BASKETBALL STAMPS
Celebrating the game of basketball on stamps
A site by Garo Salibian
E-mail: worldbasketball@yahoo.com
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ALSO CHECK BASKETBALL STAMPS (2)
SECTION FEATURING ALL-SPORTS STAMPS THAT FEATURE,
AMONGST OTHER SPORTS, THE GAME OF BASKETBALL
ALSO CHECK UNOFFICIAL BASKETBALL STAMPS (3)
SECTION FEATURING UNOFFICIAL STAMP ISSUES BY COMPANIES
FEATURING BASKETBALL AND ALL-SPORTS THEMES
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AFARS AND ISSAS (FRENCH TERRITORY OF) -- 1976 -- Olympic Games, Montreal
Stamps:1
Denomination: 10 Francs
AJMAN -- Olympics
basketball
Number of stamps: 1 depicting USA Basketball team
ANGOLA -- 1999 --
Afrobasket - African Basketball Championship for Men
Number of stamps: 1 featuring a basketball going into the basket
Denomination: KZR 2,500,000.00
CANADA -- 1991 --100th Anniversary of the invention of basketball by Canadian James Naismith
Number of stamps: 1
Denomination: 40 Canadian cents
COMORES ISLANDS (FEDERAL ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) -- Basketball
Stamps: 1
Denomination: 200 Francs
CROATIA -- 1994 -- Commemorative stamp for Croatian basketball player Drazen Petrovic
Stamps: 1
Denomination: 1.00 Croatian Kuna
http://mirror.veus.hr/stamps/1994/drazen.html
CROATIA -- 1997 (Part of a series)
Croatian basketball silver medal in the Barcelona Olympics (1992)
Stamps: 1
Denomination: 1.20 Croatian Kuna
FRENCH POLYNESIA -- 1991 -- Centennial of basketball
Stamps: 1
Denomination: 80 Francs
GERMANY -- 1997 -- Streetball
Stamps: Series of 4 including streetball, inline skating, aerobics and free climbing
Denomination: Basketball stamp at 100+50 pfenigs.
JAPAN (Nippon) -- 2002 - World Wheelchair Basketball Championships
Number of stamps: 1
Denomination: 80 yens
JORDAN -- 1957 -- Jordanian medal in Arab Military Basketball Championships
Number of stamps: 3
Denomination: 160, 80 and 60 Jordanian Fils
LATVIA -- 1994 -- Basketball Festival Riga '94
Number of Stamps: 1 depicting streetball
Denomination: 15 (s)
http://home.nestor.minsk.by/fsunews/latvia/1994/lv370.htm
LIBERIA -- 2002 -- Wang ZhiZhi on being drafted to the NBA
Number of stamps: 6 stamps of WangZhiZhi "The Brave Pioneer" set
and 6 more stamps of Wang ZhiZhi "The Flying Great Wall" set
Denominations: Each 25 Liberian Dollars
LITHUANIA -- 1939 -- Basketball Championships
Number of stamps: 3
Denominations: 15 + 10 , 60 + 40 , 30 + 15
LUXEMBOURG -- 1983 -- 50th Anniversary of the Luxembourg Basketball Federation
Number of stamps: 1
Denomination: 7 Francs
PARAGUAY -- 1960 -- Olympic Games, Rome
Set: 7 stamp set including 3 dedicated to basketball and 4 to soccer
UNITED STATES -- 1991 -- Basketball Centennial
Number of stamps: 1
Denomination: 29 cents
First Day of Issue cover: August 28, 1991 souvenir sheet
Also see: http://www.harmonydesigns.com/subject-detail.lasso/recordToDisplay~32930/index.las
USSR -- 1954
Denomination: 1 Ruble
USSR -- 1956 -- The Spartakiade
Denomination: 1 Ruble
USSR -- 1959
Denomination: 1 Ruble
USSR -- 1963 -- The Third Spartakiade
Denomination: 12K
USSR -- 1965 -- European Basketball Championship
Denomination: 1 Ruble
USSR -- 1971 -- 5th Spartakiade
Denomination: 10K
USSR -- 1976 -- Olympic Games XXI
Denomination: 6K
USSR -- 1979 -- XXII Olympic Games of 1980
Denomination: 6K + 3K
USSR -- 1986 -- World Women Basketball Championship
Number of stamps: 1 featuring basketball scoring in the net
Denomination: 15K.
USSR -- 1988 -- XXIV Olympic Games
Denomination: 15K
E-mail: worldbasketball@yahoo.com
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ALSO CHECK BASKETBALL STAMPS (2)
SECTION FEATURING ALL-SPORTS STAMPS THAT FEATURE,
AMONGST OTHER SPORTS, THE GAME OF BASKETBALL
ALSO CHECK UNOFFICIAL BASKETBALL STAMPS (3)
SECTION FEATURING UNOFFICIAL STAMP ISSUES BY COMPANIES
FEATURING BASKETBALL AND ALL-SPORTS THEMES
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