Olymphilex Stamp and Coin Fair Sydney 2000 cachets
Each day of the Fair had a special designation and cachets were produced accordingly. However, no cachet was used with the ‘Tennis’ Olympic Sports stamp and the Tennis pictogram as it was ‘lost or stolen’, and the envelope as described was produced without a cachet. Only 50 complete sets were cancelled by Olymphilex officials—25 on Olymphilex souvenir covers, 15 on Olympic aerogrammes and a further 10 on Olympic airmail PSEs. Other partial sets may exist (even full sets), if people attended the Fair each day and had a cover or covers cancelled.
A summary of the use of all purple cachets used by Olymphilex appears below on this set of aerogrammes (only 15 complete sets of aerogrammes were done by organisers).
All dates in September:
13th Olymphilex Opening Day by Kate Carnell ACT Chief Minister
15th Olymphilex Opening Day by Juan Antonio Samaranch
16th Seoul 2001 Fair Day with Aquatics pictogram
17th Stamp Day with Hockey pictogram
18th Equestrian Day with Equestrian pictogram
19th Cycling Day with Cycling pictogram
20th Gymnastics Day with Gymnastics pictogram
21st Shooting Day with Shooting pictogram.
22nd Rowing Day with Rowing pictogram
23rd Beach Volleyball Day with Volleyball pictogram.
24th No cachet (lost or stolen, never used), but Tennis pictogram
25th Young Collector’s Day with Olympic Village cancel
26th Athletics Day with Athletics pictogram
27th Coin Day with Olympic Family Hotel cancel
28th 2004 Salute to Athens with Olymphilex 2000 cancel for day
