Wednesday, August 26, 2015

TOPIC STUDY - #0003 - BASKETBALL SPORT - URUGUAY - PART 1 OF 5


Basketball Sport - Uruguay PreviousNext )
 
Part 1 of 5: Years 2010 - 2015
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Topic Description:

Basketball is a Sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to a backboard at each end.

A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the shooting team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line, and two points if shot from in front of the line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, after the other team was assessed with certain fouls. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) is issued when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running or throwing it to a teammate. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling.

As well as many techniques for shooting, passing, dribbling and rebounding, basketball teams generally have player positions and offensive and defensive structures (player positioning). Traditionally, the tallest and strongest members of a team are called a center or power forward, while slightly shorter and more agile players are called small forward, and the shortest players or those who possess the best ball handling skills are called a point guard or shooting guard.


Brief Description of Releases:

Only a few Releases on Basketball Sport Topic were released by the Uruguayan Post Office, in the period studied by this publication that is Years 2010 to 2015, being precisely, only Five Releases were issued until now, being only Two of them, with Basketball Sport as Main Topic, then having One a Major Reference in the Design, and the other Two having a Minor Reference in the Design.

The First Uruguayan Release related to the Basketball Sport Topic in the period studied was issued on September 1st of 2010, and was about the Centenary of Sporting Club, a Sport Club who is most known by his Basketball Team.

Then, the following release was issued on March 30th of 2012 and it was about XXX Olympic Games in London 2012 showing a Minor Reference to Basketball only in the Full Sheet of the Release.

Later, on May 5th of 2014 another Minor Reference was seen on a release about the Centenary of the University League.

Finally the two Releases in which Basketball was the Main Topic, came in in year 2015, the first one in March 18th of 2015, this time sharing Main Topic with Volleyball, as this release celebrated the Centenary of Basketball and Volleyball Federations, and then on April 7th of 2015 a Special Cancelation was issued to commemorate the Centenary of Basketball Federation.


Chronological Ennumeration of Releases:


September 1st of 2010Single Stamp Series with Mayor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport
March 30th of 2012: Block of a Four Stamp Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport
May 5th of 2014Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport
March 18th of 2015: One Stamp of a Two Stamp Series with Uruguayan Basketball Federation as Main Topic
April 7th of 2015: Special Postmark with Uruguayan Basketball Federation as Main Topic


Relevance Clasification of Releases:

Main Topic of the Release:

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:

September 1st of 2010Single Stamp Series with Mayor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport


Minor Reference in the Design:

March 30th of 2012: Block of a Four Stamp Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport
May 5th of 2014Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport

 Topic Intrinsical Classification of Releases:

Basketball Teams:

September 1st of 2010Single Stamp Series with Mayor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport


Basketball Sport

March 30th of 2012: Block of a Four Stamp Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport
May 5th of 2014Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport


Uruguayan Basketball 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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