1983 Gymnastics/Weightlift

# C108w - 1983 Gymnastics/Weightlift

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U.S. #C108w
1983 40¢ Men’s Gymnastics and Weightlifting
Summer Olympics Issue
 
Issue Date: April 8, 1983
First City: Los Angeles, California
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11.2 Bullseye
Color: Multicolored
 
This Fleetwood cover pictures two stamps commemorating the 23rd Olympic Games which were held in Los Angeles during the summer of 1984.  The stamps feature gymnastics and weightlifting.
 
In the 1984 Summer Olympics, the American men’s gymnastic team took the gold medal in the all-round competition.
 
Olympic weightlifting is divided into eight weight classes. Each athlete competes in both the “snatch and clean” and the “jerk.”
 
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.   
 
 

 

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U.S. #C108w
1983 40¢ Men’s Gymnastics and Weightlifting
Summer Olympics Issue
 
Issue Date: April 8, 1983
First City: Los Angeles, California
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11.2 Bullseye
Color: Multicolored
 
This Fleetwood cover pictures two stamps commemorating the 23rd Olympic Games which were held in Los Angeles during the summer of 1984.  The stamps feature gymnastics and weightlifting.
 
In the 1984 Summer Olympics, the American men’s gymnastic team took the gold medal in the all-round competition.
 
Olympic weightlifting is divided into eight weight classes. Each athlete competes in both the “snatch and clean” and the “jerk.”
 
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.