ISSUE 163 - July 5, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The World of Topicals:
The Olympics, Part 1
A poster created for the 1906 Olympics showing the Panathinaiko Stadium and a capacity crowd watching the events.
This is an important year in the history of the Olympic Games. They will be held in Finland, a small country in comparison with some others where the Olympics have been held, but a great country in athletes and athletics.
The Olympic Games were the earliest and most famous athletic festivals of Ancient Greece. They were held in the summer time under the patronage of the Olympian Zeus at Olympia. The city of Olympia was in the Province of Elis in Old Greece. Excavations there have revealed . . .
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