San Marino stamps year 1960 Sport – Olympic Games – Rome Italy

San Marino 1960 Olympic Games Rome Italy Complete set MNH**

📮 San Marino 1960 Olympic Games (Rome) Stamp Set

🇸🇲 Issued: 27 August 1960
📍 Theme: Olympic Games — Rome, Games of the XVII Olympiad (Summer Olympics)
🎨 Designer: Corrado Mancioli
🔎 Printing: Photogravure by IPS, Rome, imperforate stamps with star watermark

🧾 Set Contents

San Marino released a set of stamps to commemorate the 1960 Summer Olympics — these were issued as part of a philatelic tribute to the international sporting event:

• 4 stamps (catalogue numbers often listed as Michel 676–679)
  • Typically different denominations showing Olympic-themed designs (sport, Rome, Olympic symbols)

📊 Catalogue Identifiers (common references)

Collectors typically refer to cataloguing systems such as Michel / Yvert / Scott / Sassone, and this set corresponds to:

• Michel: 676–679
• Sassone: Around 536–549 (set range)
  (Exact numbers vary slightly by specialist catalogue)

📌 Set & Variants

• The set is usually sold as a complete set of 4 stamps celebrating the Olympics.
• There are also blocks and special printings from this issue group (e.g., larger souvenir blocks with multiple sports motifs).

🏅 Historical Context

• These stamps commemorate the 1960 Summer Olympic Games held in Rome, Italy (25 Aug–11 Sep 1960), a major international sports event.
• San Marino also made its Olympic debut at these Games with 10 competitors across four sports.