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2010ccg

03 Feb 2016
05:54:52pm
Can anyone who has a Finland scott catalogue please check and see if there are olympic stamps listed for the year 1940? If so what would the scott numbers be? I don`t have a Scott catalogue to check this out. Thankyou for your help
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03 Feb 2016
06:00:51pm
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I don't see any Olympics stamps, either in the regular issues or the semi-postals.

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2010ccg

03 Feb 2016
06:44:20pm
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thanks They must have not gone to print...Thankyou

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03 Feb 2016
07:07:15pm
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7 essays were produced by Finland, but the stamps were never issued because the 1940 Olympics were cancelled. They were intended to be semipostals covering the following 3 denominations: 1¼m+50p, 2m+50p, 4m+1m.

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03 Feb 2016
07:07:39pm
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There were no Olympics in 1940. They were canceled due to World War II. They were scheduled to be held in Tokyo.

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2010ccg

03 Feb 2016
09:39:09pm
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Yes I have a printed copy of the essays that were produced but not issued...There is a cancel for the 1940 olympics and the USA produced cinderella type promotional stamps....I wondered if the Finland essays were mentioned in the Scott catalogue.....Thankyou for the help

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03 Feb 2016
11:58:35pm
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That is correct, they are not mentioned in the Scott catalog because they were never actually prepared nor issued as stamps. They only got as far as essays.

Cheryl, could I trouble you to post a scan of the sheet? I've seen the uncancelled essay sheet, but never a cancelled one. Thank you!

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2010ccg

04 Feb 2016
07:48:43am
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The cancel is a separate cancel...not a cancelled sheet of essays. I am bidding on a 1940 olympic cancel on ebay.....I will see if I can transfer the link


I tried but I`m not computer savy enough to transfer the image...T typed in Finland 1940 olympic cancel and you should see what I am referring to...That is how I stumbled upon the envelopes
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04 Feb 2016
09:47:49am
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In 1940, Japan's war in Manchuria and North China made games in Tokyo difficult if not impossible so they were moved to Helsinki, during a pause after Poland was destroyed, called by some as the Sitzkreig. However once Germany swept through Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium and defeated France, that idea was also suspended and factually cancelled.
Despite the march of events, the Olympic Committee had held out hope and continued plans, possibly or mendacious reasons until it was obvious that the Games could not be held. So I suppose the 1940 essay was a part of that forlorn hope.
I suspect Olympics for 1944 were not even considered,

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2010ccg

04 Feb 2016
09:55:58am
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The IOC organized a small sporting competition in Lausanne from June 17th to June 19th....but no Olympics....It my info is correct....

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04 Feb 2016
10:06:56am
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" ,,,, a small sporting competition in Lausanne ,,,,"

The IOC had planned the games of 1944 to be in London, but that proved impossible for what should be obvious reasons.

" .... The organization would hold a tiny ceremony in neutral Switzerland in the summer of 1944, reminding the world that the spirit of peaceful international athletic competition still flickered; but a warring world took little notice. The Olympics were cancelled for the duration of hostilities. ."

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04 Feb 2016
10:12:52am
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Dumb philatelic question coming - what are essays?

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04 Feb 2016
11:25:11am
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"Dumb philatelic question coming - what are essays?"



Essay: the artwork of a proposed stamp design. Sometimes drawn, sometimes photographic.

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04 Feb 2016
12:10:12pm
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Exactly Roy. The essay is the proposed design and they become a "proof" when they are actually printed.

Here is an example I posted earlier; the Dollard design (essay) for the first Irish postal stamps and several printed proofs;


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04 Feb 2016
01:52:57pm
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No such thing as a dumb philatelic question, Lisa!

Even those of us who know what an essay is now, had to ask your same question at one time or another. Whether we had to ask quietly in our thoughts, or openly toward another collector, we all had to learn what it was through your same question.

Never be afraid to ask questions. More often than not, there's another member who's asking the same question...

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2010ccg

04 Feb 2016
02:08:42pm
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Yes I had to look for the answer as well Thankyou guys for all the info
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04 Feb 2016
04:14:04pm
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The English word "essay" comes from the French "essayer" which means "to try."
In essence it is a trial design, usually submitted for selection or approval or in prose an article writes to try to explain a subject or o advance an opinion.

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2010ccg

03 Feb 2016
05:54:52pm

Can anyone who has a Finland scott catalogue please check and see if there are olympic stamps listed for the year 1940? If so what would the scott numbers be? I don`t have a Scott catalogue to check this out. Thankyou for your help
Cheryl

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03 Feb 2016
06:00:51pm

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I don't see any Olympics stamps, either in the regular issues or the semi-postals.

Ted

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2010ccg

03 Feb 2016
06:44:20pm

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thanks They must have not gone to print...Thankyou

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03 Feb 2016
07:07:15pm

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7 essays were produced by Finland, but the stamps were never issued because the 1940 Olympics were cancelled. They were intended to be semipostals covering the following 3 denominations: 1¼m+50p, 2m+50p, 4m+1m.

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03 Feb 2016
07:07:39pm

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There were no Olympics in 1940. They were canceled due to World War II. They were scheduled to be held in Tokyo.

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2010ccg

03 Feb 2016
09:39:09pm

re: essays

Yes I have a printed copy of the essays that were produced but not issued...There is a cancel for the 1940 olympics and the USA produced cinderella type promotional stamps....I wondered if the Finland essays were mentioned in the Scott catalogue.....Thankyou for the help

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khj

03 Feb 2016
11:58:35pm

re: essays

That is correct, they are not mentioned in the Scott catalog because they were never actually prepared nor issued as stamps. They only got as far as essays.

Cheryl, could I trouble you to post a scan of the sheet? I've seen the uncancelled essay sheet, but never a cancelled one. Thank you!

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2010ccg

04 Feb 2016
07:48:43am

re: essays

The cancel is a separate cancel...not a cancelled sheet of essays. I am bidding on a 1940 olympic cancel on ebay.....I will see if I can transfer the link


I tried but I`m not computer savy enough to transfer the image...T typed in Finland 1940 olympic cancel and you should see what I am referring to...That is how I stumbled upon the envelopes
Cheryl

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Feb 2016
09:47:49am

re: essays

In 1940, Japan's war in Manchuria and North China made games in Tokyo difficult if not impossible so they were moved to Helsinki, during a pause after Poland was destroyed, called by some as the Sitzkreig. However once Germany swept through Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium and defeated France, that idea was also suspended and factually cancelled.
Despite the march of events, the Olympic Committee had held out hope and continued plans, possibly or mendacious reasons until it was obvious that the Games could not be held. So I suppose the 1940 essay was a part of that forlorn hope.
I suspect Olympics for 1944 were not even considered,

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
2010ccg

04 Feb 2016
09:55:58am

re: essays

The IOC organized a small sporting competition in Lausanne from June 17th to June 19th....but no Olympics....It my info is correct....

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Feb 2016
10:06:56am

re: essays

" ,,,, a small sporting competition in Lausanne ,,,,"

The IOC had planned the games of 1944 to be in London, but that proved impossible for what should be obvious reasons.

" .... The organization would hold a tiny ceremony in neutral Switzerland in the summer of 1944, reminding the world that the spirit of peaceful international athletic competition still flickered; but a warring world took little notice. The Olympics were cancelled for the duration of hostilities. ."

Source

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Onassis
04 Feb 2016
10:12:52am

re: essays

Dumb philatelic question coming - what are essays?

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04 Feb 2016
11:25:11am

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"Dumb philatelic question coming - what are essays?"



Essay: the artwork of a proposed stamp design. Sometimes drawn, sometimes photographic.

Roy
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APS #156650
04 Feb 2016
12:10:12pm

re: essays

Exactly Roy. The essay is the proposed design and they become a "proof" when they are actually printed.

Here is an example I posted earlier; the Dollard design (essay) for the first Irish postal stamps and several printed proofs;


Image Not Found

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khj

04 Feb 2016
01:52:57pm

re: essays

No such thing as a dumb philatelic question, Lisa!

Even those of us who know what an essay is now, had to ask your same question at one time or another. Whether we had to ask quietly in our thoughts, or openly toward another collector, we all had to learn what it was through your same question.

Never be afraid to ask questions. More often than not, there's another member who's asking the same question...

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2010ccg

04 Feb 2016
02:08:42pm

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Yes I had to look for the answer as well Thankyou guys for all the info
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Feb 2016
04:14:04pm

re: essays

The English word "essay" comes from the French "essayer" which means "to try."
In essence it is a trial design, usually submitted for selection or approval or in prose an article writes to try to explain a subject or o advance an opinion.

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