Olympic Games - Sydney, Australia - Medal Winners issue, Azerbaijan, 2001
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2001
Issuing entity
AzerbaijanThe Olympic Games - Sydney, Australia - Medal Winners issue comprises 3 postage stamps released by Azerbaijan on 26 January 2001. The StampWorld catalogue lists 3 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 492, 493, 494), printed in 3 design types.
Values and colours recorded for the issue: 1000M multicoloured; 1000M multicoloured; 1000M multicoloured. Catalogue notes on individual values: 1000M: Namig Abullayev (Gold, Freestyle Flyweight Wrestling); 1000M: Zemifira Meftahaddinova (Gold, Skeet Shooting); 1000M: Vugar Alakbarov (Bronze, Middle-weight Boxing). Design: Kh. Mirzoyev. Perforation: 13½. No watermark is recorded. Quantities issued, as recorded: 1000M 25.000; 1000M 25.000; 1000M 25.000.
The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and show stamps of this issue; each is credited individually. Identification note: compare the value, colour and perforation together; shades, perforation varieties and later printings are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page; they have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 1
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Watermark
- None recorded
- Perforation
- 13½
Design
- Design
- Kh. Mirzoyev
- Values and colours
- 1000M multicoloured · 1000M multicoloured · 1000M multicoloured
Identification
- Issue date
- 26 January 2001
- Distinguishing features
- Value, colour and perforation together
- Design types (StampWorld)
- PI, PJ, PK
- Catalogue numbers to match
- StampWorld 492, 493, 494
Catalogue references
- StampWorld492, 493, 494
Research required
- Confirm values, perforations and printings against Stanley Gibbons, Scott or Michel.