Stamp: Primo Carnera (1906-1967), Italy (Ajman 1969)
Primo Carnera (1906-1967), Italy (Ajman 1969)
10 January (Ajman ) within release Athletes - Boxing goes into circulation Stamp Primo Carnera (1906-1967), Italy face value 5 United Arab Emirates dirham
| Stamp Primo Carnera (1906-1967), Italy in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:AJ 382A |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Athletes - Boxing:
- Stamp - Primo Carnera (1906-1967), Italy face value 5;
- Stamp - Marcel Cerdan (1916-1949), France face value 10;
- Stamp - Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), USA face value 20;
- Stamp - Giovanni "Nino" Benvenuti (*1938), Italy face value 10;
- Souvenir Sheet - Marcel Cerdan (1916-1949), welter- and middelweight, France face value 10;
- Stamp - Max Schmeling (1905-2005), half and heavyweight, Germany face value 15;
Stamp Primo Carnera (1906-1967), Italy it reflects the thematic directions:
Sports, are all usually forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. Usually the contest or game is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a tie game; others provide tie-breaking methods, to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of such two-sided contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, each against each other, with one winner.
Boxing (also known as "western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport and a martial art in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or its gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether or not they compete in a spo
