21st WINTER UNIVERSIADE
Tarvisio, Italy - January 16th - 26th, 2003
Stamp
Almost every important event has its own stamp, Tarvisio 2003 has indeed its own too. The Tarvisio 2003 stamp was issued on January 16th, 2003 the day of the Opening Ceremony. It has been included in the group of stamps “The Italian Sport” and costs € 0,52; 3.5 billion copies have been made. Poste Italiane sold two postcards connected with the event in all the Italian philatelic offices. The first postcard was released on January 3rd, 2003. It shows the map of Italy with a magnifying glass on the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. The second postcard was released on January 16th, the same day of the stamp’s release and depicts some of the details of the stamp itself.
Postmarks - Cancellations
There were 14 postmarks (cancellations) designed as well, that is the mark which is put onto the envelope. Eight were released by Tolmezzo’s office, six by the one in Pordenone. On Thursday January 16th it was possible to have three postmarks both in the Tarvisio post office (the first stamp) and at the Lussari Arena (all three stamps): one on the Universiade in general, one on the torch and one on the opening ceremony.
Four others were released on the 18th, they were about the philatelic exhibition in Tarvisio, (piazza Unità in Tarvisio), cross-country, ski jumping and Nordic combined (same square), ice hockey (Pontebba Ice Arena). On the 19th there was alpine skiing (piazza Unità) and biathlon (Piani di Luzza, and Forni Avoltri), whereas on the 26th it was possible to have the postmarks of the Closing Ceremony (piazza Unità).
Concerning Pordenone office, on 16th it was possible to have the postmark of the Universiade (in Aviano), on 17th the one about curling (Claut), on 18th the one on figure skating (Piancavallo), on 19th on snowboarding (Piancavallo), on 25th on short-track (Piancavallo). Other postmarks have also been made in Rome, Viterbo and Milan, that is in the most important universities where the torch passed as well as in Trieste and Udine.
Non-Italian Postmark
The only non-Italian postmark is the red meter cancel used by the FISU Headquarters for all outgoing mail. The red meter cancel features both 2003 Universiades, i.e. the logos of the Tarvisio Winter Unviversiade and the Daegu Summer Universiade.
INFO
For more information on the stamp and cancellations contact: Circolo Filatelico Numismatico Tarvisiano CP 106 - 33018 Tarvisio, Italy phone: 0428-40035 - 0428-40039 - 0428-40156 e-mail: montanarogiuseppe@libero.it
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