Stamp: Basketball (Syria 1960)

Basketball (Syria 1960)

27 December (Syria ) within release 17th Olympic Games at Rome goes into circulation Stamp Basketball face value 15 Syrian piastre

Stamp Basketball in catalogues
Michel: Mi:SY-UA 84
Yvert et Tellier: Yt:SY PA167

Stamp is square format.

Also in the issue 17th Olympic Games at Rome:

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Stamp Basketball in digits
Country: Syria
Date: 1960-12-27
Print: Offset and Lithography
Perforation: comb 12
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 15 Syrian piastre

Stamp Basketball it reflects the thematic directions:

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

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.

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