TABLE of CONTENTS Page Introduction ...................................... 1 References ........................................ 3 Codes and Legends ................................. 4 Olympic Games and Olympiads ....................... 5 Table 1. Olympic Games of the Modern Era ......... 6 The Olympic Flag .................................. 7 Interlacing of the Olympic Rings .................. 9 Catalog format .................................... 12 Labels for: 1894 - International Olympic Committee ............ 13 1906 - Athens ..................................... 14 1908 - London ..................................... 15 1912 - Stockholm .................................. 18 1913 - Consecration of German Stadium.............. 24 1914 - 20th Anniversary ........................... 29 - German Fund ............................... 31 1916 - Berlin ..................................... 32 1920 - Antwerp .................................. 34 1924 - Paris .................................... 36 1928 - St. Moritz ................................. 41 - Amsterdam................................... 42 1932 - Lake Placid ................................ 49 - Los Angeles................................. 50 The Aberdeen - Koquiam label ...................... 73 Program of 1936 Games............................. 101 The Olympic Bell .................................. 104 Labels for: 1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen .................. 106 - Berlin .................................. 112 The Xllth and XIIIth Olympiads .................. 135 Labels for: 1940 - Sapporo .................................... 136 - Tokyo ...................................... 136 - Helsinki ................................... 138 - Helsinki and St.Moritz ..................... 140 Autographed sheets ................................ 140 Sales offers, before & after the "un-held" Helsinki & St. Moritz Games ....................... 142 The Polish P.O.W. Games of 1944 ................... 147 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Labels for: 1948 - St. Moritz ................................ 147F - London .................................... 148 1952 - Oslo ...................................... 152 - Helsinki .................................. 152 - Stamp Exhibition in Rome .................. 160 1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo ......................... 162 - Stockholm ................................. 170 - Melbourne ................................. 174 1958 - Russian Trials ............................ 204 1959 - Russian Trials ............................ 205 1960 - Squaw Valley .............................. 208 - Rome ...................................... 216 1963 - Centenary of Baron de Coubertin's Birth .. 266 1964 - Logos of Innsbruck and Tokyo .............. 268 - Innsbruck ................................. 270 - Tokyo ..................................... 278 1966 - 70th Anniversary label .................... 324 1967 - Sapporo Winter Olympic Exhibition ......... 359 1968 - Grenoble .................................. 324 - Mexico City ............................... 333 1970 - Greece, Olympic Day Label ................. 359 1972 - Sapporo ................................... 360 - Munich .................................... 372 1976 - Innsbruck ................................. 404 - Montreal .................................. 414 1978 - German Sports Foundation ................. 418 1979 - " " " ................. 420 1980 - " " " ................. 421 - Lake Placid .............................. 422 - Moscow .................................... 430 - MOTIVA '80 ................................ 444 - Olympia-Motiv ............................. 450 1984 - STAMPEX 1984 .............................. 450 - Sarajevo .................................. 452 - Los Angeles ............................... 462 1988 - Seoul, Korea (labels of 1985).............. 582 1992 - Candidate Cities (labels of 1985) ......... 588 viii