2855) Special Olympics World Games Berlin (17-25.06.2023), Liechtenstein: Liechtensteinische Post AG (Liechtenstein Post) has issued a postage stamp of 1.80 CHF depicting the Games being held in Berlin, Germany: Date of Stamp issue: 05.06.2023:
About Special Olympics World Games:
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organisation for children and adults with intellectual disabilities providing year-round training and activities to 5.00 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries.
Special Olympics competitions are held every day, all around the world - including local, national and regional competitions, adding up to more than 100,000 events a year.
Like the International Paralympic Committee, the Special Olympics organisation is recognised by the International Olympic Committee, however, unlike the Paralympic Games, Special Olympics World Games are not held in the same year nor in conjunction with the Olympic Games.
The Special Olympics World Games is a major event put on by the Special Olympics committee:
The World Games alternate between summer and winter games, in two-year cycles, recurring every fourth year.
The first edition of the games were held on 20.07.1968, in Chicago, Illinois, with about 1,000 athletes from the U.S. and Canada.
International participation expanded in subsequent games.
In 2003, the first summer games held outside the United States were in Dublin, Ireland with 7000 athletes from 150 countries.
The most recent World Summer Games were held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 14 to 21.03.2019.
This was the first Special Olympics World Games held in the Middle East.
The next World Summer Games will be held in Berlin, Germany, between 16 to 25.06.2023.
This will be the first time for Germany to host the Special Olympics World Games.
The first World Winter Games were held in 1977 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, US.
Austria hosted the first Winter Games outside the United States in 1993.
The most recent Special Olympics World Winter Games were held in Graz, Schladming and Ramsau, Austria, from 14.03.2017, to 25.03.2017.
During the World Winter Games of 2013 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the first Special Olympics Global Development Summit was held on "Ending the Cycle of Poverty and Exclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities", gathering government officials, activists and business leaders from around the world.
About Special Olympics World Games Berlin, Liechtenstein:
This year's Special Olympics World Games will take place in Berlin from 17 to 25 June 2023.
Around 7,000 athletes with intellectual and multiple disabilities will compete in 26 sports. Liechtenstein will also participate as one of the 190 delegations.
The non-profit foundation and recognised sports organisation Special Olympics Liechtenstein stands for an inclusive society, characterised by mutual respect and acceptance.
Its goal is to create communal experiences, joy and recognition through sport. Around 140 athletes use the various sporting opportunities to keep fit, improve their performance and have fun together on a regular basis in Leichtenstein. Some of the athletes will also take part in the international competition in Berlin.
The Stamp:
The stamp is intended to spread the message of the Special Olympics throughout the world. The stamp depicts four sportsmen and sportswomen on the stamp using the Olympic rings and colours as a model.
With its colourfulness and the cheerful figures doing gymnastics, the stamp underlines the joy felt by all those involved in the common sporting activity.
The First Day Cover (FDC) depicts four sportsmen and sportswomen at bottom left using the Olympic rings and colours as a model.
At top right is affixed the postage stamp issued cancelled with a special cancellation postmark/handstamp of Vaduz Post Office dated "05.06.2023".
A Block (set of four stamps)
A First Day Cover (FDC) affixed with a cancelled stamp block
A First Day Envelope (FDE)
A Full Sheet (FS) of 16 stamps
A Maxi Card (MC)
Technical details:
Issue Date: 05.06.2023
Designer: Luigi Olivadoti, Zürich
Printer: Gutenberg AG
Process: offset Pantone
Colours: 5 Colours (CMYK)
Size:
Stamp Size: 32.50 mm x 32.60 mm,
Sheet Size: 146.00 mm x 208.00 mm
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