POSTER STAMPS AND LABELS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

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The following poster stamps and labels were issued for the 1972 Winter Games in Sapporo

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DuBois #	Dubois catalog content --- Images & text	Images of actual label(s)	Transcription of DuBois text plus Comments, corrections, and additions TEXT IN COURIER FONT is from DuBois Catalog. Text in other fonts is this author's. I HAVE EDITED DUBOIS' TEXT FOR CLARITY and ACCURACY, and TO REFLECT NEW FINDINGS. The prices are as listed in DuBois, and were current in 1986. Prices today are mostly higher.
			1972 - SAPPORO (11th Olympic Winter Games) The "logo" for the Sapporo Games is found in both horizontal and vertical format. This logo is on several sheets that are listed in this section of the catalog: Horizontal Logo: A solid-red circle(rising sun) in a white square to the left; a six-pointed,stylized snowflake in a square in the middle;and the Olympic rings over "SAPPORO '72" in a square to the right. Vertical Logo: A solid-red circle in a square at the top; a six-pointed, stylized snowflake in a square in the middle; and the Olympic rings over "SAPPORO '72" in a square at the bottom.
1972W-01 to 05			A Publicity & Fund Raising Folder was issued which contained five souvenir sheets. The latter all have four perforated labels, arranged vertically, next to a vertical-format "logo", described above. The five S.S. are now described: 1. XIth OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES/(a line of Japanese text)/ at top of sheet; GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU, TOKYO/ at lower left; a vertical-format logo/ to upper right, with eleven lines of Japanese text on down to bottom of sheet; four labels are in a vertical strip of five, down left side: a) Olympic rings at upper left; SAPPORO '72 at upper right; "THE HOKKAIDO PREF. GOVERNMENT, OLD & NEW BUILDINGS"/ across bottom. 33x23mm, perf 13, multicolored Vignettes on the other three labels are as follows: b) "THE HISTORIC CLOCK TOWER. SAPPORO" c) "OHDORI PARK IN THE CENTER OF SAPPORO CITY" d) "THE WORLD FAMOUS SNOW FESTIVAL. SAPPORO" - sheet... $1.50 2. Same text & format as No.1 S.S., vignettes are as follows: a) "MAKOMANAI INDOOR SKATING RINK" b) "MT.TEINE ALPINE COURSE" c) "TSUKISAMU INDOOR SKATING RINK" d) "MAKOMANAI SPEED SKATING RINK" - sheet... $1.50 3. Same text & format as No;1 S.S., vignettes depict Olympic events,figures are presented via "pictogram drawings" on very ornate and colorful backgrounds, figures are black. a) "GIANT SLALOM", b) "JUMPING", c) "BOBSLEIGH, & d) "SPEED SKATING" - sheet... $1.50 4. Same text & format as No.1 S.S.,with more Olympic events as on No.3 S.S. a)"ICE HOCKEY", b) "JUMPING", c) "BIATHLON", d) "SLALOM" - sheet... $1.50 5. Same text & format as No.1 S.S.,with more Olympic events as on Nos.3 & 4 a) "CROSS-COUNTRY", b) "DOWNHILL", c)"FIGURE SKATING", d) "LUGE" - sheet... $1.50 Note: Souvenir sheet Nos.1 to 5 were produced in 1971 by the Government Printing Bureau, Tokyo, and issued in 1972 by the Hokkaido Broadcasting Corporation. The Printing Bureau also produces the bank notes and postage stamps of Japan.
1972W-06 to 10			A Set of Self-adhesive Labels These issued on one sheet measuring 12x24.1om(overall). There are five sizes(five copies of the smallest and one copy of each of the larger ones). They are shaped like an "oval-track" and horizontal in format. The vignette is a modified logo of the Sapporo Games(not segregated into the "three-square" pattern of the official logo). Vignette: a solid-red circle, on left; a stylized, six-facetted, silver snowflake, in middle; Olympic rings in their usual multicolors(interlaced as on official Olympic flag) above "SAPPORO '72"/ on right side. Other descriptive information is as follows: 6. 32x14.5mm, background color of the vignette area is white; the border is silver with adjoined red & blue stripes in the middle of the wide silver stripe; "SAPPORO '72" is blue .... $0.50 7. Same as #6 but size is 61x27mm ........... $1.00 8. Same as #6 but size is 90x39mm ........... $1.25 9. Same as #6 but size is 119x52mm .......... $1.75 10. Same as #6 but size is 180x78mm .......... $2.50 Sheet data: Japanese text at top with SOOC 70 - B - 197 at upper right corner, Five lines of Japanese text at lower right corner. See illustration of sheet on a following page for location of the nine labels of five different sizes. Complete sheet of nine labels ... $15.00 Note: The design of the stylized, six-facetted snowflake is said to have an origin that goes back to ancient times. 06/17/2020 - Akihiko Kanda, our accomplice in Tokyo, sent the lower image at left, another version of sheet 1972W-06 to 10. The labels are the same, but the inscriptions on the top and bottom differ. "Sponsored by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc."
1972W-11			A TV Advertising Self-Adhesive 11. XIth Olympic Games, Sapporo 1972/ across top, to right of vignette; SAPPORO '72 VIA/HBC-TV NETWORK/ down label, below first text. Vignette, on left: a square logo(red circle in upper left square, snowflake with blue background in upper right square, blank square at lower left & Olympic rings/ SAPPORO '72 in lower right square); these four squares within a bigger square are a different arrangement than that of the two logos discussed on page one of this "1972 - SAPPORO" section. 55x24mm, imperf.background is silver & text is white .............. $2.00 Note: HBC is the Hokkaido Broadcasting Corporation, located on Hokkaido Island at Sapporo, Japan.
1972W-12			12. Poland, a Balloon Flight Mini-sheet This gold-background sheet has four 3zl valued labels. The Sapporo logo is at label #2 & the Munich logo is at label #5. Label #4 commemorates Wojciech Fortuna, winner of the 90-Meter Ski-Jump at the Sapporo Winter Games. (See sheet No.96, page 357) - 150x111 mm - imperf - red, white & gold I have displayed this on the 1972 Munich page as well, since it references the Summer Games too.
1972W-13			13. A Sheet of Self-Adhesive "Pull-offs": Contains nine labels which are assigned the letters a,b,o,d,e,f,g,h,&i. All are in glossy multicolors. An Olympic "logo" and an advertising "logo" are at the bottom, the latter are also "pull-off" self-adhesives.There are also three "pull-off" address labels. ....... $10.00/sheet
1972W-14 1972W-x04 and 1972W-x05		1972W-x04 and 1972W-x05	14. A Sheet of Self-Adhesive "pull-offs": Contains nine labels with "bears" performing various Winter Game events. Has two "logos" at lower right, as on Sheet No.13,but Olympic "logo" is above other logo rather than side by side(see Sheet No.13). All are glossy multicolored labels and are assigned the letters a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h, & 1 .....$10.00/sheet Note; Labels 6,7,8,9 & 10 plus sheets 13 & 14 are all on heavy paper(thin cardboard stock). Alvaro Trucchi, Italian parphilelist supreme, sent many of the images on this page, including the two at left, which are obviously close relatives of the ones in the DuBois Catalog. Their sizes are 260x193 mm and 210x193 mm. 3/5/19 - I found the images below, showing the unofficial mascot for the Sapporo Games. His name is Takuchan, or Little Taku. He was available as a stuffed toy of various sizes, and as litte coin banks (each about 5" tall) - and as the stickers shown at left.
1972W-x01	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x01 1972 Olympic logo horizontally with woman ice skater doing a leap on left, and male skiier negotiating a turn on right. Text: HOKKAIDO BROADCASTING COMPANY, WEST5, NORTH1 SAPPORO, JAPAN Another contribution from Alvaro Trucchi - SIZE = not specified, but assumed to be about 200mm wide.
1972W-x02	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x02 Block of six square labels, each showing a winter Olympic sport - the only text is the D logo of Dynamo These are fund-raising labels for Sportvereinigung Dynamo (East Germany) The Sportvereinigung Dynamo (Dynamo Sports Association) was the sport organization of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security and customs) of former East Germany. East Germany was obsessed with fund-raising stamps and other non-postal labels. Visit ddr-spendenmarken.de for an illustrated catalog of over 13,000 "Contribution, donation and fee stamps of the SBZ and the GDR." All of the East German stamps on these pages are listed there. Navigation is a bit tricky, but it's well worth the effort to figure it out. The site's author has done an excellent job.
1972W-x03	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x03 shield-shaped label with SUNTORY at top, 1972 logo horiz. in middle, skiier at bottom. This was included with bottles of Suntory whisky at the time. size = about 4 inches tall 7/7/19 - Akihiko Kanda of Tokyo sent three more images of this promotion, and pointed out that the labels on the bottle are collectible too - each has the Sapporo logo on it! The small one : Size 68x30 mm The large one : Size 91x80 mm ウイスキー特級 Whiskey special grade
1972W-x04	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x04 Circular self-adhesive label with face of Edi Bruggmann in center, his name in red capitals around top, Tiny Olympic rings and "SAPPORO" on lower sides, Flumserberg in script at bottom. Flumserberg is a resort area in the Swiss Alps. Size - about 5 inches across.
1972W-x05	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x05 Large self-adhesive label - CAMPIONE OLIMPIONICO OLYMPIC WINNER OLYMPIASIEGER Spalding Persenico SIZE: about 8 inches wide
1972W-x06	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x06 Self-adhesive label with 1972 logo horiz. Size= 3.6" x 1.25"
1972W-x07	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x07 Ile Roy fantasies Ile Roy is the location of a restaurant in rural France, whose owner created many labels like this in the 1960s and 1970s. According to Report #4 of the Salm Foundation, Ile Roy stamps are "1976-1980 French restaurant advertising publicity labels resembling stamps. Created by Auguste Bourdi for the dining establishment in Lyon." 1/8/17 - Philippe Pavard supplied the following information: ILE ROY is not a country, not a town but just an island on the French river Saône, near the french town Lyon, with no house, no resident, no post office, no mayor, etc. ... All are forbidden by law. In winter the island is flooded. Only a restaurant "The Crusoe Guinguette" is permitted from May to October. It's a strict nature reserve for animals, flowers, plants named, in French, "Zone Naturelle d'Intérêt Écologique, Faunistique et Floristique"(ZNIEFF) The island is divided between 2 neighbouring towns: Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or and Fontaines-sur-Saône. The restaurant of the great french star chef Paul Bocuse is in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or. Thanks, Phil.
1972W-x08	NOT IN DUBOIS	チェリー 日本専売公社 札幌オリンピック冬季 ;大会記念 CHERRY "Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now, Japan Tobacco Inc)" Sapporo Olympic Winter Games Commemoration	7/7/19 - NOT A LOTTERY TICKET - A CIGARETTE PACKAGE - "CHERRY" Cigarettes Akihiko Kanda, our new correspondent in Tokyo, sent us this link, to a web site that displays a collection of cigarette packages. The black rectangle at top is the seal of the package. There are 6 varieties. 4/1/19 eBay - Old original ticket for collectors - lottery ticket Takarakuji Olympic games 1972 in Sapporo The seller did not respond to my requests for more information, such as size, and what is the black rectangle at top, and what's on the back? I assume there are more, with other fruit names on them. Why English? As I say elsewhere, I do not think lottery tickets belong here, but DuBois included a few, so I will show them, and you can decide. 8/17/19 - Akihiko added the two images of the label with a red skier. Size of Package 89x176mm, Black seal 22x43mm
1972W-x09	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x09 5/13/19 delcampe - ADESIVO VINTAGE STICKER KLEBER SKI OLYMPIC GAMES TOKO ALOIS KÄLIN Alois Kälin - Swiss nordic combined skier Alois "Wisel" Kälin is a former Swiss Nordic skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won a Nordic combined silver in the at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Wikipedia TOKO is a Swiss seller of ski accessories. Size - about 10 cm tall (see scale on left side of image)
1972W-x10	NOT IN DUBOIS Translation of text for winter designs: 1973 Series of stamps on the occasion of the Winter Olympic Games. Stamps with two types of prints are printed in eight color variants. On a sheet of 18 stamps, separated by a vertical bridge with the image of a trident. On the upper field of the sheet is the inscription "Ukraine is fighting against Russia for your will!", On the lower field is the inscription itself in English. Denomination: 30 shah. Circulation: A 1800, B 450.		1972W-x10 6/19/19 Ukrainian Liberation Fund-Raising labels These are part of the large series of Olympic labels issued by Ukrainian expatriates in the west to fund efforts to free Ukraine from the Soviet yoke before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Підпільна Пошта України. PIDPILNA POSHTA UKRAINI Underground Post of Ukraine. The catalog listing in the left column describes these, saying that there are 8 color variants of the sheetlets of 18 vignettes. I count at least that many in the images shown.
1972W-x11	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x11 7/7/19 Specimen of Meter Stamp (1970) (zero value) Japanese meter label with Sapporo Games logo 札幌オリンピックを成 ;功させよう 札幌中央 日本郵便 Translation of text: Let's make the Sapporo Olympics a success Sapporo Chuo Post Office Japan Post Size: 123 x 39 mm, printing 103 x 24 mm" Our new Japanese friend Akihiko Kanda sent this image, of a specimen postal meter label with the Sapporo Games logo - it is a marginal item, within the rules of these pages, since its origin is postal. Note that the date is 1970, so it was part of the advance publicity for these Games in Japan.
1972W-x12	NOT IN DUBOIS		1972W-x12 8/17/19 Our new Japanese friend Akihiko Kanda sent these images, of a NIKKA whisky bottle. Nikka, along with Suntory, is a famous whiskey maker in Japan. 2 labels are on the bottle, but the small one is not Olympic-related. Size of the large one : 117x78mm . ウイスキー特級 Whiskey special grade

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06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x13 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: I am fairly sure these are selvage or interior labels from a sheet of postage stamps. Must be for an English-speaking country, though. :-)	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x14 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: 札幌オリンピックを成功させよう アサヒビール 発売元　北酒販 Make the Sapporo Olympics a success Asahi beer Distributor North Sake Sales (AKIHIKO KANDA)	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x15 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: くらしに力を＝農協貯金 農協／北信連／農林中金 Power for Living = Agricultural Cooperative Savings Agricultural Cooperatives / Hokushinren / Agriculture and Forestry Chukin Bank (AKIHIKO KANDA)	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x16 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: These are official passports (star-shaped) and parking certificates (flower-shaped) for related vehicles and are car window stickers. Once peeled off, the design is broken and the pattern cannot be used. The symbol "C" indicates the area where parking is possible. (AKIHIKO KANDA)
06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x17 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: These are official passports (star-shaped) and parking certificates (flower-shaped) for related vehicles and are car window stickers. Once peeled off, the design is broken and the pattern cannot be used. The symbol "C" indicates the area where parking is possible. (AKIHIKO KANDA)	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x18 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: These are plastic coaster labels. The coaster was distributed in a campaign for Morinaga's creap (cream powder for coffee). There are 12 types in all. (AKIHIKO KANDA)	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x19 SIZE: 4.5 x 3 cm DESCRIPTION:	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x20 Size:170 x 143 mm DESCRIPTION: This is a Beer bottle label. Sapporo beer "Sapporo Giants" - Large size bottle.
06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x21 SIZE: 13 cm diameter DESCRIPTION: QUARANTINE label	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x22   Image shown both regular and mirrored Size: rectangle large :18x24cm, rectangle small :18x24cm DESCRIPTION: These are stickers for inside of windows, gummed on design side. Sapporo-city official promotion sticker 札幌オリンピックを成功させよう 札幌市 Let's make Sapporo Olympic a success Sapporo city Images and translations courtesy of Akihiko Kanda - Thank!	06/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x23   Image shown both regular and mirrored Size: oval-track-shaped: 21x26 cm DESCRIPTION: These are stickers for inside of windows, gummed on design side. Sapporo-city official promotion sticker 札幌オリンピックを成功させよう 札幌市 Let's make Sapporo Olympic a success Sapporo city Images and translations courtesy of Akihiko Kanda - Thank!	6/17/2020 ID NUMBER: 1972W-x24 SIZE: unknown DESCRIPTION: According to our partner in crime Akihiko of Tokyo, this is a toy stamp sheet with 12 toy stamp seals. It is one of a series of such sheets issued with the approval of the Japanese Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Two of the labels reproduce 1972 Sapporo Olympic semi-postal stamps (issued in 1971, Scott#B36-37), and two are 1964 Tokyo Olympic semi-postal stamps (issued in 1961, Scott#B12- 13), the remaining 8 stamps are about other (non-Olympic) sports events. Toy stamps are printed on transparent film. This sheet was manufactured in 1972 in accordance with the provisions of the Postage Stamp Imitation Control Law.
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1972W-z01 to x	NOT IN DUBOIS AND NOT CINDERELLAS POSTAL LABELS		These are labels included in sheets of postage stamps - separated from the sheet they look like poster stamps. Watch out, or collect them because you like them. They have value only if still attached to their postage stamps, though.

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