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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, October 6, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A i i a yes. Above a sampling of olympic Kouts from various countries. Facing Pige j7ie . Car oust Anit tuts quartet. Olympic issues flood the Market  broadcasters Are having a Field Day Wilh olympic coverage As Are Miliny  administrations i Tan understand the broadcast coverage but not the flood of olympic Stamps from so Many countries even Luni Villi no delegation in Send. It s not just .1 Mailer o single olympic slumps bul of whole Sels. What s even stranger is  collectors buy them. A foul and his Money and All Llinat. Only alter collectors Rise up and Boycott such issues will these opportunists gel Wise. Bul As Long is there is a Market Ollil re will be those who Are there to fill it. On the other hand olympic issues have a Long Ira Dilion joins Back to a St of 12 released by Greece to note the first modern olympiad in ih9&.  has had a Long series of 32 Stamps  28 souvenir sheets to note ihe24lh olympiad starting in 19b5,  maximum cards Post carts sir Teller sheets and meter Stamps. However Given the importance of Ilic even to that nation this is almost forgivable. Furthermore Many of the items Are still available at face value including several different  collections from i he korean Lii Allelic censer co Box 5122, Seoul 100-&51.a free brochure is available upon request. Also the korean Post office is providing a special set of 34 pictorial cancellations depicting the sports of ihi1 games plus 11 Canci Elf idiom in conjunction with oly Philex by last month in Seoul. That show and others like it enjoy the1 sponsorship of the International olympic committee and the International Feti Ealion of olympic philately pro. 1 he Latlief group can be  through thai Ioc at chateau de fitly. Ch-1ud7 Lausanne Switzerland. Ioc president Juan Ajillo Niu Sam ranch a stamp collector also is the president us Tipo. Hero s .1 listing As Best is 1 can re i a nine of the a junk s trial joined the olympic stamp Parade. The figures in parenthesis indicate the number of Stamps and souvenir Sheel s each issued Ai Ulaki 14,1anligu.i Nyrl Lia Buda  ,-irb.idos  
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