1957 Olympic Games (1st issue) Famous Athletes
(Rectangle)
The initial issue commemorated Famous Athletes
from games prior to the 1956 Melbourne Games and was issued on 24/1/1957
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| 1 centavo
(postage) |
Fanny
Blankers-Koen |
Dutch flag |
Athletics 1945 4 gold |
| 2 centavos |
Jesse
Owens |
American flag |
Athletics 1936 4 gold |
| 3 centavos |
Kee Chung
Sohn |
Japanese flag |
Marathon 1936 |
| 5 centavos |
Lord
Burghley |
Union Jack |
“Lord of the Hurdles” |
| 7 centavos |
Bob
Mathias |
American flag |
Decathlon Gold 1945 & 52 |
|
11 centavos (airmail) |
Paavo Nurmi |
Finnish flag |
“The Flying Finn” 9 Gold |
| 16
centavos |
Ugo
Frigerio |
Italian flag |
3 and 10K Walk |
| 17 centavos |
Mildred
Didrickson |
American flag |
Athletics 2 Gold pre-war |
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Separate
Miniature sheets of the 5 Postage stamps and the 3 Airmail stamps were issued
with and without perforations.
On the 8/2/1957 the stamps were overprinted with “ASSISTENCIA
REFUGIADOS HUNGAROS 1957 + 2c” surrounding a Red Cross, to aid Hungarian
Refugees. The Miniature sheets were overprinted with “PARA LAS VICIMAS DE
LA RECENTE BARBARIE COMUNISTA + 25c” with a Red Cross and the UN symbol.
On the 10/9/1959 the stamps were overprinted with “III JUEGOS
DEPORTINOS PANAMERICANES + 2c” for the 3rd Pan American Games. |
1957 Olympic Games (2nd issue) Winning athletes in 1956 (Diamond)
The second issue commemorated Gold Medal Winners at
the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and was issued on the 18/7/1957.
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A Single Miniature sheet of the 5 Postage stamps and the 3 Airmail stamps
was issued
with and
without perforations.
The central diamond contained either a
Gold Medal or
Olympic Flag.
On the first day it contained a
Dominican Flag
with the colours inverted (Blue on top of red at pole). A Single Miniature sheet of the 5 Postage stamps and the 3 Airmail stamps
was issued
with and
without perforations. |
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1957 Olympic Games (3rd issue) More winning athletes
(Triangle)
The third issue commemorated Gold Medal Winners at
the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and was issued on the 12/11/1957.
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1 centavo (postage) |
Gerald Ouellette |
Canadian flag |
Rifle shooting |
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2 centavos |
Ron Delaney |
Irish flag |
1500m |
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3 centavos |
Tenley Albright
|
US flag |
Figure Skating |
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5 centavos |
J. Capilla |
Mexican flag |
High Diving |
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7 centavos |
Ercole Baldini
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and Italian flag |
Cycle racing |
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11 centavos (airmail) |
Hans Winkler |
German flag |
Horse jumping |
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16 centavos |
Alfred Oerter |
US flag |
Discus throwing |
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17 centavos |
Shirley Strickland |
Australian flag |
80m Hurdles |
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Separate Miniature sheets of the 5 Postage stamps and the 3 Airmail stamps
were issued with and without perforations.
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On the 26/5/1958 the stamps were overprinted to aid the UN
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine. The Overprint was
1. + 2c for Jewish Refugees, Star of David and "REFUGIADOS"
2. + 2c for Arab Refugees, Red Crescent and "REFUGIADOS"
Overprinted stamps included
Ron Delaney,
Alfred Oerter
and
Shirley Strickland. |
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Separate Miniature sheets of the 5 Postage stamps and the 3
Airmail
stamps were issued with and without perforations. and with the red crescent or
the Star of David on top.
Perforated Red Crescent on top,
Perforated Star of David on top,
Imperforate Red Crescent on top
and
Imperforate Star of David on top.
1958 Olympic Games (4th issue) More winning athlet. (Long Rectangle)
The fourth issue commemorated Gold Medal Winners at
the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and was issued on the 30/10/1958.
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1 centavo (postage) |
Gillian Sheen |
Union Jack |
Fencing |
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2 centavos |
Milton Campbell |
US flag |
Decathlon |
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3 centavos |
Shozo Sasahara |
Japanese flag |
Featherweight wrestling |
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5 centavos |
Madeleine Berthod |
Swiss flag |
Skiing |
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7 centavos |
Murray Rose |
Australian flag |
400 & 1500m freestyle |
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11 centavos (airmail) |
C Jenkins & T Courtney |
US flag |
400, 800 & 1600m relay |
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16 centavos |
Indian Hockey Team |
Indian flag |
Hockey Sixth Gold in a
row |
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17 centavos |
Swedish sail dinghies |
Swedish flag |
Sailing |
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Separate
Miniature sheets of the 5 Postage stamps and the 3 Airmail stamps were issued
with and
without perforations.
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| On the 13/4/1959 the stamps were overprinted to commemorate
the International Geophysical Year. The Overprint was a Globe and “ANO Geofisico
International 1957-1958 + 2c” . The overprinted stamps of the MCG athletes were
Milton Campbell,
C Jenkins & T Courtney
and the
Indian Hockey Team. |
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1960 Olympic Games (5th Issue) More winning athletes
(Round)
The fifth issue commemorated Gold Medal Winners at
the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and was issued on the 14/9/1960.
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1 centavos (postage) |
Gholam Takhti |
Iranian flag |
Lightweight wrestling |
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2 centavos |
Mauru Furukawa |
Japanese flag |
200m breaststroke |
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3 centavos |
Mildred McDaniel
|
US flag |
High Jump |
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5 centavos |
Terrence Spinks
|
Union Jack |
Featherweight boxing |
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7 centavos |
Carlo Pavesi |
Italian flag |
Fencing |
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11 centavos (airmail) |
Pat McCormick |
US flag |
High diving |
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16 centavos |
Mithat Bayrack |
Turkish flag |
Greco-Roman
Wrestling |
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17 centavos |
Ursula Happe |
German flag |
200m swimming |
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Separate
Miniature sheets of the 5 Postage stamps (displayed) and the 3 Airmail stamps were issued
with and
without perforations.
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On the 8/1/1962 the stamps were overprinted to commemorate the
15th Anniversary of UNESCO. The Overprint was “XV ANNIVERSARY DE LA UNESCO
+ 5c”. The 5 Postage stamps and the 3 Airmail stamps were issued
with and
without
perforations.
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The Athletes in red won their medals at the MCG. The issue
spanned 4 years. |
