POSTER STAMPS AND LABELS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

04/10/2019 UND-9     Elf self-adhesive sticker SIZE: 8,2 cm x 9,8 cm Set of 6(?) numbered stickers issued by elf oil

04/10/2019 UND-10 British Ski Teams - Olympic Supporter - N.S.F. "Great Britain 1980's Circular plastic window label 'British Ski Teams - Olympic Supporter', Skier, Olympic Rings & Union Jack on backing paper" self-adhesive sticker / window label SIZE: unknown The seller dated this to 1980, Lake Placid Winter Games

04/10/2019 UND-11 OLYMPIC CYCLES ENGLAND Decal from Water Olympic Cycles England self-adhesive sticker SIZE: 4 cm. x 6 cm. No rings, so to my mind a generic usage that simply calls itself Olympic to profit from the name.

04/10/2019 UND-12   PARTEZ AVEC L'ÉCUREUIL AUX JEUX OLYMPIQUES self-adhesive sticker SIZE: see second image - that is a one-euro coin, 23 mm wide, or about 1 inch. Google translates the text as "GO WITH THE SQUIRREL AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES" - ???? 06/20/2020 - Philippe informs us that: The squirrel is the logo of a big french savings bank named "Caisse d'épargne" and it is the symbol of savings because he puts hazelnuts aside for the winter." THANKS, PHIL!

04/10/2019 UND-13     POLSKI KOMITET OLIMPIJSKI Polish Olympic Committee stickers SIZE: each circular label approx 60mm diam, square label about 70mm Roman Babut supplied these images - he thinks the stickers date from the 1980s, but they have to be earlier than 1990, because the eagle has no crown! After World War II, the communist authorities of the Polish People's Republic removed the "reactionary" royal crown from the eagle's head. UPI Archives - Feb. 9, 1990 - Poland restores crown to white eagle.

04/10/2019 UND-14   SWISS OLYMPIC self-adhesive sticker?? SIZE: see images This looks like it was cut down from something larger.

04/10/2019 UND-15   GREEK STATE MONOPOLY Greek Matchbox labels Images from ancient Greek pottery

04/10/2019 UND-16 GREEK STATE MONOPOLY Greek Matchbox labels Reproductions of Greek stamps

ITEMS WITH DATES LATER THAN 1972 part 1 Beyond this point are some items that keep popping up on eBay They are all legitimate Olympic labels, but they have no dates and were issued later than 1972, which is currently the limit of this catalog. (I may add more pages eventually, but for now, 1972 is it.) Each time they pop up, I forget I have seen and dated them before. So for everybody's sake, here they all are - they have no dates on them, but I have established that they were issued later than 1968. Added 12/23/2018 1980 UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE COLORADO SPRINGS decal   MY authority for dating the item on the left to 1980 is twofold: first, the item on the right, which has the same symbol, and "1980." And second, an email exchange with the US Olympic center, confirming that logo was not used earlier than 1976.	ITEMS WITH DATES LATER THAN 1968 part 2 Added 12/23/2018 1980 SAN MARINO OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Peel&stick label I date this item to 1980 or later based on this text from the San Marino Olympic Committee web site: The symbol of the Olympic Committee in its present configuration was designed and realized ... in 1980. The flag under the traditional Olympic circles ... with the identifying colors of the five continents ... has the traditional colors of San Marino: white and light blue ... in the lower part is the official coat of arms of the Republic of San Marino updated according to the present local legislation which regulates the use of the crowned logo of the Republic. SO I THINK THIS DATES FROM 1980	ITEMS WITH DATES LATER THAN 1968 part 3 Added 12/23/2018 1981 Yugoslav Olympic team fundraising label   Dated based on several eBay auctions, which say that 1981 is its date.	ITEMS WITH DATES LATER THAN 1968 part 4 Added 12/23/2018 1984 FIPO labels         According to https://aicolympic.org/about-us/history/, The Federation Internationale de Philatelie Olympique (FIPO) was established in 1984.
ITEMS WITH DATES LATER THAN 1968 part 5 Added 12/23/2018 1992 US Olympic Team labels   I date the top two items from the third one - the first item is the top half - the bottom half has the year. The second item has the same US Olympic team logo, which was introduced around this time.	ITEMS WITH DATES LATER THAN 1968 part 6 Added 12/23/2018 2005 Australian Souvenir label AUSTRALIAN UNADOPTED ESSAYS SOUVENIR SHEET No1 The one sheetlet with Olympic stamp designs The complete set of 12 sheetlets A set of twelve souvenir sheets showing essays for stamps that were never issued. One shows proposed designs for the stamps issued in 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics. EXPLANATION: Essays from the Australian National Philatelic Collection. The adopted designs for this issue originated from a public competition conducted by the Post Office. These essays are some of the 1,055 designed submitted for the competition. The souvenir sheets were produced and distributed by Australasian Stamp News in 2005. One source says that only 2,500 sets were printed.

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