Topic Description:
Volleyball is a Team Sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been Part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokio 1964 Olympic Games.
The complete rules are extensive. But simply, play proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to 3 times but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively. Typically, the first two touches are used to set up for an attack, an attempt to direct the ball back over the net in such a way that the serving team is unable to prevent it from being grounded in their court.
The rally continues, with each team allowed as many as three consecutive touches, until either (1): a team makes a kill, grounding the ball on the opponent's court and winning the rally; or (2): a team commits a fault and loses the rally. The team that wins the rally is awarded a point, and serves the ball to start the next rally. A few of the most common faults include: causing the ball to touch the ground or floor outside the opponents' court or without first passing over the net;catching and throwing the ball; double hit: two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player; four consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same team; net foul: touching the net during play; foot fault: the foot crosses over the boundary line when serving.
The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push (short contact) the ball with any part of the body.
A number of consistent techniques have evolved in Volleyball, including spiking and blocking (because these plays are made above the top of the net, the vertical jump is an athletic skill emphasized in the sport) as well as passing, setting, and specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures.
Brief Description of Releases:
Only a few Releases on Volleyball Sport Topic were released by the Uruguayan Post Office, being precisely, only Seven Releases were issued until now, being Five of them, with Volleyball Sport as Main Topic, then One having a Major Reference in the Design, and the another One having a Minor Reference in the Design.
The First Uruguayan Release related to the Volleyball Sport Topic was issued on April 4th of 1969, and was about the Volleyball World Cup Uruguay 1969, that was held in Montevideo on April of 1969. Then, in a similar way, it was issued on July 11th of 1974 a Release about another Volleyball World Cup this time the First FIVB Women Volleyball World Cup Uruguay 1973, that was held in Uruguay from October 19th to October 28th of 1973. And later, on October 26th of 1987 another one about Volleyball International Cup, this time the South American Cup held in Uruguay too from September 19th to September 26th of 1987.
After that, more than a decade passed by until another issue related Volleyball Sport Topic was released by the Uruguayan Post Office, and it was just a Major Reference in the Design, in a release about the Festival of Childhood and Youth Juvenalia '98 issued on October 30th of 1998, in which the design was two Hands hititng a Ball, clearly in the way that most Volleyball hits are done.
Then, another long gap in releases about Volleyball Sport occurs until, on May 5th of 2014 a Release about the Centenary of the University Sport League shows only a Minor Reference in the Design to this Sport, showing a Volleyball Ball in it design, because one of the Sports included in the University Sport League was Volleyball. Then, only less than a year after, in year 2015, two more releases in less than a month were issued, both celebrating the Centenary of the Uruguayan Volleyball Federation. The first, issued on March 18th of 2015 consists of one of the stamps of a Sport Series that celebrates the Centenaries of Both Basketball and Volleyball Uruguayan Federations, and then on April 7th of 2015, a Special Postmark was released celebrating the Centenary of the Uruguayan Volleyball Federation in particular.
Chronological Ennumeration of Releases:
April 4th of 1969: Single Block Series with a Volleyball World Cup as Main Topic
July 11th of 1974: Single Stamp Series with a Volleyball World Cup as Main Topic
October 26th of 1987: Special Postmark with South American Cup as Main Topic
October 30th of 1998: Single Stamp Series with Mayor Reference in the Design to Volleyball Sport
May 5th of 2014: Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Volleyball Sport
March 18th of 2015: One Stamp of a Two Stamp Series with Uruguayan Volleyball Federation as Main Topic
April 7th of 2015: Special Postmark with Uruguayan Volleyball Federation as Main Topic
Relevance Clasification of Releases:
Main Topic of the Release:
April 4th of 1969: Single Block Series with a Volleyball World Cup as Main Topic
July 11th of 1974: Single Stamp Series with a Volleyball World Cup as Main Topic
October 26th of 1987: Special Postmark with South American Cup as Main Topic
March 18th of 2015: One Stamp of a Two Stamp Series with Uruguayan Volleyball Federation as Main Topic
April 7th of 2015: Special Postmark with Uruguayan Volleyball Federation as Main Topic
Major Reference in the Design:
Minor Reference in the Design:
May 5th of 2014: Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Volleyball Sport
Topic Intrinsical Classification of Releases:
Volleyball International Cups:
April 4th of 1969: Single Block Series with a Volleyball World Cup as Main Topic
July 11th of 1974: Single Stamp Series with a Volleyball World Cup as Main Topic
October 26th of 1987: Special Postmark with South American Cup as Main Topic
Volleyball Sport
October 30th of 1998: Single Stamp Series with Mayor Reference in the Design to Volleyball Sport
May 5th of 2014: Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Volleyball Sport
Uruguayan Volleyball Federation
March 18th of 2015: One Stamp of a Two Stamp Series with Uruguayan Volleyball Federation as Main Topic
April 7th of 2015: Special Postmark with Uruguayan Volleyball Federation as Main Topic
If you consider that there are another releases in this Topic, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would appreciate your help very much.
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