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1936 Games stamps auction.


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, magazines, cigarette cards, postcards, tickets and certificates are from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which was awarded to Germany just after the Nazis came to power.

Hitler used the games as a means of promoting his ideals of racial supremacy.

Only members of the "Aryan race" were allowed to compete for Germany.

Now the collection, which belongs to an unnamed Scotsman, will be auctioned by Corbitts in Newcastle on Thursday next week.

David McMonagle, Corbitts managing director, said: "There will be a lot of interest. The Olympic theme in stamp collecting is quite big."
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Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Aug 6, 2008
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