The British Empire Games 1950 Set of Stamp Sheets

Set of gummed stamp sheets.

Individual stamp sheets included in this set:

• $2.30 Yvette Williams  – Depicted here winning the long jump, Williams was an outstanding all-round athlete. In 1952 she became the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic medal. She set a new world long jump record in 1954. Williams was judged by experts to be New Zealand’s best athlete of the 20th century.    
• $3.60 Women’s 220 yards heats  – Daphne Robb of South Africa defeats Dorothea Parker of New Zealand, with Australian Verna Johnston third. The games were attended by competitors from 12 countries.   
• $4.30 John ‘Dutch’ Holland – Holland won the silver medal in the 440 yards hurdles and along with Dave Batten, Jack Sutherland and Derek Steward won bronze in the 4 x 440 yards relay.   
• $4.90 Men’s 100-kilometre road race – The cycling road race covered 12 laps of a testing circuit in the Auckland suburb of Parnell. While most events took place in Auckland, rowing was held on a recently created hydro lake at Karāpiro in Waikato. 

This stamp issue commemorates the 75th anniversary of Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Commonwealth Games.  Click here for more information.

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