Olympic Commemorative Postmark Design Studies

With the development of the Modern Olympic Games, Olympic stamp collection has become popular, in which Olympic commemorative postmark collection is one of the most beloved. Olympic commemorative postmarks which has abundant subjects, complete information, the diverse styles,both pictures and characters are the focus of research and collections,and they have many values of commemorative, aesthetic and economic besides In addition to its own postal communications value.This paper summaried and analyzed the olympic commemorative postmarks' value, meaning and methods throughed inquiring on their history and present . Further, presented the problems in the design and stated the views on the future development. In a word, this paper aimed at improving its related theories, design, all aspects of its values and providing useful references for the design of olympic commemorative postmarks as well as other types.