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ISSUE 144 - December 2, 2022 - Stamp News Online Magazine

Historic Events:
The World Cup—A Pictorial History on Stamps

By John F. Dunn

World Cup 2018, Russian Postage Samp

With the 2022 World Cup beginning on November 20 and running through the championship game on December 18 in Qatar, we present here stamps that trace the history of this worldwide event from the first, 1930, competition through the 2018 tournament that was hosted by Russia. The text for this 2018 World Cup article is based on excerpts from Wikipedia.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup took place between 14 June and 15 July 2018 in Russia. The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through qualifying competitions, while as the . . . 

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