tennis player who has won four Grand Slam Singles titles – three US Open titles and the Australian Open in 2011. She was runner-up at the Australian Open in 2004. She also won French and Wimbledon Women’s Doubles titles and was a finalist at Wimbledon Mixed Doubles in 2000. In 2009 She became the First Mother to win a Major (US Open) since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. In 2017 She was inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Belgium issued a stamp in her honour on 21 November 2003. Prior tags on top and bottom of sheet.
Stamp on Justin Henin-Hardenne -Belgium 2003.
Justin Henin-Hardenne (born 01 Jun 1982) is Professional Tennis player from Belgium. She played from 1999 to 2011.
Career Highlights – Seven Grand Slam titles
-French Open in 2003,2005,2006,& 2007 , US Open in 2003 & 2007,Australian Open in 2004, Runner-up at Wimbledon in 2001 & 2006.
-2004 Olympics Women’s Singles Gold Medal.
-Helped Belgium Win First Federation Cup title in 2001.
– Top-ranked Women’s Player in 2003, 2006 & 2007. 117 weeks at No 1 Spot
-She won 43 WTA titles.
– In 2016 became First Belgian tennis player to be inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame.
= In June 2011 named as one of “30 Legends of Tennis: Past, Present, Future” by Time.
Belgium issued a stamp in honour of this legend of Belgian Tennis on 24 Nov 2003. She won the French and US open in 2003. A Sheet containing 10 stamps was issued. Prior Tags at Top and Bottom.
Russia Stamps on Davis Cup 2002 Winners.
The International Tennis Federation conducts Davis Cup – Men’s Team Tennis event. It is played on a knock out basis between teams of various countries. The 2002 Davis Cup final was played in France between Russia and France and Russia won the title defeating France 3-2. It was the 91st edition of Davis Cup. It was first Davis Cup title for Russia.
Russia issued two stamps and a miniature sheet on 19 Feb 2003 to mark this historic win.
The 8.00 Rouble stamp was issued in sheets of 10. The print run for stamps was 300,000 and 30,000 sheets were printed. It shows the Russian Flag and a tennis ball.
1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics -Miniature Sheet Japan.
The 1972 Winter Olympic Games were held in Sapporo Japan from 03 Feb to 13 Feb 1972. This was the XIth edition of Winter Olympic Games. The First Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. The next Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2022.
Japan won three medals at 1972 games (1Gold,1 Silver & 1 Bronze). USSR topped the medals tally with 16 Medals (8 Gold, 5 Silver & 3 Bronze Medals).
Japan issued a miniature sheet consisting of three stamps on 03 Feb 1972 to commemorate the Games. The sports featured on stamps are
20 y – Skiing 50 y- Figure Skating 20 y -Bobsleigh
75th Anniversary of Republic of Ireland- 1997.
The Republic of Ireland issued a set of eight stamps to commemorate its 75th Anniversary.
32 p – Date of Issue -18 Feb 1997 -Irish Army, UN Peace Keeping Forces
32 p – Date of Issue -18 Feb 1997-Parliament Building, Flag & Constitution of Ireland.
32 p -Date of Issue -03 Apr 1997- Sports, Athletics, Baseball, Football.
32 p – Date of Issue -03 Apr 1997- Music, Singers, Musical Instruments
French Open at Roland Garros – FDC France.
The French Open Tennis Tournament is also known as Roland Garros & is now played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. French Open was first played in 1891. It is a clay court tournament played over last week of May and early June. The 2019 edition will be played from 26 May 2019 to 09 Jun 2019. French open is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments held every year. The Roland Garros stadium is named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The First French Open to be played at Roland Garros stadium was in 1928.
Rafael Nadal has won 11 French Open titles in Men’s Singles and Chris Evert has won Seven Women’s singles titles.
France issued a stamp to commemorate 50th Anniversary of Stade Roland Garros (1928-1978) on 27 May 1978.A FDC is listed.
