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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022)

12/10/2021

A N N O U N C E M E N T

30.09.2021 

1. To mark the Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022), which will take place in Ancient Olympia on October 18 and the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony, which will take place at the Panathenaic Stadium on the next day, October 19, Hellenic Post is releasing the following philatelic products:

1.1 Special Commemorative Numbered Envelopes with stamp and the Special Commemorative Postmark « Olympic Flame Lighting 2022»

o Quantity: seven hundred (700) pieces will be produced.

o Price: They will be available for four euros (4,00 €) per piece.

 

 

Barcode: 5205344164509

 

1.2 Special Commemorative Numbered Envelopes with stamp and the Special Commemorative Postmark « Olympic Flame Handover 2022»

o Quantity: seven hundred (700) pieces will be produced.

o Price: They will be available for four euros (4,00 €) per piece.

 

 

Barcode: 5205344164516

 

1.3 Individual Personalized Stamps “Olympic Flame”:

These individual personalized stamps plus vignette can be used to mail letters in the first domestic weight category for domestic second-class mail with a maximum weight up to 20 gr., if affixed to postal items (currently 0,90 €).

o Quantity: one thousand three hundred (1.300) pieces will be produced.

o Price: The individual personalized stamps will be available for ninety cents (0,90 €) per piece.

 

 

Barcode: 5205344164523 / 5205344164530

2 AVAILABILITY:

2.1. The Special Commemorative Numbered Envelopes with stamp and the Special Commemorative Postmark « Olympic Flame Handover 2022» will be available from Monday, October 18 and the Special Commemorative Numbered Envelopes with stamp and the Special Commemorative Postmark « Olympic Flame Handover 2022» will be available from Tuesday, October 19 from:

 the Hellenic Post online store

 post offices in the Hellenic Post network

2.2 The Individual Personalized Stamps “Olympic Flame” will be available from Monday, October 18 from the post offices in the Hellenic Post network.

3 In parallel, two Special Commemorative Postmarks will be available:

 

 

4 Stamps to the value of at least 0,90 € must be affixed to each item to be postmarked. Any item to be posted must bear the appropriate stamp(s) for domestic or international mail or special delivery service, as the case may be.

5 Anyone wishing to have a philatelic item stamped with the commemorative postmark should post it to the Philatelic Service, 100 Aiolou St (second floor), 101 88 Athens, Greece, no later than January 18, 2022. Please note that the postmark stamped by the post office from which the item is sent will indicate the date of posting. Senders should include their name and full address in the envelope so that their postmarked items can be sent back to them.