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Lucky mascots?

Author: Vojtech Jankovič

Source: freestampmagazine.com

Published: 14. 10. 2016 00:55

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An interesting article about philately and stamp collecting form the Freestampmagazine website.

• Článok: Lucky mascots?
• Anotácia: Pohľad olympijských maskotov.
• Autor:
• Dátum: 27. máj 2015
• Zdroj: Freestampmagazine

Maskot Hier XXXI. olympiády 2016 Rio de Janeiro:

Maskot Letných paralympijských hier RIO 2016:

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Attention, all automatic translations are not guaranteed, some words are often translated by expressions that do not correspond to the terms used by philatelists and collectors stamps.

For example, the word 'známka' is automatically translated into English as 'mark', 'label', or 'grade' instead of - in this context - the proper 'stamp'; and opposite the word 'stamp' is automatically translated to Slovak as 'značka', 'odtlačok', 'kolok', 'pečiatkovať' instead of - in this context - the proper 'známka'. In this particular case, it is appropriate to correct the source to a 'poštová známka', respectively 'postage stamp', which significantly improves the quality of automated translati