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

Basketball Sport - Uruguay ( Previous / Next )
 
Part 1 of 5: Years 2010 - 2015 ( Previous / Next )

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 2010: Single 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 2014: Single 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 2010: Single 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 2014: Single Stamp with Label Series with Minor Reference in the Design to Basketball Sport

 Topic Intrinsical Classification of Releases:

Basketball Teams:

September 1st of 2010: Single 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 2014: Single 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.

URU - 2010 - SEP 01ST - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - CENTENARY OF "SPORTING CLUB URUGUAY"

Uruguay - 2010 - Centenary of "Sporting Club Uruguay" ( Previous / Next )

Options:

SERIES --- 1,50 EUR
SERIES [2x2] --- 5,00 EUR
SERIES [3x3] --- 9,00 EUR
Block -- 25,00 EUR
 FDC not Sent --- 4,50 EUR

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: September 1st, 2010
Printed: 15.000 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Rectangular [32 mm. x 47 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: 25 stamps [5 x 5]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [Unknown]

FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]

Catalogue information:

Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: 2435
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Clearly Sports as the Main Topic, and also perhaps more precise Topics as Sports Clubs or Centenarian Sports Clubs, then, because it is the Sport in which this Club had made it biggest achievments, Basketball Topic arise, and in particular Basketball Teams or Centenarian Basketballs Clubs could be other Topics of this Issue too.

Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, another Sport could be found, as it is Athletics, in particular Hammer Throw, one of the four throwing events in regular Track and Field Competitions, along with the Discus Throw, Shot Put and Javelin, as a picture of Darwin Piñeyrua, and his name, appears in the right corner of the Stamp. This Athlete, that was born professionally in the Club this release in honouring, has the actual National record of Uruguay in Hammer Throw, obtaining it in 1974, and still not beated up. In his career, he participated and was the Flag Bearer in the Olympic Games of Munich 1972, and won medals in the Panamerican games of Cali, winning the Bronze Medal there, and being also the best of South America, with his marks only under United States Athletes.  He also won two Gold Medals and one Bronze Medal in several South American Championship of Athletics.

The connection to Basketball is reinforced in the Release by the design of the FDC of this Issue, as it shows a Basketball Hoop and Backboard, covering most of the cancellation.

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URU - 1969 - APR 25TH - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - WORLD CUP OF VOLLEYBALL, MONTEVIDEO 1969

Uruguay - 1969 - World Cup of Volleyball, Montevideo 1969 ( Previous / Next )

Options:

SERIES --- 0,75 EUR
SERIES with VARIATION (Surchage displaced to right) --- 2,50 EUR
BLOCK --- 1,00 EUR
BLOCK with VARIATION (Double Surchage) --- 15,00 EUR
BLOCK with VARIATION (Surchaged transfered to back) --- 5,00 EUR
BLOCK with VARIATION (Surchage displaced to right) --- 3,00 EUR
BLOCK with VARIATION (Perforation displaced) --- 3,00 EUR
BLOCK of BLOCK --- 15,00 EUR (Includes variations)
 Decorated FDC of C.F.M. --- 4,00 EUR
 Decorated FDC of C.F.U. --- 4,00 EUR

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: April 25th, 1969
Printed: 108.000 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Rectangular [21 mm. x 35 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: 1 stamps
Block of Block Configuration: 12 Blocks [2 x 6]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [44 mm. x 63 mm.]
Block of Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [340 mm. x 189 mm.]

FDC Type: Decorated cover from two different Philatelic Clubs from Uruguay
FDC Shape and Size: Rectangular [163 mm. x 98 mm.]

Catalogue information:

Michel: Block 76
Ivert: BF 61
Scott: B 8
Stanley & Gibbons: MS 2304

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Volleyball from a wider Sports, and in particular Volleyball World Cups or Sports World Cups, and more in particular the Volleyball World Cup Uruguay 1969, that was held in Montevideo on April of 1969, and won by the national team of East Germany, formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR, a state within the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War Period, from 1949 to 1990.

Now, looking at the desing of the Issue, some other Topics arises, specially another Sport, as Basketball, because the release was just a surcharge of a previous one, issued for another Sport World Cup, in this case a Basketball World Cup, in particular the Fifth Basketball World Cup Uruguay 1967, that was held in Montevideo from May 27th to June 11th of 1967, and won by the national team of Soviet Union, a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991.

Also, all the Countries that participated in this Volleyball World Cup are shown in the Surcharge, so also linked by this Release. This countries are: Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, East Germany, Soviet Union, Japan, Czechoslovakia, a sovereign State in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it Declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1st January 1993, Tunisia, Mexico, United States of America, Cuba, and Uruguay.

Finally, still regarding the Surcharge Design, the Coat of Arms of FUVA, the Federación Uruguaya de Voleibol Amateur, in English Uruguayan Amateur Volleyball Federation is included in it too, giving the realease, not only the Coat of Arms Topic, that also all the link to Uruguayan Volleyball Federation, that was the successor of that Amateur Federation.

Then, another Topics appears, Balls, or in particular Volleyball Balls, are shown both in the Stamp, in the First Day Cancellation, and in the Decoration of the Covers. And in the Cancellation also Hands, Nets and also Maps Topics appears, as the Design consists in a Terrestrial Globe being used as a Volleyball Ball in front of a Vollyeball Net. 

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URU - 2015 - #012 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - SPECIAL POSTMARK: CENTENARY OF URUGUAYAN BASKETBALL FEDERATION

Uruguay - 2015 - Special Postmark: Centenary of the Uruguayan Basketball Federation ( Previous / Next )

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POSTMARK not Sent 1 --- 3,50 EUR
POSTMARK not Sent 2 --- 3,50 EUR
POSTMARK Sent on First Day 1 --- 9,00 EUR
POSTMARK Sent on First Day 2 --- 9,00 EUR

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: April 7th, 2015

Cover Type: Official Cover from Post Office
Cover not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]
Cover sent on issue day Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Basketball, from a Wider Sports, and in particular Uruguayan Basketball, as this release celebrates the Centenary of its Federation, making too Centenarian Sports Federations another Topic of this release too.

Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, only Balls and Coat of Arms or Flags Topics appears, as both are included in the Federation Centenary Logotype Design.

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URU - 2015 - #008 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - SPORTS, CENTENARIES OF VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL FEDERATIONS

Uruguay - 2015 - Sports Series, Centenaries of Volleyball and Basquetball Federations ( Previous / Next )

Options:

SERIES --- 2,00 EUR
STAMP 1 --- 1,50 EUR
STAMP 2 --- 1,50 EUR
SE-TENANT NORMAL --- 2,50 EUR
SE-TENANT INVERTED --- 4,00 EUR
SE-TENANT [2x2] --- 8,00 EUR
BLOCK --- 18,00 EUR
FDC not Sent --- 3,50 EUR
FDC Sent on First Day --- 9,00 EUR

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: March 18th, 2015
Printed: 15.000 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Both Rectangular [38 mm. x 26 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: 10 series [5 x 2] , 20 stamps [5 x 4]
[ [ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ]
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2, Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ] ]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [189 mm. x 180 mm.]

FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]
FDC sent on issue day Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]

Cover Shape and Size: Not available

Catalogue information:

Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Sports, in particular the Volleyball, and Basketball Sports, as this series celebrate the Centenaries of both Uruguayan Federations of these Sports, the Federación Uruguaya de Voleybol, and Federación Uruguaya de Basketball respectively. Taking this into account, more specific Topics of this release could be Uruguayan Volleyball, Uruguayan Basketball, and even Centenarian Sport Federations, or Centenarian Volleyball Federations and Centenarian Basketball Federations too.

Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, at first sight only minor Topics arise, as Balls, with Volleyball Balls and Basketball Balls, also Hands, Nets, Stripes, Basket, Backboard, and the Logotypes of both Centenaries, and the one of the FIVB, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (International Federation of Volleyball) in the Volleyball Ball.

However, the most interesting part of the desing, regarding Topic inclusion, is the inclusion of the Logotype of the International Philatelic Exhibition called "Fin del Mundo", in English, "End of the world", named this way as it is held on Río Grande City, in Tierra del Fuego, a small city in the Southest part of Argentina Country, near the South Pole. That inclusion, besides adding Philatelic Exhibitions, and Argentinian Philatelic Exhibitions, also adds Lighthouses and Navigational Aids Topics, as a Stylized Lighthouse takes most of the Philatelic Exhibition Logotype Design.

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