POSTER STAMPS AND LABELS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
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INTRODUCTION
SUMMER GAMES |
1940 - XII Olympiad - Tokyo
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Official poster for the 1940 Summer Olympic Games in
Tokyo
CLICK HERE for
the text from the DuBois catalog about the cancelled Games of 1940
and 1944.
The 1940 Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in Japan, but Japan's war with China, and opposition from both within and without the country led Japan to withdraw in mid-1938. Finland was then awarded the Games. Japan had already made significant preparations, including the selection of designs for posters and seals. The first 11 labels below were official designs that were actually produced. All are scarce. 8/14/19 - Our new accomplice, Olympic collector Akihiko Kanda of Tokyo, has very generously supplied translations of the Japanese text on all the labels on this page! Many thanks to Akihiko.
Click on image below to open an enlarged version in a separate
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Label Nos. 1 to 6, which follow, all have Olympic rings and the text
"XII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1940"
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SUMMER GAMES
1964 - XVIII Olympiad - Tokyo
1968 - XIX Olympiad - Mexico City
1972 - XX Olympiad - Munich
WINTER GAMES
1924 - I Winter Games - Chamonix
1928 - II Winter Games - St Moritz
1932 - III Winter Games - Lake Placid
1936 - IV Winter Games - Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1940 - V Winter Games - Sapporo
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V Winter Games - St Moritz
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V Winter Games - Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1944 - V Winter Games - Cortina d'Ampezzo
1948 - V Winter Games - St Moritz
1952 - VI Winter Games - Oslo
1956 - VII Winter Games - Cortina d'Ampezzo
1960 - VIII Winter Games - Squaw Valley
1964 - IX Winter Games - Innsbruck
1968 - X Winter Games - Grenoble
1972 - XI Winter Games - Sapporo
OTHER TOPICS
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U.S. OLYMPIC SHIELD DECALS
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Workers' Olympics
1940-J-1 DuBois listing: A rectangular label: "XII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1940"; Text is black; above it, in usual multicolors, are the Olympic rings; 48x27mm, 57x33mm (overall), imperforate Not much of a description - What color is the paper? Is there a border? Might be a matchbox label? |
DuBois listing:
2. Flag of Japan, red & white, in center, in front of Olympic rings;
text below. Three border-lines around edge of this oval-shaped label.
29x45mm, imperf, die cut, blue ... $53.00
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6/5/19 - OOOPS! Feldman points out that this is a modern fake. Sorry!
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DuBois listing:
3. Blue outline of a mountain, above rings in their usual multicolors.
Text, below, and border line are black on this round label.
39mm diameter, imperf, die cut ... $40.00
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6/5/19 - OOOPS! Feldman points out that this is a modern fake. Sorry!
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DuBois listing:
4. A stylized cherry blossom, in pink & yellow, with rings in their usual
multicolors, superimposed above blossom.
33.5x48mm, imperf, black text, gray background ... $39.00
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DuBois listing:
5. Blooming cherry tree, on left; a pagoda, on right; text & rings above.
40x61 mm, imperf, multicolored ... $44.00
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1940-J-6 Label above used on cover HERE DuBois listing: 6. A bridge with a mountain and rings in background; text below. 40x61mm, imperf, multicolored ... $40.00 |
DuBois listing:
7. An Esperanto Matchbox Label:
In the left half: A green star in shadowy terrain, further below are
Olympic rings and "2600" with Japanese writing.
In the right half: "Lernt learn Laren Eder Imparate l' Apprenez l'
Aprended el (Japanese text) ESPERANTO"
100x55mm, imperf, multicolored ... Rare
(text: "Learn" in 8 languages - "Esperanto")
(Note red "2600" in lower left = 1940 in Japanese Imperial Year system.)
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DuBois listing:
8. "2600" among Japanese text, across top; Olympic rings, across middle;
Japanese landscape, below.
27x17mm, perfed, multicolored ... Rare
06/25/2020 - Akihiko Kanda of Tokyo sent the image at right above,
a new variety of this label, which I am numbering 1940-J-8x.
The first version has a shrine with Torii at the bottom,
while the new one has an image of Mt. Fuji.
{What was the significance of "2600" on labels 7 & 8?}
7/4/16 - Philippe Pavard informed us that "2600" is the year 1940 in the
Japanese Imperial Year system. Add 660 to the Gregorian year to get
the JIY.
HERE is this label used on the cover of a savings account book
from the Olympic Committee Saving Association! (Image courtesy of Heiko Volk Auctions)
DuBois listing:
9. A round label with an Olympic bell in the center. Japanese print around
upper & lower edges, between two circular border lines. (Privately printed
for the Osaka Savings Bank - now Kyowa Bank) ... Rare
Credit: Thanks to A. Sekimoto for info on Nos. 8 & 9
(Linn's Stamp News of January 14, 1980)
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1940-J-9 (continued)
6/6/19 - Akihiko Kanda of Tokyo tells us:
This is an advertising label for Savings products of Osaka savings bank.
The labels look like coins and are included in a wallet-type leaflet.
The Japanese text around the upper edge means "Olympic commemorative savings",
and lower edge is "Osaka savings bank". The Osaka Savings Bank became Kyowa
bank in 1986, and is now Resona bank(since 2003).
Japanese text below Olympic rings means "12th Olympic".
7/1/2019 - Akihiko sent the images above for 1940-J-9.
We know now that the diameter of each circular label is 45mm, and
that these labels were distributed with a paper "purse."
The text on the outside of the purse reads: |
POSSIBLE LABELS(not in DuBois)
These are additional approved designs shown in the 1938 Japanese
"Report of the Organizing Committee."
NOT IN DUBOISThe items listed from here on are legitimate labels that DuBois did not know about.
The text at left is Japanese for "Olympic". |
NOT IN DUBOISMailing label"XIIth OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF THE GAMES OF TOKYO, 1940, MANTETSU BUILDING, TOKYO, JAPAN"
Official JOC Mailing label
HERE it is on a cover.
Olympic rings at top, black globe on blue background in middle
"2600 (1940) - OLYMPIC" in center, at bottom "Commemorative postal savings"
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06/17/2020 - 1940 TOKYO BUS AND TRAM TICKETS
This image showed up on eBay, and the seller described it as "1940 Tokyo Olympics two similar serrated colour labels unused." The Olympic rings are there, but no date, so I sent it to my friend in Tokyo, Akihiko, and he replied with the very interesting and useful information that follows.
These are tickets for tram and bus in Tokyo.
The tram ticket was a round-trip ticket, and one could get on twice,
but it was used only one-way. The bus ticket is a one-way ticket with the left side of the image cut out. |
Below, an unused tram ticket
Half-ticket of tram
Complete ticket of tram: |
06/25/2020 - 1940 LABEL
Golden kite(a kind of hawk),Olympic flag,flag of Japan,over globe
See also 1940-J-x7, issued by same organizatio |
9/5/23 - Fantasy labels commemorating 1940 Tokyo Olympics
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These showed up in a recent Volk auction, and my co-conspirator
Philippe Pavard asked what I knew about them. They are very well done, with designs that look like authentic Japanese stamps of the period, but while preparations for the Tokyo 1940 Olympics had proceded far enough for design and printing of the posters and labels shown above, no designs for actual postage stamps had been created.
I Googled the images and found examples for sale on
eBay and at several stamp dealer sites,
usually desribed as "fantasies." They must be plentiful, as prices are low - $10 apiece or so. If any viewer knows their story, please write me - CLICK HERE |
JAPANESE MATCHBOX LABELS
The matchbox labels shown here are images supplied mostly by
French collector Philippe Pavard and eBay seller cathy-yip, | ||||
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Winter sports - Winter Games - Sapporo I am putting these here, rather than on the 1940 Sapporo page, to keep all the matchbox labels together. The first has the year "2600" in the traditional Japanese calendar, which translates to 1940, and mentions Hokkaido; the next three show winter sports; and the last mentions Sapporo, with a silhouette map of Hokkaido in the background.
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mbl-j01
This is a strange one, to me.
3/1/2020 - Philippe Pavard pointed out that the figure is an ice hockey player.
Of course!
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#mbl-j02
12/22/18 - j02 sold for $60 |
#mbl-j03
11/3/19 - j03 sold for $22
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#mbl-j101
Advertisement for a lottery by the Bank of Tokyo
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#mbl-j167
Olympic rings over silhouette of Hokkaido
10/13/18 - j167 sold for $13
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#mbl-j10 Not explicitly Olympic - just sports フタパ運動用品店 // 佐野駅前 Futaba sports supplies shop // Sano station square An eBay seller said this dates from the 1964 Games, so I have listed it there too, as 1964-x10. You decide.
10/27/18 - Sold for $20
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#mbl-j14 and j14a 若島 興可郎 京町一丁目 電話24 二一五七 Wakashima Koukarou 1-Chome,Kyomachi TEL:24-2157
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#mbl-j16 川村の自転車 特約販売店 成田商会 Kawamura's Bicycle Exclusive dealer Narita company
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#mbl-j109 "自園果実 食料品 雑貨" 南七西十三 鍵屋商店
Own garden fruit,
Groceries,
Miscellaneous goods
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#mbl-j122 (added 10/09/2017) 12/22/18 - sold for $50
I oriented j122 based on the rings, and 122a
based on the text. If the sport depicted is the
Long Jump, the 2nd one works.
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The ones below are all ads for tea houses, restaurants, etc. | |||||
#mbl-j19 サロン オリムピック 門司内堀川町 salon Olympic Moji-Uchihorikawacho (Moji is city name in Fukuoka Prefecture.Kyushu) An eBay seller said this dates from the 1964 Games, so I have listed it there too, as 1964-x10. You decide. 
#mbl-j20 and j20a
1940年
Year 1940 Akihiko commented: "Mahjong is a chinese table game. Hakodate-city is in Hokkaido, so I think this was from 1940 Sapporo Winter games(cancelled)." |
#mbl-j21 (秀) 丸秀食品 東京 上野 Maruhide Maruhide food company Ueno,Tokyo ("Maru" means a circle.)
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#mbl-j23
Ad for a theater performance in Takarazuka city in Hyogo prefecture
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#mbl-j25 "祝 オリムピック東京招致" 大森 フランスヤ "Congratulations Olympic Tokyo Invitation" "Omori" "France-ya" ("Omori" is a place name in Tokyo. There is a bakery with the same name in Omori, Tokyo, now.)
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#mbl-j27 "京 河原町 竹屋筋" マルゼン製 "Kyoto" "Kawaramachi" "Takeya-suji" Made by "Maruzen"
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#mbl-j29 喫茶ト酒 "海の日本 世界の" キャプテン "神奈川 白幡町八〇〇" Café and Bar "Japan is a country surrounded by the sea. Of the world" Captain "Shirahata-cho 800,Kanagawa"
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#mbl-j31 オリンピック理髪所 "元町二丁目三〇七 (上海床跡)" Barber OLYMPIC "Motomachi-2chome 307 (Shanghai-Doko-Ato)" This probably indicates that the restaurant was open at the site of a barber shop located in Yokohama or Kobe's Chinatown.
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#mbl-j34 オリンピック 名古屋駅前 アロハ街 OLYMPIC Aloha Street,the front of Nagoya station
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#mbl-j37 ビクターの ランチ 定食 Ａ Ｂ Victor's Lunch set menu A,B
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#mbl-j40 先づ健康へ！ さんば 堀田リサノ 九條警察署前 "電西3980番 サンクハナシ" Let's be healthy first! Midwife "Hotta Risano" the front of Kujo police station "Tel:West 3980 "sankuwanasi" "Kujo" is a place name in Kyoto. The red letters are a set of words to memorize phone numbers, and the meaning is "No birth pain."
カフェー
Café |
#mbl-j41 浅草森下緑マッチ製 Made by "Asakusa Morishita Midori Match"
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#mbl-j45 thru j62 Text and translations here
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#mbl-j89
山陰 倉吉
Kurayoshi-city, Sanin district 9/15/18 - Sold for $49 |
#mbl-j90
12/21/16 -
The eBay auction where I found this image
said it was Japanese, and Olympic -
I assume the seller thought it
depicted the Olympic torch.
But I found out today that this label is Chinese,
and the text just says "TORCH MATCHES,
Fu Chow Match Factory." |
#mbl-j91
オリンピック協賛
Olympic sponsorship |
#mbl-j102
クラブ
Club |
#mbl-j103 No Olympic rings, but the diver and the name are enough for me.
"一家一冊明るい家庭
"Make a bright family with one book per family.
Purify sports with one book per school." |
#mbl-j93
美髪の殿堂
Hall of Fame of the beautiful hair Kanda-Imagawabasi and Naniwa were addresses in old Tokyo |
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8/16/19 -
Akihiko Kanda supplied translations of the text
on all of these. They are all the names of the
manufacturers - Tottori/Nichirin/Japan/Kobe Match Co. - and
Akihiko points out that none of these companies existed before
1946, so none of these really belongs on this page. I think
the use of the Olympic rings was just a gimmick, and they had
no connection to the Games, per se. Still, they make a nice
display. :-)
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#mbl-j106
冨士屋食堂
Restaurant FUJIYA |
#mbl-j107 3/18/17
マルヤス
Maruyasu |
#mbl-j108 6/11/17
Advertisement for a lottery by the Bank of Tokyo
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#mbl-j110 6/11/17
リハツ
Barber
WINTER GAMES, SAPPORO
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#mbl-j114 8/11/17 オリンピック 福井駅前
Olympic
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#mbl-j115 8/11/17
福井
Fukui |
#mbl-j116 8/21/17
純喫茶
café Note similarity to mbl-j49, at right |
#mbl-j049 10/28/16
純喫茶 Pure Café This is also in the group above, "mbl-j45 thru j62" |
#mbl-j121 09/26/17
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#mbl-j132 NOT OLYMPIC 3/23/18 The eBay seller called this an Olympic label, but it is not. In the first place, there are only four rings. AND the text, contrary to that eBay listing, says nothing about the Olympics.
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#mbl-j132 (continued)
Akihiko explains: If Right-to-Left, it means "one Ring" or "Single flower" . A single flower is likened to a woman. If Left-to-Right, it means "one Ring" - most Japanese will think that it is a male name. |
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#mbl-j131 3/11/18 |
#mbl-j133 3/31/18 |
#mbl-j125 a thru n Text and translations here |
#mbl-j137 4/7/18 |
#mbl-j138 4/9/18 |
#mbl-j139 4/9/18 |
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#mbl-j140 4/12/18 |
#mbl-j141 4/12/18 |
#mbl-j143 4/12/18 |
#mbl-j145 6/13/18 |
#mbl-j146 7/9/18 |
#mbl-j147 7/9/18 "1940 TOKYO" |
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#mbl-j148 7/9/18 |
#mbl-j149 7/9/18 |
#mbl-j151 7/22/18 |
#mbl-j152 7/22/18 |
#mbl-j153 7/22/18 ! "BARBER ORIMPIC" ! |
#mbl-j154 7/22/18 |
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#mbl-j156 7/29/18 |
#mbl-j157 7/29/18 |
#mbl-j158 8/10/18 Sold for $31 |
#mbl-j159 8/10/18 Sold for $33 |
#mbl-j160 8/10/18 Sold for $46 |
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#mbl-j161 9/9/18 |
#mbl-j162 9/9/18 Sold for $17 |
#mbl-j163 9/9/18 This one is borderline - the rings are not in the proper configuration, and the word "Olympic" is nowhere to be seen, but I like the name - "Saloon Whoopee!" |
#mbl-j164 9/9/18 Note similarity to j52 and j52a - but the Olympic rings in the flag instead of the red Japanese sun symbol, and much different text. Sold for $29 |
#mbl-j165 10/7/18 Sold for $13 |
#mbl-j166 10/7/18 Sold for $11 |
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#mbl-j168 10/7/18 喫茶とお食事の店 オリンピック 千日前南海通 電戎一二四〇 Restaurant and Cafe Olympic Sennchi-mae Nankai Street Tel.Ebisu 1240 (Same coffee shop as mbl-j197) Sold for $14
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#mbl-j169 10/7/18 - Sold for $11
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#mbl-j170 10/24/18
Note the bell that Germany used as the symbol of the
1936 Berlin Games.
Sold for $26 |
#mbl-j172 10/24/18 Sold for $21
Sold for $36 |
#mbl-j178 12/17/18 Sold for $15.60
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#mbl-j80 12/05/18 I did not notice at first that this is label 80, in the fourth row of the page of labels above, #mbl-j63 thru j87. Sold for $15.60
12/22/18 - Sold for $15.60 |
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#mbl-j44 皆様の休憩室 喫茶 黒金 "西区堀通ノ六 黒金橋南詰角" Your restroom Café "Kurogane" "Hori-Dori" street 6,Nishi-ku city at the corner of the south side of "Kurogane-bashi" Bridge." "Nishi-ku" is the name of administrative division in Osaka. "Kurogane-bashi" is the name of the bridge that spanned the canal that was in Osaka." --------------------- |
#mbl-j73 --------------------- These three have the same layout and coloring, but the text is clearly different. |
#mbl-j104
キャバレー
cabaret |
#mbl-j105
喫茶とお食事
Nankai-Dori,Sennichi-mae This one and the next are almost identical, but look closely, the style of the text differs slightly, and the rings are thinner on the second one. |
#mbl-j176
Sold for $6.50 - 12/1/18
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#mbl-j174 11/08/18 Sold for $48 |
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#mbl-j177 11/27/18 Sold for $29 - 12/1/18
café and restaurant |
#mbl-j180 01/09/19
"開店満五週年記念
5th anniversary of the opening of the store.
Sale on gifts for the "7-5-3" event "7-5-3" is an event to celebrate the growth of children in Japan. Boys are 5 years old and girls are 3 and 7 years old.
THIS IS AN ODD ONE - LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND -
it has a grid - the label was printed on graph paper!
An economy move? But The Great Depression had little
effect in Japan, and none of the other labels here
shows such frugality. Sold for $8.60 |
#mbl-j181 02/11/2019
加茂 佐藤写真館出張所
4/13/19 = sold for $20.60
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#mbl-j183 04/11/2019
カフェー
Café 4/13/19 = sold for $19.10
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#mbl-j185 06/17/19 - did not sell at $9.99 IS THIS AN OLYMPIC LABEL? The circles could be meant to represent the five rings - they are the correct colors!
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#mbl-j186
BARBER 06/17/19 - sold for $23.54!
06/17/19 - sold for $4.99
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06/18/2020 - THE 12 LABELS BELOW WERE ALL JAN-MAY 2020 OFFERINGS ON EBAY AND DELCAMPE | |||||
#mbl-j189 06/18/2020 記念 皇紀二千六百年 賞 オリムピック
Commemorative |
#mbl-j190 06/18/2020 紀元二千六百年 祝 ”オリムピック”来る
Imperial Japanese Year 2600 (1940) |
#mbl-j191 06/18/2020 MARUJU PHARMACY That looks a bit like the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, so this *might* date from 1932. Note similarity to mbl-j89. |
#mbl-j192 06/18/2020 This is an old Japanese font, equivalent to English cursive. When expressed in modern fonts, it looks like this: 割烹旅館 東京館 電 生駒一〇三
Hotel and Restaurant |
#mbl-j193 06/18/2020 TEAROOM ORYMPIC OTSUSHI NAKAMACHI - TEL.158 "OTSUSHI" means "Otsu-City" and is in Shiga-Prefecture. |
#mbl-j194 06/18/2020 |
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#mbl-j195 06/18/2020 オリンピア 宮崎市松山町
Olympia |
#mbl-j196 06/18/2020 TEAROOM OLYMPIC - WAKAYAMA |
#mbl-j197 06/18/2020 喫茶とお食事 オリンピック 千日前南海通 電戎 一二四〇
Restaurant and Cafe |
#mbl-j198 06/18/2020 茶房 オリムピア 三条寺町西 Tea room Olympia Teramchi Nishi, Sanjo (Sanjo is a place name in Kyoto.)
THIS LABEL IS IDENTICAL WITH mbl-j170,
ABOVE, except "KYOTO" instead of "TOKYO"
and there is no "1940."
Akihiko Kanda, who supplied all of the translations on this page, observed
as follows:
Probably the 1936 Berlin Olympics triggered the creation of 198 and 199.
And 1940 Tokyo was selected, so I think they made 170. |
#mbl-j199 06/18/2020 See mbl-j198 for translation and comments - identical except for colors |
#mbl-j200 06/18/2020 喫茶とお食事の店 オリンピック 国益社マッチ部納 Restaurant and Cafe Olympic Delivered by Kokueki-sha Matchibu (Match maker) Note similarity to labels 168, 168a; it's the same coffee shop. |
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02/16/2022 - THE 5 LABELS and 2 BUS TICKETS BELOW WERE ALL 2020&2021 OFFERINGS ON EBAY, DELCAMPE, and VOLK AUCTIONS | |||||
#mbl-j201 02/16/2022 |
#mbl-j202 02/16/2022 |
#mbl-j203 02/16/2022 |
#mbl-j204 02/16/2022 |
#mbl-j205 02/16/2022 |
bus ticket a 02/16/2022 85x52mm -----------
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02/16/2022 - THE 4 LABELS BELOW WERE ALL OFFERINGS IN HEIKO VOLK'S MAY 2022 AUCTION The first three have no rings, nor any dates, just OLYMPIAD, in English and Japanese, and a sports activity or trophy, so their dates are uncertain. I searched the www for KSD&Co and found mention of a Tokyo company of that name, founded in 1950, business = "Distribution of electrical apparatus and equipment wiring supplies." That doesn't fit with the images or text. What does COCOA AND TOMIK mean? | |||||
#mbl-j206 05/10/2022 |
#mbl-j207 05/10/2022 |
#mbl-j208 05/10/2022 |
#mbl-j209 05/10/2022 The text seems to refer to insurance. |
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09/05/2023 - THE 4 LABELS BELOW WERE ALL OFFERINGS IN RECENT EBAY AUCTIONS BY SELLER KATHY-YIP.
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#mbl-j212 sold for $7 |
#mbl-j213 sold for $24 |
#mbl-j214 sold for $17 |
#mbl-j215 sold for $3 |
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MATCHBOX LABELS WITH "OLYMPIC" BUT NO RINGS
All but the last one of these are Japanese.
The ones with a ship could
date from the late 1930's, I am told. | |||||
#mbl-j117 09/14/17
オリムピック
Olympic |
#mbl-j155 07/25/18 |
#mbl-j118 09/14/17
オリムピック
Olympic |
#mbl-j119 09/14/17
オリムピック
Olympic |
#mbl-j128 12/22/17 |
#mbl-j120 09/14/17
Genuine Western Restaurant (The text in quotation marks is the same as on the label to the left, and is the phonetic Japanese for "Olympic.") |
#mbl-j135 4/7/18 |
#mbl-j136 4/7/18 |
#mbl-j127 12/22/17 |
#mbl-j129 02/07/18 |
#mbl-j130 02/17/18 |
#mbl-j142 4/12/18 |
#mbl-j144 5/30/18 |
#mbl-k1 09/14/17
Korean restaurant |
#mbl-j210 2/12/2023 Olympic bakery café OLYMPIC / TOKYO / YOKOKAMA HIGH GRADE / CANDIES CAKES / SOFT DRINKS / LIGHT LUNCHES / DELICATESSEN FRUITS |
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If you can date any of these labels more accurately, please email me - see bottom of page for address. | |||||
PERIPHERAL ITEMS(not quite within the limits of this collection, but certainly appealing) |
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The two items below were listed in a recent
Heiko Volk Auction -
the first he describes as
"Color. ill. Advertising sticker (79 mm) made of cardboard without gum. Stylis. Oly.-rings / flag / map - From a sock company" and the second (both sides shown), as "Color. ill. Advertising vignette (84 mm) of a Japanese Menswear Company"
8/19/19 - Akihiko Kanda supplied the following information about the above items:
mbl-p1
mbl-p2
top quality |
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FAKE LABELS |
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I found these on the www recently, and wanted to make sure no one thinks
they are authentic labels from 1940 -
they are modern fantasies - total fakes.
They occur in many varieties, with various country names and colors,
but with these same designs and formats. CAVEAT EMPTOR.
SEE ALSO, my pages for 1924, 1928, and 1936, for more of the same. |
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