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The Sochi Stamp: A Sought-After Olympic Souvenir – Wall Street Journal (blog)


Wall Street Journal (blog)

The Sochi Stamp: A Sought-After Olympic Souvenir
Wall Street Journal (blog)
When cash was short for the first Olympic Games in 1896, host Greece sold commemorative stamps to help pay the bills. The Winter Olympics in Sochi needed no such funding—despite its estimated $50 billion price tag—but its stamps are still a sought

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