Cuba 2003 Pan American Games

• Label : "Correos de Cuba"; commemorative stamps of the issue "2003 Pan American Games" in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).;
  

(issue of 4 stamps)

Note:
The "XIV Pan American Games" ("Juegos Panamericanos") took place in the time 01 Aug - 17 Aug 2003 in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: 4526-4529; Yvert & Tellier: No. 4090-4093; Scott: No. 4315-4318
• Color : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal values : 5 - 15 - 50 - 65 ȼ (Centavos (CUP-))
• Postage validity : since 27 June 2003
• Designed by : R.Quintana (...?, probably)
• Printed by : "Empresa de Correos, Prensa y Filatlia" (COPREFIL), Havana
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 12½ : 12¾
• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp) : 36.0 x 46.0 mm

Commemorative stamps of the issue "2003 Pan American Games" in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).;
(issue of 4 stamps)

Stamps

mint

Michel No. 4526, mint

Michel No. 4527, mint

Michel No. 4528, mint

Michel No. 4529, mint

postmarked

Michel No. 4526, postmarked with CTO

Michel No. 4527, postmarked with CTO

Michel No. 4528, postmarked with CTO

Michel No. 4529, postmarked with CTO

To the single stamp motives:
- 5 (Centavos) : Canadian canoing (Kayaking), depicted are the both gold medall winners in the two-man (C-2) Canadian canoe discipline at this event:. Ibrahim Rojas (* 1975) and Ledys Frank Balceiro Pajon (* 1975)
- 15 (Centavos) : scene from a Judo-fight
- 50 (Centavos) : finish of a running competition (track) of the man
- 65 (Centavos) : scene from a Volleyball match of the men