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1956 Olympic Village Visitors Book, suede covers with enamelled…
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Melbourne
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6-Nov-2008
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1956 Olympic Village Visitors Book, suede covers with enamelled crest on front, Olympic rings & 'XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956', with c2086 signatures, comprising VIPs - Prince Philip, Sir Robert Menzies (Australian Prime Minister), Sir William Slim (Governor-General of Australia), Sir Dallas Brooks (Governor of Victoria), Sir Frank Selleck (Lord Mayor of Melbourne), Avery Brundage (Ioc President); plus officials & competitors from nearly every country - Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, British Guiana, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, Colombia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Liberia, Malaya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Borneo, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, USSR, Usa, Venezuela, Vietnam & Yugoslavia. A unique and remarkable collection of autographs; certainly the most complete accumulation in one document. Provenance: Ex Philip Miskin, the Commandant of the Olympic Village.
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