Doha: Qatar Post is hosting an exhibition themed "Sports for All" to celebrate sports stamps and highlight a group of stamps that talk about the first postage stamp in Qatar and the pictures it carried, until September 4.
The exhibition, held in partnership with the Qatar Stamp Center, is coming up three months before the start of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The event will also shed light on the history of special stamps issued at major sporting events around the world, including the World Cup and other sports such as chess, swimming, handball, football, tennis, fencing, and snowboarding.
Speaking to QNA, Abdulrahman Al Langawi, a stamp collector, said that the history of stamps related to sports extends before the launch of the first World Cup in 1930.
" The exhibition includes 14 "frames," with each one containing a number of different sports stamps from around the world. The exhibition also includes explanations in Arabic and English, an overview of the history of post in Qatar and the center, and the stamp hobby. Visitors can view the exhibits and the various stamps they contain, he said.
Issa Al Fakhro, a collector of sports and historical stamps, said that the "Sports for All" exhibition contains a collection of stamps through which all known sports in the world are shown.
Each stamp carries a full explanation of each sport so that the visitor can learn about different sports and their history.
The exhibition is being held to promote the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022. It is intended that the Qatari Youth Hobbies Centre will cooperate with a number of authorities in the country during the coming period to hold exhibitions for Olympic sports as part of a plan to spread cultural awareness of sports through the hobby of stamp collecting.
