It took a while to make my way through all the countries featuring the Beijing Winter Olympic stamps. 18 countries issued winter Olympic stamps with the best from Croatia by Mario Petrak. 

  The cover is equally attractive. 

The details in the margins are fascinating. Well done all around. Feel free to comment on which is your favourite.  I’m sure I missed one or two issues, don’t worry, I’ll catch up with them. 

Enjoy the last look at the Winter Olympics.

Armenia

1 stamp, sheet of 8

Designer: Rem Saccani | Ռեմ Սահակյանի

Release date: April 15, 2022

Australia

Australia didn’t issue a general Beijing Olympic stamp. Instead, they issued a stamp celebrating a medal win.  

Gold Medal – Jakara Anthony: Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Moguls

1 stamp, sheets of 10

Release date: February 10, 2022

Azerbaijan

1 souvenir sheet
offset lithography

Designer: Orkan Garayev

Release date: April 14, 2022

China

As host of the games, China issued a number of stamps, starting in 2020, showcasing the stadiums as well as athletics.   

2020

Mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022

2 stamps
photogravure

mascots: 

• Bing Dwen Dwen
• Shuey Rhon Rhon

Details on the mascots:

The mascot for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 named Bing Dwen Dwen – a giant panda-inspired cartoon character – resembles an astronaut, with the implied meaning of creating greatness and exploring the future, and the embodiment of striving for excellence, leading the times and facing infinite possibilities. Shuey Rhon Rhon, the mascot for the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, is a personification of a red lantern. Its color of “Chinese Red” plays up the festive atmosphere of China’s Lunar New Year in 2022. Its glowing figure bears the meaning of lighting up dreams and warming the world, represents friendship, courage and perseverance, and showcases the philosophy of the Paralympic Winter Games that the fighting spirit of the Paralympic athletes will inspire and excite the world. The Mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – ChinaPost

Designer: Shi Yuan 
Release date: January 16, 2020

Ice Sports

5 stamps
photogravure

• Short Track Speed Skating
• Figure Skating
• Speed Skating
• Curling
• Ice Hockey

Designer: Zhang Qiang 
Release date: November 7, 2020

2021

Competition Venues

4 stamps, 2 souvenir sheets
Offset intaglio

Designer: Guo Zhiyi
Souvenir sheet: Dai Sha and Guo Zhiyi

Release date: June 23, 2021

2022

Commemoration of the Opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

2 stamps, souvenir sheet of 6 stamps, 2 sheets of 12
China Post will be issuing other Beijing Olympic stamps. They will be posted soon.

Theme:

• Total Future 
• Light of Hope

Designer: Wang Huming | 王虎鸣
Wang Huming’s name may be familiar to Jersey Island collectors. He designed the past 2 years Lunar New Year stamps for Jersey as well as the UN’s 2021 Year of the Ox set. He also created the October 27m, 2021 Tiger stamps for China.  Huming is the Art Director of the Postage Stamp Printing Bureau of China Post

Release date: February 4, 2022

Beijing Winter Olympic Closing

commemorative cover

Release date: February 20, 2022

Croatia

1 stamp, sheet of 9, FDC, cancel

Designer: Mario Petrak
Petrak is a lecturer at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design.   
Engraving: Agencija Za Komercijalnu Djelatnost.

Release date: February 4, 2022

Estonia

1 stamp, sheet of 20, FDC, cancel, info card
offset
international stamp

Estonia: Punching above its weight in the winter Olympics (estonianworld.com)

Designer:  Jaan Saar
Saar has designed many stamps for Omniva. Designs include 2 from 2017 100th Anniversary of the Estonian Medical Association and European Athletics U20 Championships Tallinn 2021. 

Release date: January 6, 2022

OMNIVA also issued a coin on the same day.  If you’d like to see Olympic coins added to this page, drop a comment and I’ll load them up. 

8€ Winter Olympics – Beijing

Designer: Liis Dvorjanski
Dvorjanski designed the London Olympic coins
 

Ag 925
3,000 minted 
Minted: Lithuanian mint

Hong Kong

4 stamps, souvenir sheet,  2 FDCs, cancel, sheets, presentation pack 

Designer: Eric Chan
Chan has designed the 2021 Intangible Cultural Heritage series.

Release date: February 4, 2022

Hungary

1 stamp on a souvenir sheet in both perforated & imperforated format and  FDC, cancel 

Souvenir sheets are numbered with both black and red numbers:

• 50,000 black on perforated souvenir sheets
• 4,000 red on imperforated souvenir sheets

Designer: Orsolya Kara
Kara designed the 2021 UEFA EURO 2020 stamps

Release date: February 4, 2022

Japan

Framed Stamps – Beijing Olympic Winners

Bronze –  Ski Snowboard Women’s Halfpipe Sena Tomita | スキー スノーボード 女子ハーフパイプ 冨田 せな 選手

Bronze – Skating Figure Skating Men’s Single Shoma Uno | スケート フィギュアスケート 男子シングル 宇野 昌磨 選手

Silver –  Skating Figure Skating Men’s Single Yuma Kagiyama | スケート フィギュアスケート 男子シングル 鍵山 優真 選手

Gold – Ski Snowboard Men’s Halfpipe Ayumu Hirano | スキー スノーボード 男子ハーフパイプ 平野 歩夢 選手 
image coming soon

Ski Jump Men’s Normal Hill Ryoyu Kobayashi | スキー ジャンプ 男子ノーマルヒル 小林 陵侑 選手

Bronze – Ski Freestyle Men’s Mogul Ikuma Horishima | スキー フリースタイル 男子モーグル 堀島 行真 選手

Silver – Skating Speed Skating Women’s 1,500m Miho Takagi | スケート スピードスケート 女子1,500m 髙木 美帆 選手

Each set includes 5 stamps on a frameable sheet
1000 copies each on sale for a limited time. 

** I’ve tried to keep each name correct and have included the original Japanese for visitors from Japan. If I have anything reversed or in the wrong place, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll correct it immediately. 

Release date: February 12, 2022

Kosovo

2 stamps, 1 stamp on souvenir sheet, 2 FDCs, cancel

Designer: unknown

Release date: February 17, 2022

Liechtenstein

2 stamps, 5 FDCs, cancel 

Designer: Wang Huming, 王虎鳴
Huming’s name should be familiar to readers. He has designed Lunar New Year stamps for China, Isle of Jersey, the UN, as well as as Macau’s Beijing Olympic stamps.

Release date: February 4, 2022

Macau

4 stamps, souvenir sheet with single stamp, sheet of 16, 2 FDCs, cancel, souvenir folder

Designer: Wang Huming | 王虎鳴
Wang Huming’s art work appears on stamps from the Isle of Jersey, UN and China. He holds the post of Art Director of the Postage Stamp Printing Bureau of China Post.

Release date: January 25, 2022

Macedonia

 2 stamps, 2 sheets of 9
offset lithography

Designer: unknown

Release date: February 4, 2022

Moldova

2 stamps, 2 sheets of 8, FDC, cancel

Designer: Eugeniu Verebceanu
Verebceanu is  prolific designer for Moldova’s post office, including 2021’s 600th Anniversary of Bălți district, UN: 2021- International Year of Peace and Trust,  and Viticulture – Joint issue with Romania. 

Release date: February 19, 2022

Monaco

1 stamp, sheets of 10, FDC, cancel
offset

Designer: Thierry Mordant Le Site Officiel – Thierry Mordant ® (thierry-mordant.com) and Thierry MORDANT – Annuaire des Artistes de Monaco
Mordant designed Monaco’s 2021 Centenary of  International Hydrographic Organization stamp.
Winner of the 2020 Yvert & Tellier cover competition with his “Monde Timbre” painting.  He has also designed over 50 stamps during his career. 

Release date: January 17, 202

Poland

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, souvenir sheet of 9
rotogravure

Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Konarzewski created the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympic stamps

Release date: January 24, 2022

 Winter Paralympics

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, souvenir sheet of 9
offset

Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Konarzewski designed the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2020 Dubai Expo stamps 

Release date: January 24, 2022

Serbia

2 stamps, 2 sheets of 8, FDC, cancel

Designer: Nadežda Skočajić

Release date: February 4, 2022

Slovenia

2 stamps, FDC, cancel 

Designer: unknown

Release date: January 28, 2022

Ukraine

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 12
offset lithography

Oleksandr Abramenko won the silver medal in men’s free style skiing 

Designer: Marina Kutz

Release date: January 23, 2022

United Nations

12 stamps, 6 sheets with 3 pairs, 14 FDCs, cancel
3 sets were released for Geneva, NY and Vienna under the title Sports for Peace

Illustrator: Feifei Ruan (China) Feifei Ruan
Award winning artist Feifie refers to herself as a “visual storyteller”. Dr. Who fans may be familiar with her works. In 2018, BBC Studios commissioned her for 7 illustrations featuring the Tardis in Chinese locals in an effort to promote Dr Who to Chinese audiences.  You can see her Tardis works here Feifei Ruan – DOCTOR WHO – I Poster Series: TARDIS X CHINA. The poster series won gold in the 2019 Promax Awards 2019. She also illustrated the cover for Buffy the Vampire Slayer #4 comic in 2019.  
If you have an Instagram account, you can follow her Feifei Ruan (@ruan0v0) • Instagram photos and videos. Hopefully, we will see more stamps by Ruan in the near future. 

Designer: Rorie Katz (United Nations)

Release date: January 14, 2022

See the Tokyo Olympic stamps here.  

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