Philately, At It's Best !
Posted in Chess, Philatelic Items, World Stamps on Sep 12th, 2011
The Chess champions shown are Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, and Viswanathan Anand. This is a beautiful complete set consisting of 3 sheets, each containing one stamp, issued in 2005, paying tribute to some of the most famous Chess Grand Masters.
Posted in Chess, First Day Covers, Sports, Women, World Stamps on Sep 4th, 2010
FDC – Israel – Chess Olympiad 1976 A set of Two stamps showing the King and Queen Pieces was issued by Israel to mark the Chess Olympiad 1976 for Men and Women. An FDC of the issue postmarked at Jerusalem is shown.
Posted in Chess, India Stamps, Special Covers, Sports on Aug 22nd, 2009
Special Cover – Chess – First Asian Grandmaster Chess Tournament A Special cover released on 15 Sep 1978 to commemorate First Asian Grandmaster Chess Tournament held in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.
Posted in Chess, World Stamps on Jan 13th, 2009
Stamps on Chess Malta released a set of three stamps on Chess during the Chess Olympiad and FIDE Congress in 1980. The Stamps show the chess pieces .
Posted in Chess, First Day Covers on Nov 7th, 2008
First Day Cover – Oriental vs Occidental A set of four stamps was released by Macau on indoor games played including Chess under theme Oriental versus Occidental.
