China FDC-The Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Torch Relay

FDC Name:The Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Torch Relay
Date of Issue:24th MARCH 2008
Details:

• Validated by IOC, the Olympic Flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece according to tradition on March 24, 2008. From March 24-29, the Torch Relay will travel across Greece, ending at the Panathinaiko Stadium, the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. After the handover ceremony in the stadium, the Olympic Flame will arrive in Beijing on March 31, 2008. In Beijing, a ceremony will be held for the arrival of the flame into China and Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay will commence.


• The cities along the route are:Beijing; Almaty; Istanbul; St.Petersburg; London; Paris; San Francisco; Buenos Aires; Dar Es Salaam; Muscat; Islamabad; New Delhi; Bangkok; Kuala Lumpur; Jakarta; Canberra; Nagano; Seoul; Pyongyang; Ho Chi Minh City; Hong Kong; Macao;


• More details about the Issue.More......


• 2008 China Olympic Games Torch Relay Stamps & Sheetlets I


• 2008 China Olympic Games Torch Relay Minisheet


• 2008 China Olympic Games Torch Relay Sheetlet II

Remark:Excellent FDC by China post.Posted on the issue date by registered post and received by me today i.e 10th APR'2008.