Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued five 29-cent commemorative stamps depicting Winter Olympics sports in Orlando, Florida, on January 11, 1992, in conjunction with the 1992 National Winter Figure Skating Championships. The stamps, featuring the sports of ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, slalom skiing, and bobsledding, were available in panes of thirty-five with descriptive copy on a tab adjacent to each sport's strip of stamps.
The stamps were designed by Lon Busch and printed in the photogravure press by Stamp Venturers.
The descriptive copy on the tabs includes:
The 1980 US Ice Hockey Team's history-making gold medal performance remains one of the country's most emotional and meaningful Olympic Winter Games triumphs.
Figure skaters combine the strength of gymnastics with the grace of dancing in one of the most beautiful and expressive athletic competitions of the Olympic Winter Games.
Speed skaters, dressed to reduce wind resistance, slice around an oval track in races from 500 to 10,000 meters in length, pushing themselves to speeds of up to 30 miles per hour.
Challenging to the beginner and expert, slalom skiing puts a premium on style and speed. It requires great skill as athletes race around flags, called gates, on a zigzag, downhill course.
Bobsled competition may be between teams of two or four and may reach speeds close to 90 miles per hour down an artificial run coated with ice and snow. It is fast, thrilling, and dangerous.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (December 26, 1991).
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Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
January 11, 1992
Object number
1993.2015.213
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Sports
Contemporary (1990-present)
Organizations & Associations
U.S. Stamps
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Record ID
npm_1993.2015.213