Original envelope with eight illustrated 1936 Olympic post stamps and three Olympic Village cancellations

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$150 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

NP, n/d. 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 envelope, dated 1.8.36 August 1st, 1936 , sent from Germany to San Marino, California. All 8 canceled stamps with drawings in duo-tone depicting images of Olympic disciplines fencing, rowing, dressage, gymnastics, platform diving, soccer, javelin plus one stamp of the Olympic torch relay . Three black ink cancellation stamps with Olympic rings and Nazi eagle insignia within the Bell of the Games, with lettering Berlin Olympisches

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