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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
5626593
Area
Stamps
Title
Special Sports Stamps
Face value
5
Country / area
Year
1981
Month
09
Day
09
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
1424
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
5.000
Dimensions / diameter
30 x 40 mm
Details
To promote universal sport activities a set of two 5.00 stamp was released on Athletics Day, September 9, 1981. The stamps depict women's soccer and are printed in a horizontal pairs.
Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world. The Mu-lan Girls' Soccer Team was formed in 1977 in the Republic of China.It participated in the 2nd Asian Cup Women's Soccer Tournament in August of that year. The Mu-lan team won the championship by winning every game. The team then captured the first place crown in both the 1980 and 1981 tournaments. It addition, the team won a complete victory in the Women's Invitational Football Tournament in August, 1980.