Bolivia Olympic Games Lillehammer 1994 MSS MNH **

The 1994 Winter Olympic Games were held in Lillehammer, Norway. To commemorate the event, Norway issued several postage stamps featuring the Olympic Games Lillehammer 1994. Here are some details about those stamps:

• On January 7, 1994, Norway issued a set of four stamps depicting different winter sports – cross-country skiing, ski jumping, figure skating, and speed skating. These were the main stamps for the Lillehammer Olympics.
• The cross-country skiing stamp showed an athlete skiing through woods. The ski jumping stamp depicted a ski jumper in mid-air. The figure skating stamp had a figure skater posing, while the speed skating stamp showed a speed skater racing.
• The denominations were 3.20 kroner for each stamp. The designs were created by artist Grete Britt Fredriksen.
• In addition to the sports stamps, Norway also issued a souvenir sheet containing four different stamps reproducing artworks relating to winter sports and the Olympics.
• The souvenir sheet stamps featured a cross-country skier by Olav Mathiesen, ski jumpers by Gerhard Munthe, a speed skater by Thorolf Holmboe, and figure skaters by Arne Kavli. These had face values of 5 kroner each.
• Several other special stamps were released during 1994 celebrating different aspects and events of the Lillehammer Olympic Games as the host nation.

So in summary, the striking stamp designs captured the spirit and major winter sport disciplines of the 1994 Olympics hosted in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer.