International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is an independent organization responsible for (guess what?) the Olympic games. It was founded in 1894 and is now headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. If the stated ideal was to promote peace through competition, then why do athletes compete for their countries instead of independently?

It obtained franking power from the Swiss post office and now issues it own stamps. They are inscribed "HELVETIA" and "TIMBRE DE SERVICE" and COMITE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIQUE.  File:Switz Olympic Committee hockey.png|005 130c ice hockey 
 * In 2000, its first issue was a booklet of two different stamps.

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