- Condition: MNH (**)
- Year: 2010
- Catalogue: Scott / Michel
- Number(s): 4180 / Bl-337
- Catalog value: 4,75 $ / 5 €
- Internal ID: 011_15
- Size: 40 x 30 mm
- Categories: OLYMPIC HISTORY - ROME OLYMPICS, 1960
- DE: Ungarn.
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OLYMPIC HISTORY - ROME OLYMPICS,
1960
Date of issue: 11 November 2010
At the 17th Summer Olympics held in Rome between 25 August and
11 September 1960 over five thousand competitors from 83 countries
took part. Stunning historic surroundings provided the backdrop for
the competitions. The gymnasts competed in the Baths of Caracalla
built around 200 BC, the wrestlers in the Basilica of Maxentius and
the finish in the marathon was the Arch of Constantine. Rome had
won the right to host the Olympics earlier in the history of the
games. However, it was forced to abandon the right to stage the
1908 Summer Olympics in favour of London due to the restoration of
the damage caused by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (Source:
hu.wikipedia.org)Olympic champions: Rudolf Kárpáti (fencing, sabre
individual) Ferenc Németh (modern pentathlon, individual) János
Parti (kayak-canoe C-1 1000 m) Gyula Török (boxing, flyweight)
Gábor Delneky, Aladár Gerevich, Zoltán Horváth, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál
Kovács, Tamás Mendelényi (sabre team) András Balczó, Imre Nagy,
Ferenc Németh (modern pentathlon team)
Silver medallists: Zoltán Horváth (fencing, sabre individual)
Imre Nagy (modern pentathlon, individual) Imre Polyák (Greco-Roman
wrestling, featherweight) Imre Szöllősi (kayak-canoe, K-1 1000
m) Gyula Zsivótzky (hammer throwing) György Mészáros, András Szente
(kayak double 1000 m) Imre Szöllősi, Imre Kemecsey, András
Szente, György Mészáros (kayak 4 x 500 m relay) Katalin Juhász,
Magdolna Nyári Kovács, Lídia Dömölky Sákovics, Györgyi Marvalics
Székely, Ildikó Rejtő (foil team)
Bronze medallists: Gergely Kulcsár (javelin) István Rózsavölgyi
(1500 m men) Győző Veres (weightlifting, welterweight)
Klára Bánfalvi Fried, Vilma Egresi (kayak double 500 m) Imre
Farkas, András Törő (canoe double 1000 m) Flórián Albert,
Jenő Dalnoki, Zoltán Dudás, János I. Dunai, Lajos Faragó,
János Göröcs, Ferenc Kovács III, Dezső Novák, Pál Orosz, Tibor
Pál, Gyula Rákosi, Imre Sátori, Ernő Solymosi, Gábor Török,
Pál Várhidi, Oszkár Vilezsál (football team ) András Bodnár, Ottó
Boros, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, Dezső Gyarmati, István
Hevesi, László Jeney, Tivadar Kanizsa, Dr György Kárpáti, András
Katona, János Konrád, Kálmán Markovits, Mihály Mayer, Péter Rusorán
(water polo team)
The design of the numbered block’s stamp shows a portrait
of Rudolf Kárpáti and in the surrounding frame there are the
Hungarian sportsmen and -women who won gold medals in Rome. The
composition is completed by the logo of the Rome Olympics on the
right. A special feature of the jubilee block is that the
inscription “Rome 1960” on the stamp and the names of
the gold, silver and bronze medal winners and their disciplines on
the frame are visible under UV light. The numbering, which
fluoresces under UV light, is at the top right. The names of the
medallists are on the first day cover and the main motif of the
postmark is a stylised drawing of the Colosseum. The issue of the
stamp block was made possible by the co-operation of the Hungarian
Olympic Committee and the photographs for the graphic design were
provided by the Archives of the Hungarian Museum of Sport.
TECHNICAL CARACTERISTICS
Order code: 2010220030011 (stamp block) 2010220060012 (FDC)
Number of copies: 60,000
Perforated/imperforated size: 30x40 mm/100x70 mm
Date of issue: 10 December 2010
Printed by Pénzjegynyomda
Face value: HUF 500
Designed by György Kara
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