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Seal VII Olympiad Anvers - Antwerpen 1920

1920

National Sports Museum - IPDJ

National Sports Museum - IPDJ
Lisboa, Portugal

Seal of a series of 3 emitted by the Belgian post office commemoratively of the 1920s Olympic Games. A part of the revenue (5c) reversed to the disabled of the war of 1914-18 as indicated in the lower frieze 'pour les mutiles / Verminkten Voor'. The seal represents a quadrigation, car pulled by four horses and driven by the goddess Victoria or Niké, in allegory to the Greek and Roman antiquity games.

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