Stamp: 16th Olympic Games.Melbourne (Soviet Union, USSR 1957)

16th Olympic Games.Melbourne (Soviet Union, USSR 1957)

20 July (Soviet Union, USSR ) within release Olympic Games goes into circulation Stamp 16th Olympic Games.Melbourne face value 40 Russian kopek

Stamp 16th Olympic Games.Melbourne in catalogues
Michel: Mi:SU 1970

Stamp is square format.

Also in the issue Olympic Games:

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Country: Soviet Union, USSR
Date: 1957-07-20
Print: Offset and Lithography
Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 40 Russian kopek
Print run: 2000000

Stamp 16th Olympic Games.Melbourne it reflects the thematic directions:

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.

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.

Stamp, 16th Olympic Games.Melbourne, Soviet Union, USSR,  , Olympic Games, Boxing