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I had started a thread on board games and Eli showed a beautiful stamp from Israel with a traditional children's game called Hopscotch (Klass in Israel, Rayuela in Spain and others countries of Latin America, Marelle in France...)
So, I have decided to start a new thread on traditional children's games to remember with stamps the games we played some years ago.
I share the images of three stamps showing the hopscotch game. Here a stamp from Argentina (1983) (Scott # B102)
Another one from the Cayman Islands (2002) (Scott # 876). I like very much this stamp.
And the last one to start the thread. An excellent stamp from Ireland (1989) (Scott # 745)
In other, if you want to see the beautiful stamp from Israel shown by Eli, you can go to
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More stamps showing the game of hopscotch. This one, issued by Algerie on June 2, 2001 (Scott # 1223)
And here another stamp from Argentina issued on March 23, 2002 (Scott # 2719)
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Also, in Africa hopscotch is played. This stamp from Botswana shows a children's drawing with this game. The stamp was issued on September 4, 1989, and the name of the girl who draw the picture is Neelma Bathia (Scott # 461)
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Two stamps from Latin America. The first one was issued by Colombia on July 19, 1979 (Scott # C673)
The second one was issued by El Salvador in 2009. There, hopscotch is called "La peregrina"
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Two stamps showing hopscotch game. Both of the Europa CEPT sets of 1989. That year was dedicated to traditional games and toys.
The first one was issued by Finland on March 31 (Scott # 796)
The second one was issued by France on April 29 (Scott # 2152)
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Another hopscotch stamp. It was issued by Greece on April 22, 2012. The set has 6 stamps. I like a lot this set.
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Looking for used stamps and postcards on board games, except chess (checkers, dominos, go game, backgammon), traditional children's games (hopscotch, kites, spinning top, hide and seek, hoops), traditional games of adults (traditional wrestlings, bowls, petanque...) and computer or video games
Looking for used stamps and postcards on board games, except chess (checkers, dominos, go game, backgammon), traditional children's games (hopscotch, kites, spinning top, hide and seek, hoops), traditional games of adults (traditional wrestlings, bowls, petanque...) and computer or video games
Carlos, here is again the Israeli stamp of hopscotch. In Israel, it was a game that only girls used to play. Judging the stamps you posted, it seems that in most countries it is the same:
One of the famous and complicated game we used to play was "Five Stones". I remember how we spent hours on the floor in the long days of the summer vacation, trying, unsuccessfully, to complete all the game's stages. Here is a stamp issued by Israel on September 26, 2002, depicting the "Stones":
I didn't see a lot of stamps depicting this game of "Five Stones", only two from Singapore and Korea, if I am not wrong. Eli
In Spain, the game of "Five stones" or "Jacks" was played with lamb's talus bones ("tabas"). Nobody plays this game actually. Here some stamps of this game.
Cuba - 2009
Singapur – 1997
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Another kind of traditional games is "string games". This kind of games was very popular at the Pacific Islands and some American natives played them too.
Here a set issued by Nauru on first of August of 1988 with some examples of string games figures:
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Jaegi-chagi is a traditional Korean outdoor game, similar to Hacky Sack. The Jaegi, which looks like a badminton shuttlecock, is an object kept in the air using only the players' feet. In Korea, children usually play alone or with friends during winter, especially on Lunar New Year. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a group of children playing Jaegi-chagi, designed by Lee Hea-ock, printed by photogravure, and issued by (South) Korea on December 1, 1984, Scott No. 1395.
Here are images of the two stamps depicting, respectively, boys playing with a kite, and girls playing with dolls, designed by Maltese graphic artist Ray Gauci, printed by lithography, and issued by Malta on May 6, 1989 as EUROPA stamps, Scott Nos. 737 & 738.
Thank you for sharing your images.
Very beautiful the cover. There are two wonderful sets issued by Malaysia on traditional games. This is of the year 2000
And this is of 2002
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Hopscotch is played in the Dominican Republic, as is shown on these stamps of 1980
and 2009
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The last stamp in that strip depicts hoop-rolling. Lots of kids in Timor Leste still play this game. Here is a 2011 photo of two proponents:
The boy on the right is holding in his right hand the stick he uses to keep the wheel rolling. On the stamp, they are using their sticks to push the wheels at the bottom, but the children I saw in Timor whacked the top of the wheel.
elcooperativo wrote:Another kind of traditional games is "string games". This kind of games was very popular at the Pacific Islands and some American natives played them too.
Here a set issued by Nauru on first of August of 1988 with some examples of string games figures:
In Great Britain, a similar string game is known as "Cat's cradle". I don't believe we have issued stamps for it.
San Marino – 1989 (Scott # 1171) – March, 31. This sheet has a good description of the games in Italian and English
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A beautiful set showing some traditional children's games issued by Netherlands Antilles in 1951 (Scott # B10/B14).
Between the games, we can see children rolling hoops.
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Another complete set on traditional games that I like soo much. It was issued by Mauritius on December 7, 2006 (Scott #1031-1034)
We can see a game of marbles, hopscotch, kites and the "sapsiwaye" game. This last game seems to the Korean game of Jaegi - chagi shown by Nethryk
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A mini-sheet issued by Bangladesh in 1979 commemorating the International Year of the Child where is showed three traditional children's games. One of them is "rolling hoops"
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People's Republic of Congo – 1986 (Scott # 749 – 751) – April, 30
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Thanks to Eli. The set from Laos is very beautiful and the covers are very interesting. I started to collect only five years ago and the most of what I have is mint. It's difficult to find or change used stamps of my topics. So, I like to see images of circulated covers and stamps.
This is one of the few covers that I have. We can see a set of children's drawings with folklore scenes from Armenia. The stamp in the middle shows the game "Pittu Garam" (seven stones). The set is issued by Armenia in 2014.
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A very nice set issued by San Marino on September 15, 2003, (Scott # 1585-1590)
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Other nice set issued by Thailand on January 21, 1991, shown different traditional children's games (Scott # 1379-1382)
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This is one of my favourites sets. It was issued by Trinidad & Tobago on November 29, 2006. (Scott # 798-801)
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This thread became one of my favorites. I like very much the upper left stamp from San Marino depicting wooden carts. We used to built such wooden carts like in this photo (photo was taken in Jerusalem in the early 1950's, if I am not wrong).
Here is a set of children's games issued by Israel on November 26, 2002:
elcooperativo wrote:Thanks to Eli. The set from Laos is very beautiful and the covers are very interesting. I started to collect only five years ago and the most of what I have is mint. It's difficult to find or change used stamps of my topics. So, I like to see images of circulated covers and stamps.
Carlos, I have 4 used stamps for you and I can keep for you one of the Laos covers I posted above. Beside, I have the above 2002 set of Israel available MNH and can send you on covers.
Eli wrote: Carlos, I have 4 used stamps for you and I can keep for you one of the Laos covers I posted above. Beside, I have the above 2002 set of Israel available MNH and can send you on covers.
Thank you, Eli. I send you an email
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The topic of 2015 for Europe CEPT was "old toys". Cyprus issued a nice set shown two traditional toys that serve to play different traditional games: spinning top and marbles
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The topic of 1989 for Europe CEPT was "children's games". Here the set issued by Turkey:
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This nice set dedicated to traditional children's games were issued by Taiwan in 2014
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Taiwan has issued other nice set dedicated to traditional children's games in 2013
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A stamp issued in 1990 by Syria to commemorate the Child World Day shows the leapfrog game
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elcooperativo, your themes are very unusual. I'm amazed by how many stamps are out there for your themes.
Do you only collect used as stated in your signature? The images you've posted are mostly mint.
Taiwan has issued quite a few children playing/traditional Chinese toy stamps. I gave away this one a while back, do you have it? If not, I got more and I can send you one, granted, it is marker cancelled.
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I know my main themes are not usual . (I have a theme of "stamps that I like me" too ). The best is that according to the Scott catalogue there aren't expensive stamps on my main topics. I have mint stamps that I'm showing on the board, so I usually look for circulated stamps. This an adventure because it's difficult to find the most of them. This is my hobby. I'm happy when I find one stamp.
I have mint the sheet you have shown. Thank you for your offer but I prefer mint or circulated stamps. So I think it is better for another person.
If you are looking for Spanish stamps or of a topic and I can help you, only tell me. I don't have too much but I'm happy if what I have is useful for other people.
Looking for used stamps and postcards on board games, except chess (checkers, dominos, go game, backgammon), traditional children's games (hopscotch, kites, spinning top, hide and seek, hoops), traditional games of adults (traditional wrestlings, bowls, petanque...) and computer or video games
Looking for used stamps and postcards on board games, except chess (checkers, dominos, go game, backgammon), traditional children's games (hopscotch, kites, spinning top, hide and seek, hoops), traditional games of adults (traditional wrestlings, bowls, petanque...) and computer or video games
This set issued by Andorra in 1989 shows two traditional children's games. The first one is "leapfrog", a game know in different countries around the world.
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This sheet, issued by Argentina in 2003, shows four traditional games: "French elastic", "hide and seek", "Tag" and "London bridge":
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Argentina issued on July 2, 1983, a set of five stamps on traditional children's games (Scott # B100-B104).
The games were: marbles, jumping rope, hopscotch, kites and spinning top
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. (I have a theme of "stamps that I like me" too 
