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1956 Olympic Village Visitors Book, suede covers with…
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Melbourne
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11-Feb-2009
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1956 Olympic Village Visitors Book, suede covers with enammelled crest on front, Olympic rings & 'XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956', with c2086 signatures, comprising VIPs - Prince Philip, Sir Robert Menzues (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 valuable collection of autographs
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Unclassified