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Melbourne 1956 Olympics
official games advertising poster, reproduced in original colours as a postcard, 148 mm
x106 mm, by the International Olympic Committee, Switzerland, over printed Back to
Melbourne 1996, Melbourne Cricket Ground (Main Stadium of the 1956 Olympics) personal
postage paid imprint approved by Australian Post for mailing at GPO Melbourne, 96
imported and over printed in Australian national colours of green and gold.
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Australian Post Office,
full colour combined maximum card and postal card, set of five for Sport II
series, 145 mm x 105 mm, cancelled first day of issue, Melbourne, commemorative postmark,
17 January 1990 on front (maximum card), 50 sets over printed on reverse in blue Greetings
from the Olympic City of Melbourne 1956 * 1996, cancelled on reverse (postcard) 18
September 1990, Philatelic Sales Centre, Melbourne, pictorial postmark.
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Australian Post Office, set
of three full colour postal cards showing some of the proposed venues, 100 mm x 150 mm. Cancelled
first day of issue, Melbourne, 22 June 1990, commemorative postmark.
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Australian Post Office, set
of three full colour postal cards showing some of the proposed venues, 100 mm x 150 mm. Cancelled
18 September 1990, Melbourne commemorative postmark.
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Australian Post Office, set of three full
colour postal cards showing some of the proposed venues, 100 mm x 150 mm. 30 sets
serviced.
| Set of 3 Cards |
$100 |
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| Card 1: Melbourne Cricket Ground with GPO Melbourne pictorial postmark. |
$40 |
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| Card 2: National Tennis
Centre with Philatelic Sales Centre, Melbourne pictorial postmark. |
$40 |
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| Card 3: Exhibition Building with pictorial postmark. |
$40 |
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OTHER CARDS
| Full colour, fold out type,
greeting card by leading Australian artist Charles Billich showing Melbourne skyline
decked out with Melbourne 1996 banners and flags, over printed in violet Greetings from
the Olympic City of Melbourne 1956 * 1996 with matching MCG/Olympics postage paid
imprint on envelope, approved by Australia Post for mailing at GPO Melbourne, 50
printed |
$35 |
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| Australian Philatelic Federation
card, 135 mm x 95 mm, with reproduction in orange from original die held by Australian
Post Office of 3½d unissued 1956 Melbourne Olympic stamp, released to coincide
with the Barcelona 1992 Olympic stamp issue, sold by the Australian Post Office to raise
funds for philately. |
$20 |
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