Stamp: Throwing Discus surcharged (Tonga 1997)

Throwing Discus surcharged (Tonga 1997)

24 March (Tonga ) within release Summer Olympic Games 1996 - Atlanta (Medals) goes into circulation Stamp Throwing Discus surcharged face value 10 Tongan seniti

Stamp Throwing Discus surcharged in catalogues
Yvert et Tellier: Yt: TO 1070
Stanley Gibbons: Sg: TO 1379

Stamp is square format.

10s on 80s Overprinted ' SILVER FOR TONGA'

Also in the issue Summer Olympic Games 1996 - Atlanta (Medals):

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Stamp Throwing Discus surcharged in digits
Country: Tonga
Date: 1997-03-24
Print: Offset lithography
Perforation: comb 14
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 10 Tongan seniti

Stamp Throwing Discus surcharged it reflects the thematic directions:

The discus throw (pronunciation), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than other competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue Discobolus. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon.

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.

A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size. A sculpture that represents persons or animals in full figure, but that is small enough to lift and carry is a statuette or figurine, whilst those that are more than twice life-size are regarded as colossal statues.

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