Two philatelists from Goa participate in Olympic Philately

PANAJI: Two philatelists from Goa are participating in the first virtual philatelic exhibition on Olympic Games and Sports which is being held under the Olymphila India 2021 from July 23 to August 15. The study and collection of various elements of postal materials on different aspects of the Olympic Games is being identified as Olympic philately.
The participating duo are senior philatelist Dr M R Ramesh Kumar and Pratik Bhandare. While Kumar is presenting a three frame exhibit titled, ‘a philatelic journey through modern Olympics,’ Bhandare is presenting a single frame exhibit titled, ‘Citius, Atlius, Fortius.’
During the first modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896 a total of twelve stamps were issued by the host country. These stamps are considered to be the first stamps on the theme of sport.
After this many countries have released a series of stamps and other philatelic material like maximum cards, miniature sheets, sheetlets, booklets etc from the time the city is chosen as the host city till the commencement of the Games.India Post has been following this tradition since the 1968 Mexico Olympics.