Macedonia stamps year 1996 Winter Olympics games Nagano

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🇲🇰 Macedonia Stamps & the Olympics

• Year 1996 stamps from Macedonia definitely include issues related to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Macedonia made its first Olympic appearance as an independent nation under its Olympic flag. These stamps are listed and sold by dealers as Macedonia 1996 Summer Olympics issues, but there’s no evidence in major stamp catalogs that Macedonia issued stamps for the 1996 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano.
• Major philatelic catalogs (e.g., FreeStampCatalogue) list Macedonian stamps for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, typically a 2-stamp issue from 1998 — not from 1996.
• General online stamp listings (such as StampWorld) confirm that Macedonia did issue sports-themed stamps in the 1990s but don’t show a 1996 Nagano Winter Olympics set for Macedonia under that year’s listings.

🌍 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics Context

• The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan were held from 7 to 22 February 1998.
• Macedonia (then “former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) participated for the first time in Winter Olympics at Nagano in 1998, with 3 athletes competing in alpine and cross-country skiing.

📌 Summary

• ✔️ Macedonia issued a sports/Olympic stamp set in 1996, but it’s associated with the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, not the Nagano Winter Games.
• ✔️ Macedonia’s Winter Olympics stamps for Nagano are from 1998, not 1996.
• ❌ There’s no verified Macedonia/North Macedonia stamp issue for the 1996 Winter Olympics Nagano in standard stamp catalogs.