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China 2000
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"Under the approval of State Sport General
Administration of China, China National Philatelic Corporation entrusted
Australia Post to issue a set of Personalized Stamps to commemorate the glorious
achievements that the Chinese Athletes had made during the Olympic Games" This
is taken from the back of 28 covers with the relevant P stamp, cachet of the
relevant Australian Postmark, a cachet of a Chinese postmark and a cachet of
Stadium Australia with a stylised figure of the relevant sport.
The China Philatelic Corporation also issued 28
covers for each Gold Medal Sport. 8 of the covers show Stadium Australia. The
remaining covers show the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and The Great Wall.
The back of the postcard showed the China Symbol
for the 2008 games.
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China participated in 24 of the 28 sports. China
Post issued 24 postcards for each sports delegation. 11 of the covers showed
Stadium Australia in the background. |
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breaking up of the medalists into various sports eg Weightlifting, relate to the
Australia Post Cachet, the same as the Australian Postmarks for the Games. The
Chinese cachet is more related to the individual sport in which the medal was
won. |
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