Yugoslavia year 1980 stamps Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid

Yugoslavia year 1980 stamps Winter Olympic Games Lake Placid full set MNH **

The stamp issue by Yugoslavia in 1980 to commemorate the XIII Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, USA, is a set of definitive postage stamps celebrating winter sports.

The set was issued on February 13, 1980, just before the opening of the Games, and it typically consists of two different stamps illustrating major winter sports disciplines.

The two stamps in the set generally depict the following subjects:

The Lower Value Stamp (e.g., 4.90 Dinars): Illustrates Figure Skating / Ice Skating (Umetničko klizanje).

The Higher Value Stamp (e.g., 10 Dinars): Illustrates Cross-Country Skiing / Ski Running (Skijaško trčanje).

These stamps are part of a philatelic tradition of issuing stamps for the Olympic Games, a topic that gained additional importance for Yugoslavia as the country was preparing to host the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.