# C101-12 - 1983 Summer Olympics
Get the Complete 1983 Commemorative Airmail Set
All 12 of the 1983 Commemorative Airmails picture athletes participating in Olympic events. These stamps were issued in anticipation of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The four 28¢ stamps each covered the postcard rate to any country in the world except Canada and Mexico, which cost the then-current domestic rate of 13¢.
The 35¢ issues covered the international Airmail rate to Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda and St. Pierre and Miquelon. The 40¢ stamps franked mail sent to all other countries.
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1984 Summer Olympics
By the late 1970s, few countries were interested in hosting Summer Olympics following the deaths of Israeli athletes at the 1972 games and the large financial debts of Montreal in 1976. By 1978, only Los Angeles and Tehran were interested, and Tehran withdrew their bid following policy changes in the country.
This was followed by the parade of nations and a performance of John Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare and Theme,” which later earned him a Grammy. After a series of speeches, the cauldron (the same one used in LA in 1932) was lit by a torch runner. The torch relay had begun in New York City, traveled through 33 states, across 9,320 miles, and involved 3,636 runners.
In all 6,829 athletes (5,263 men and 1,566 women) from 140 nations participated in 221 events in 21 sports. A total of 14 Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the games in response to America’s boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Even still, the number of participating nations was a record at the time. China participated in the Olympics for the first time since 1952.
The 1984 Olympics were the first to have corporate sponsors. This action was taken after the 1976 Montreal Olympics ran into serious financial problems. The 1984 games made a healthy profit of $200 million – the highest up to that time. They were the first games to make a profit since the 1932 Olympics.
The games officially ended on August 12. Over the course of the games, the US had the most gold medals (83) and the most overall medals (174), followed by Romania and West Germany.
Get the Complete 1983 Commemorative Airmail Set
All 12 of the 1983 Commemorative Airmails picture athletes participating in Olympic events. These stamps were issued in anticipation of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The four 28¢ stamps each covered the postcard rate to any country in the world except Canada and Mexico, which cost the then-current domestic rate of 13¢.
The 35¢ issues covered the international Airmail rate to Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, the Bahamas, Bermuda and St. Pierre and Miquelon. The 40¢ stamps franked mail sent to all other countries.
Add the complete set of 12 1983 Commemorative Airmail stamps to your collection and save.
1984 Summer Olympics
By the late 1970s, few countries were interested in hosting Summer Olympics following the deaths of Israeli athletes at the 1972 games and the large financial debts of Montreal in 1976. By 1978, only Los Angeles and Tehran were interested, and Tehran withdrew their bid following policy changes in the country.
This was followed by the parade of nations and a performance of John Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare and Theme,” which later earned him a Grammy. After a series of speeches, the cauldron (the same one used in LA in 1932) was lit by a torch runner. The torch relay had begun in New York City, traveled through 33 states, across 9,320 miles, and involved 3,636 runners.
In all 6,829 athletes (5,263 men and 1,566 women) from 140 nations participated in 221 events in 21 sports. A total of 14 Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the games in response to America’s boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Even still, the number of participating nations was a record at the time. China participated in the Olympics for the first time since 1952.
The 1984 Olympics were the first to have corporate sponsors. This action was taken after the 1976 Montreal Olympics ran into serious financial problems. The 1984 games made a healthy profit of $200 million – the highest up to that time. They were the first games to make a profit since the 1932 Olympics.
The games officially ended on August 12. Over the course of the games, the US had the most gold medals (83) and the most overall medals (174), followed by Romania and West Germany.