POSTER STAMPS AND LABELS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Official Poster for 1940 Winter Games in Sapporo

Sapporo was selected to be the host of the fifth edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled February 3-12, 1940, but Japan gave the Games back to the IOC in July 1938, after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.

The following poster stamps were designed (but not issued) for the 1940 Winter Games:

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#1940-J-W-1 DuBois listing: 1. "V. OLYMPIC 1940 WINTER GAMES" around sides & top; "SAPPORO" at bottom. Vignette, in center: Olympic rings superimposed on a mountainous, wintry scene. Round shape, 32mm diameter, imperforate, multicolored ... Rare

Not in DuBois   #1940-J-x1 Image from Report of Japanese Olympic Committee. (Proposed design - not seen as a label)

There were many matchbox labels in Japan with Olympic themes in anticipation of the 1940 Games - Some of them showed winter sports - I show them all on the 1940 Tokyo page.