Appealing collection of twenty-five ink signatures from various Olympic champions, each signed on individual hand-embellished 6 x 9.5 sheets with affixed (or partially affixed) postage stamps honoring the respective athlete. Olympians include: Tenley Albright, Ercole Baldini, Madeleine Berthod, David Burghley, Chris Brasher, Thomas Courtney, Betty Cuthbert, Ron Delaney, Ugo Frigerio, Lars Hall, Ursula Happe, Bob Mathias, Pat McCormick, Mildred McDaniel, Alain Mimoun, Robert Morrow, Gerald Ouellette, Carlo Pavesi, Norman Read, Murray Rose, Gillian Sheen, Kee Chung Sohn, Terence Spinks, Gholam Takhti, and Hans Winkler. Includes a sheet signed by Brazilian tennis phenom Maria Ester Bueno, as well as an unsigned sheet for Mildred ‘Babe’ Didrikson. Collection is housed in a vintage three-ring binder. In overall fine condition.
