Tunisia stamps set year 1960 Summer Olympics

Tunisia stamps set year 1960 Summer Olympics

Tunisia stamps issued in 1960 for the Summer Olympics:

• In 1960, Tunisia issued a set of 6 postage stamps to commemorate the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy.
• The stamp denominations were 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 100 millimes.
• The stamps featured various athletic scenes including runners, a discus thrower, a weight lifter, and the Olympic rings.
• The stamps were engraved and printed using the recess printing method.
• The stamp designs were created by the French artist Edmond Dulac.
• Approximately 1 million sets were issued by the Tunisian postal service.
• For topical stamp collectors, these formed an attractive Olympic games topical issue from Tunisia in 1960.

The Summer Olympics stamp issues are popular with collectors interested in sports on stamps as well as for those collecting Tunisia’s earlier postage stamps from after it gained independence in 1956. Let me know if you need any other details on this particular Tunisian Olympic stamp set from 1960. Co