To celebrate the 2026 Milan Cortina Games taking place in Italy, here’s a look at some of the Olympic Games that have been featured on U.S. postage stamps.
The first U.S. release to celebrate the international competition was the 1932 2-cent Olympic Winter Games stamp commemorating the event taking place in Lake Placid, NY, that year.
Others followed, including the 1984 Olympic stamps, which celebrated the event held in Los Angeles. The set spanned 26 issues over 13 months.
USPS was an official sponsor of the U.S. teams in the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics and marked the occasion with the 1991 $1 USPS & Olympic Rings stamp, $2.90 Eagle Priority Mail stamp and the five-stamp 1992 29-cent Summer Olympics series.
The Milan Cortina Games run through Feb. 22 and feature eight sports, 16 disciplines and 116 events.
More information about Olympic-themed stamps can be found on the National Postal Museum’s website.
