An Athletics Compendium

Stamps, Coins &Medals L 412-415 StampsC, oins &Medals 412A philatelic history of the Olympic Gam/esErnie Trory. Brighton; Cratrbee, 1956. iv, 39p; illus BL: 08236.f.2 The first eight Olympiads ('I396-'1927) of the modern era are covered: issues were few in this period. An appendix lists surcharges, overprints, errata, Olympic rings and special labels. An aerial photograph of Shepherds Bus(hWhite City) in1906 is included. 413 Sports stamps/ Carl-Olof Enhagen. London; Stanley Paul, 1961. 275p; illus BL; X.519/1106 The work is divided into three parts - Scope and design; Olympic stamps; Individual sports antdheir stamps. Athletics is strongly represented (pp62-96) with designs groupedby event. Thedescriptions are amplified by black and white reproductions. The appendix has three tabsluemsmarising issues (1696- 1960). 414 The encyclopediaof sports stamps / RobMert. C. Bateman. London; Stanley Paul, 1969. 173p; illus SBN; 09-096880-8 BL; X.519/6467 Designed for use with StanleGyibbons cataloguest,he work contains entriebsy countries, by sports, anbdy certain specificmajor events. Alsioncluded are lists for individual events andsubjects sucahs womenin sport. Theraere separateentries fo2r 9 trackand field athletes who htahden beendepicted on stamps. 415 The commemorative coinagemofodern sports / Mary A. Danaher. London; Thomas Yoseloff, 1978. 183p; illus; index ISBN; 0-4980178-7-7 Covers collecting of coins of Olympic, World and regional games. [ 1 9 1 ]