IN ATHENS
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP
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THE 2004 SUMMER PARALYMIPCS IN ATHENS |
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP |
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| Date of issue: | 23. 6. 2004 | |
| Face value: | 6.50 CZK | |
| Printing sheets: | 50 stamps | |
| Size of the stamp: | 23 x 40 mm | |
| Graphic Artist: | Zdeněk Netopil | |
| Engraver: | Milo Ondráček | |
| Method of printing: | rotary recess print in black combined with photogravure in ochre, green, red and blue | |
| Subject of the stamp: | The first sport games for handicapped athletes took place in England in 1948, almost simultaneously with the Olympic Games. Four years later they began to be called "paralympic". The first Paralympic Games in the spirit of the Olympic Games took place in Rome in 1960, in a close relation to the Olympic Games. The organizers of Paralympic Games seek to make as little changes in the rules and regulations of the Olympic Games as possible. This year's Summer Paralympics are to be held on Athenian sport grounds in the period of September 17-28. The number of registered sportsmen coming from 130 countries is over 4,000. The Czech team will compete in archery, swimming, fencing, basketball, table tennis and athletics. At the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney R. Musil won two gold medals in shaft and ball casting and one silver medal in casting the discus. | |
| Catalogue No.: | 0406 | |
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