Postcard - Sweden - Stockholm Olympic Games 1912 poster advertising stamp

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Sweden - 1912 Olympic Games poster stamp advertising the event (a cinderella stamp)
• Publisher:  The British Library, c.2008
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  na
• Postmark(s): na
• Sent to:  na
• Notes & Key words:   This is a modern postcard with an image of the stamp. There is a note on the image to avoid confusion with a real stamp - this of course is not on the postcard.

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports. With the exception of tennis (starting on 5 May) and football and shooting (both starting on 29 June), the games were held within a month with an official opening on 6 July. It was the last Olympics to issue solid gold medals and, with Japan's debut, the first time an Asian nation participated. Stockholm was the only bid for the games, and was selected in 1909.

The games were the first to have art competitions and the first to feature the decathlon and pentathlon, both won by Jim Thorpe, women's diving and women's swimming. Electric timing was introduced in athletics, while the host country disallowed boxing. Figure skating was rejected by the organisers because they wanted to promote the Nordic Games. At 25, the United States won the most gold medals, while at 65, Sweden won the most medals overall.

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