The games have had a long history, stretching from ancient to modern times, the last one held less than two years ago in 2006. Starting in 1992, the games were divided into the Summer and the Winter Olympics, though still held every four years but scheduled in such a way that every two years, we have a version of the games. Thus, the last Summer Olympics was held in Athens in 2004 and the last Winter Olympics in 2006 in Turin.
In the 80’s to commemorate the games the International Olympic Committee based in Lausanne, Switzerland, begun printing postcards which showed miniaturized versions of the official posters of the different games. Now the IOC was formally established in 1894 and had is first Summer Olympics in 1896.
The postcards pictured below were collected over time and are by no means complete, showing only 1908 as the earliest and 1980 as the latest.
Hobbyists can then aim to collect the entire set of postcards beginning in 1896 to 2006, and hopefully to including that of 2008.
They most probably will be available at the Beijing Olympics. So everybody interested and planning to attend the games be sure to look for them.
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