POSTER STAMPS AND LABELS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
#1956-W-01
1. "VII GIOCHI OLIMPICI D'INVERNO" above; "CORTINA d'AMPEZZO 1956" below;
texts are in a 2.2mm wide circumference of a 22mm diameter circle.
Vignette, within circle: a five-pointed, white star above Olympic rings
in their usual multicolors (and interlaced as on official Olympic flag);
three mountains, with snow below the resort village of Cortina d'Ampezzo,
below the mountains, with town-hall steeple in foreground.
30x39mm (overall, including perforations), perf 10, mountains are brown-red,
text is black, background is dark blue ... $3.00
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#1956-W-02
2. "VII GIOCHI OLIMPICI INVERNALI" above; "CORTINA 1956" below; texts are in
a 2.8mm wide circumference of a 26mm circle. Vignette, within circle:
similar to No.1 but no star above rings and only snow at base of mountains.
35mm square, perf 13.5, mountains are light brown-red, text is black,
background is blue, border is white (Label No.1 has no such border,
its dark blue background extends into the perforations) ... $2.00
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Sheets: Both Nos.1 & 2 come in sheets of 20 (4x5 and 5x4, resp.) Margins of both
have same following texts: Left side, Spanish: "VII JUEGOS OLIMPICOS INVERNALES" Right side, German: "VII OLIMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE" Top, French: "VII JEUX OLYMPIQUES D'HIVER" Bottom, English: "VII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES" All texts read "inward." The black text-letters are 5mm high. Perforations: Both sheets have PM4S (all labels are thus fully perforated). No.1 - perforations run completely through margin. No.2 - perforations run into the margin but do not cross completely.
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#1956-W-03 to 10
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DuBois listing:
Esperanto Labels:
SOME OF THE SHEETLETS SHOWN HERE APPEAR TO BE IMPERFORATE.
DuBois' statements about the colors do not agree with what I have seen.
First - Look at the bottom two sheetlets at left - neither has "CORTINO"
on the first stamp, but one is blue and blue, while the other has blue and
black. So it seems to me that the sheetlets with 11 & 4-10 occur in all
five color combinations.
Second, look at the image at top right - several of the stamps have a sky of
greenish blue with black for the design and texts.
So are there SIX color combinations?
Finally, the item below. I do not know where I got it. What is it? A proof?
A printer's souvenir?
Can anyone provide other varieties?
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6/19/19 - below, another color variation, and a registration shift. The outfit that printed the Esperanto labels seems to have liked to play around!
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#1956-W-12
12. A Fund Label: "D" in a banner at upper left; "50" at upper right; CORTINA
below. Vignette: an acrobatic, female figure skater.
27x31mm, perf 1l.5, violet ... $1.00
1/21/17 - Mystery solved - this is indeed part of a series (note the "2" beneath the "D"), a set issued by the Sportverein Dynamo in East Germany in 1964. See full set on the 1964 Tokyo page, items 1964-x24 thru x34. |
#1956-W-13
13. "TUKEKAA HIIKTAJIEMME OLYMPIAVALMENNUSTA" above a hand with a torch;
below: "VII GIOCHI OLIMPICI INVERNALI CORTINA d'AMPEZZO 1956 PAULIG" -
to the side of the picture: "TUKKUKAU PPOJEN OY KESKISISALTO 50 KPF"
33x47mm, an imperf matchbox label, multicolored .... Rare
See similar labels 1956-56 and 57 on the 1956-Melbourne page.
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DuBois listing:
No.14: The following decal type of label was issued for the 1956 Winter Games.
Cortina is the site of a noted ski resort, located in the Italian Alps known
as the Dolomites. This multicolored decal type of label has the Olympic rings
in their correct colors and in the "original" interlacing pattern. That pattern
was changed in 1957 to the interlacing used today.
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NOT IN DUBOIS |
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#1956-W-x1
A decal, multicolored, "OLIMPIADE 1956 INVERNIALE CORTINA" - |
#1956-W-x2
A decal, multicolored, "1956 OLIMPIADE INVERNALE CORTINA" |
#1956-W-x3
A hotel label, light blue background, red and orange design, 06/16/2020 - I thought this was a postcard, but Philippe Pavard now owns a copy, and tells us it is a gummed label - Overall: 87x127 mm, Image: 79x119 mm THANKS, PHILIPPE! |
#1956-W-x4 A set of four Ukrainian Exile Underground Post labels (from an eBay auction, seller says they were issued for 1956 Winter Games, I was able to confirm that HERE - top of page 233)
Rectangular label, border text:
Плекайте
український
вільний
спорт
Plekayte ukrayins'kyy vil'nyy sport
Make Ukrainian Sport Free
Vignette in center, downhill skiier,
denomination in red at lower left |
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#1956-W-x5 Gummed luggage label VII GIOCHI OLIMPICI INVERNALE CORTINA D'AMPEZZO 1956 (name and address lines) Cortina d'Ampezzo CIT - VETTORE OFFICIALE - CIT
CIT = 'Compagnia Italiana Turismo'
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#1956-W-x6 stringed luggage label VII GIOCHI OLIMPICI INVERNALE CORTINA D'AMPEZZO 1956 (name and address lines) CORTINA D'AMPEZZO CIT - VETTORE OFFICIALE - CIT
The two items above are not labels, so a bit peripheral to the topic of these pages, but since they are so closely related to the labels on the left, I think they belong.
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#1956-W-x7 size: 3" x 4-1/2" Decal: US Olympic shield in top 2/3, rings are red and blue. "DULUTH 1956 HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM" below.
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#1956-W-x8
10/09/17 Luggage label - 4.75 x 3.75" The fact that it exists both with and without the Olympic attribution convinces me this dates from 1956. |
#1956-W-x11
10/10/18 - Matchbox label?
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#1956-W-x12
11/13/18
The text running up the left side reads "LEIPZIGER SCHIEBEBILDER - VII Olympiade 1956 - CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALIEN - MELBOURNE AUSTRALIEN" which tramslates "Leipzig decal transfers," ETC. |
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BELOW, still more decals and stickers, and wrappers for packages of decals for these Winter Games, all from the incomparable web exhibit of Mario Capuano |
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Italy issued four postage stamps for the 1956 Winter Games.
San Marino issued ten postage stamps for the 1956 Winter Games.
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