TOKYO 2020

Dear friend, in front of you is something special from the world of philately. A stamp that tells the story of a moment in human history, an event whose consequences we can only imagine now as we look at this beautiful stamp. We can also hope that the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 will remain the only ones with only local spectators present and which cost as much as the income of a smaller country. The Games that we will remember as "Masked Games". Let’s hope we are right, but there are also other beginnings of the paths of our history. The Games will be a mirror of human civilization, of unprecedented achievements in sports and technology. It will be amazing. But the world will experience them across the screen. You will have all the possible information, but - will you be able to "feel" it? You will experience the sweat, tears and joy in the most realistic way, maybe even raise your hand to touch them, and you will be greeted by a cold screen. There will be no autographs, selfies, queues, socializing, celebrations – no life. Is it our fault? Have we done something wrong? Today we are confused. That is why this text, which accompanies the star of your collection, is not ordinary. As you look at it, it challenges you to imagine the future. Tomorrow you will see if you were right and whether your heirs will know what it marked. In any case, it will remain unique. We wholeheartedly want it to be remembered for its greatest sporting achievements, as an unusual episode, as MASKED GAMES that we will remember with a smile. Mićo Dušanović, Sport Journalist