2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Stamps Issued by Italy
Issue date: January 21, 2026.
Website: https://filatelia.poste.it/novita.html
Value: Tariff B Zone 3 (Face value stamps 3.35€, miniature sheet 6.70€)
Print run: 200,004 each stamp, 80,000 miniature sheets.
Pane size: 28 stamps per pane.
Vignettes: Each stamp depicts a “Vibe,” the main element of the visual identity of Milan Cortina 2026 and the official “Look of the Games.” Each Vibe is constructed from colors blended in gradients that open from blue to magenta and light blue (Paralympic stamp), and from green to teal and yellow (Olympic stamp). The luminous graphic signs stand out, traced by fluid and dynamic white lines that cross the image with continuous movement. These signs are not simple decorative elements, but the visual representation of the human gesture that expresses talent, creativity, and energy, components of the Italian Spirit of Milan Cortina 2026. On the left side appear the emblems of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The stamps are completed by the legends “MILAN CORTINA 2026 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES” and “MILAN CORTINA 2026 WINTER PARALYMPIC GAMES,” the word “ITALIA” and the tariff indication “B ZONE 3.”
Designs: Graphic design by the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation and optimized by the Philatelic Center of the Security Printing and Traditional Productions Department of the Italian State Mint and Printing Office S.p.A.
Printing: Italian State Mint and Printing Office S.p.A., rotogravure.
Colors: Four colors, Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games; Three colors, Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.
Paper: White, neutral coated, self-adhesive, with optical brightener. Paper weight: 90 g/sq m.
Support: White, single-sided siliconized Kraft paper, 80 g/sq m.
Adhesive: Water-based acrylic type, applied in a quantity of 20 g/sq m (dry).
Paper Size: 40 x 48 mm
Print Size: 36 x 44 mm
Tracing Size: 47 x 54 mm
Perforation: 9, made with die-cutting.
Miniature Sheet (below): It contains, in the center, one copy of each of the two respective stamps. In the upper right corner, the emblems of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are reproduced with the lettering “Official Licensed Product”. The booklet is completed, in the upper left corner, by the legend “MILAN CORTINA 2026 WINTER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES” and at the bottom by the copyrights © Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, All Rights Reserved, © IOC All Rights Reserved and © IPC All Rights Reserved. In the lower right corner, there is a barcode for automatic stamp detection, and on the left, the monochromatic MIMIT [Made in Italy] logo is reproduced. Size: 136 x 110 mm. Four-color printing.
