1983 Womens Gym/Hurdles
# C101,C102 - 1983 Womens Gym/Hurdles
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U.S. #C101-02
1983 28¢ Women’s Gymnastics and Hurdles
Summer Olympics Cover
Issue Date: June 17, 1983
First City: San Antonio, Texas
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11
First City: San Antonio, Texas
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11
Color: Multicolored
This First Day Cover features two stamps commemorating the 23rd Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles during the summer of 1984. The cover showcases women’s gymnastics, and men’s hurdles.
In 1864, students from England competed against each other in races that included jumping over sheep hurdles. Each man jumped the 3 ½ -foot hurdle with his legs tucked under his body.
It was not until the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris that American Alvin Kraenzlein devised a new method of jumping. Astonishing Olympic spectators, he cleared each barrier with the now-familiar one leg extended position while his competitors trailed behind, tucking their legs and barely clearing the hurdles.
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 Games were boycotted by the Soviet Union and many other Communist nations. Many saw this as revenge for the U.S. boycotting the 1980 Games held in Moscow.
U.S. #C101-02
1983 28¢ Women’s Gymnastics and Hurdles
Summer Olympics Cover
Issue Date: June 17, 1983
First City: San Antonio, Texas
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11
First City: San Antonio, Texas
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11
Color: Multicolored
This First Day Cover features two stamps commemorating the 23rd Olympic Games, which were held in Los Angeles during the summer of 1984. The cover showcases women’s gymnastics, and men’s hurdles.
In 1864, students from England competed against each other in races that included jumping over sheep hurdles. Each man jumped the 3 ½ -foot hurdle with his legs tucked under his body.
It was not until the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris that American Alvin Kraenzlein devised a new method of jumping. Astonishing Olympic spectators, he cleared each barrier with the now-familiar one leg extended position while his competitors trailed behind, tucking their legs and barely clearing the hurdles.
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 Games were boycotted by the Soviet Union and many other Communist nations. Many saw this as revenge for the U.S. boycotting the 1980 Games held in Moscow.