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| ID Number: | BB25-0201 |
| Description: | Olympics '84 Basketball |
| Country or State: | United States of America (USA) |
| Year: | 17. June 1983 |
| Face Value: | 28 ¢ - United States cent |
| Series: | Summer Olympic Games 1984 - Los Angeles |
| Perforation: | line 11 |
| Printing: | Photogravure |
| Dimensions (B x H): | 25 x 40 mm |
| Catalog Number: | Michel US 1638 Stamp Number US C103 Yvert et Tellier US PA101 Stanley Gibbons US A2036 |
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The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984. When Tehran, the only other interested city on the international level, declined to bid due to the concurrent Iranian political and social changes the IOC awarded Los Angeles the Games by default. In response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania) boycotted the Games. For differing reasons, Iran and Libya also boycotted. |
