Olympic Regattas - 1948 London

Button AUS 1956 - Merv. Wood (AUS), M1X Olympic champion OG London 1948
CC AUS 1964 MAC ROBERTSON'S quiz card - Mervyn Wood (AUS), Olympic M1X champion OG London 1948, M1X silver medal winner OG Helsinki 1952

      The answer is wrong:

      M. Wood won 1948 (London)

   and came second 1952 (Helsinki)

CC GBR 1948 Turf Cigarettes "Olympics 1948" No. 15 - M. Wood (AUS), M1X gold medal winner OG London

CC GBR 1948 Turf Cigarettes No. 15 M. Wood AUS M1X gold medal winner OG London 1948

M. Wood was the single sculls Olympic champion 1948.

At the olympic Games Helsinki 1952 he won the M1X silver medal.

Together with his partner M. Riley he won the M2X bronze medal

at the Melbourne Games 1956.

He also was the Diamond Challange Sculls (= M1X) winner

at Henley Royal Regatta in 1948 and 1952.

CC GBR 1949 THE BRITISH AUTOMATIC COMPANY series °Speed° No. 3 - M. T. Wood (AUS), M1X Olympic champion 1948 at OG London
CC GER 1952 INFORMATOR-BILDERTAUSCH-ZENTRALE Band 1 Olympische Geschichte No. 48 - victory ceremony for M2- gold medal winner crew Wilson & Laurie (GBR) at OG London 1948
CC ITA PANINI °Olympia° No. 151 OG London 1948 - R. Burnell & B. Bushnell (GBR), M2X gold medal winners
Coin GBR-GIBRALTAR 2004 °Return to Athens° Five Pounds (silver PP)

Cover GBR 1948 Aug. 7th OG London with message concerning the Olympic regatta at Henley #Coll. JE#

Cover GBR 1948 OG London

Count Bonacossa (ITA) was a member of the IOC

Executive Committee. The Organizing Committee

of the Games sent him an urgent message concerning

the finals of the Olympic regatta at Henley which were

scheduled for Monday, August 9th.

FDC URU 1996 Oct. 1st - Eduardo G. Risso (URU), M1X silver medal winner OG London 1948
PM ARG 1998 Aug. 10th Buenos Aires - 50th anniversary of OG London with pictograms of medal wins by ARG (error: ARG did not win a medal at the Olympic rowing regatta 1948)
PM GBR 1948 Aug. 5th Henley Mobile Post Office B (OG London) #Coll. JE#
PM GBR 1948 Aug. 6th Henley Mobile Post Office C (OG London) #Coll. JE#
PM GBR 2001 Sept. 29th Henley - Home of Rowing - Olympic Games 1908 - 1948 - River & Rowing Museum
Program GBR 1948 Aug. 9th OG London (day of finals) Henley

Three lanes about 1900 m upstream

Two pairs of brothers competed in the M8+ final: Ian & David Turner (USA) won

the gold medal and Harald & Thorstein Krakenes (NOR) won the bronze medal.
Program GBR 1948 OG London Aug. 5th Henley
Registered letter GBR 1948 Aug. 5th OG London Henley Mobile Post Office B with registration label Henley-on-Thames No. 5002 #Coll. JE#
Registered letter GBR 1948 Aug. 6th OG London Henley Mobile Post Office with registration label Henley-on-Thames No. 5031 #Coll. JE#
Reglement GBR 1948 OG London °Aviron° with map of Olympic regatta course at Henley
Stamp AUS 2003 Jan. 7th MS °Athens to Athens 1896-2004° Australian gold medal winners - The Golden Era (Mervyn Woods M1X 1948)

                  Personalized issue

         MI MS 2196

         stamp SC 2121

The second row of "Australian Gold Medallists"

     reads "Mervyn Wood - Rowing - 1948"
Stamp MON 1948 July 12th - OG London

       MI 344

       SC CB7

       SG 348

       YV PA 32

             imperforated

                      proof de luxe

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