The Winter Olympics is also called the White
Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great
Games. The first stamps marking the opening came out on January 25,1932 in the
United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publishing stamps during
the White Olympics became a rule. During the 4th Winter
Olympics Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The
five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of sportswear. It was the first
time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.
In the 1950’s, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the
White Olympics came, the host countries as well as the non-host countries
published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in
February 1980, when the Chinese sportsmen began to take part in the White
Olympics. Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held
the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500 million stamps were sold to raise money
for this sports meeting. Different kinds of sports were drawn
on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty of the wonderful movements of
some sportsmen. What may appear on the stamps of the White Olympics
A. Basketball
B. Table tennis
C. Football
D. Skating