POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Collection of Sydney Olympic Games philately

Collection of Sydney Olympic Games philately

Object No. 2002/38/7

Australia Post was restricted in the number of stamps and stamped products it could issue because of worldwide sponsorship agreements. However it did support Olymphilex 2000, the Olympic stamp, coin and collectibles exhibition at Centerpoint where other participating postal agencies also sold their Olympic stamps.

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Summary

Object Statement

Philatelic covers, postcards and stamps produced in various countries to celebrate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, paper, Australia Post / Swedish Post / Mexico Post / Tonga Postal Service / Egypt Post / Polish Postal Service, 1999 - 2000

Physical Description

Stamped products produced in various countries for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, consisting of: 1. First day cover of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games logo stamp, 14.9.99 2. Stamp pack with minisheet of 10 Olympic sports stamps and six examples of the stamps used with various Olympic postmarks 3. Aerogramme from the Olympic Family Hotel 4. First day cover from the Olympic Stamp Exhibition, Olymphilex 5. Sheet of Cathy Freeman Olympic gold medal stamps (offset version) 6. Black print of Cathy Freeman Olympic gold medal stamps (digital version) 7. Sheet of Cathy Freeman Olympic Torch stamps 8. Set of four 'Maximum' cards in envelope, from Sweden 9. First day cover, and stamp on card, from Mexico 10. Four Hong Kong stamps 11. Strip of five stamps from Tonga 12. Sheet of stamps from Egypt 13. Cardboard folder featuring examples of Olympic stamps from Poland

HISTORY

Notes

Collected by Richard Peck as part of a 5 volume social philately documentation.

SOURCE

Credit Line

Gift of Mr Richard Peck, 2002

Acquisition Date

15 April 2002

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