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First day card for a promotional stamp for the 1956 Olympic Games 1955

Maker unknown

Registration number

1087840

Artist/maker

Maker unknown

Title

First day card for a promotional stamp for the 1956 Olympic Games

Production date

1955

Medium

cardboard, stamp

Dimensions (H x W x D)

9.3 x 16 cm

Inscriptions

front: FIRST DAY CARD / 30th NOVEMBER, 1955 / Publicising the / OLYMPIC GAMES / To be held in / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / 22nd November - 8th December, 1956 / Mrs Jo Russell / 167 Collins St / Melbourne C.I(?) / [stamps] verso: [extensive text]

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Melbourne, Olympic Games, Post, Mail, Stamps, First day card

Summary

First day card for the reissue of a stamp designed to publicise the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.