The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - The Overview of the official mascots for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China
(BEIJING, December 20) -- A launching ceremony was held at the newly built
National Indoor Stadium on Thursday for the issue of the fourth set of
Olympic-themed commemorative stamps.
The new issue, entitled "XXIX Olympiad Competition Venues," includes six
stamps and a separate small sheet.
With a limited circulation and a total denomination of 8.6 yuan, the stamps
feature the China Agriculture University Gymnasium, Laoshan Velodrome, the
National Indoor Stadium, Peking University Gymnasium, the National Aquatics
Center, and the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center. The separate small sheet
features the National Stadium (the "Bird's Nest") and is priced at six yuan.
 China
Post presents stamps to BOCOG and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Project Construction
HeadquartersAt the ceremony, the China Post presented stamps to BOCOG (the Beijing
Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad), the Beijing 2008
Olympic Project Construction Headquarters and the workers from the site of the
venues.
On the same day, the Beijing Philatelic Company also issued a First Day Cover
and other philatelic products.
 China
Post presents stamps to the workers of the Olympic venues The
workers autograph an exhibition board set up on the occasion of the new
issue.
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