Artur Aleksanyan finds his place in the world of philately (video)
On May 30, “HayPost” CJSC put into circulation a souvenir sheet with one stamp dedicated to the theme “Sport. Armenian Olympic champions. Artur Aleksanyan”. The event took place in the premises of the National Olympic Committee. The postage stamp, having a shape of Olympic ring, depicts the Olympic champion of Rio-2016, the best athlete of Armenia of 2016, the Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan. The souvenir sheet depicts the scenes from the fight of Artur Aleksanyan at the 31st Olympic Games “Rio-2016” as well as the gold medal won by him inside the Olympic rings. In my childhood, I often looked at the stamps with the images of Olympic champions but I never imagined that one day I would see my picture on a stamp, too. This will give me the strength to continue to uphold the honor of Armenia,” said Artur Aleksanyan. The souvenir sheet with 1 stamp with nominal value of 480 AMD is printed in “Cartor” printing house in France.
