Saarland Melbourne Summer Olympics - 1956

SAARLAND  on 25 July  1956 issued two surtax stamps to promote the "Summer Olympics" in Melbourne.  The postage stamps for 12 + 3Fr and 15 + 5Fr depicted an athlete's head from the sculpture "Victor of Benevent".

The surtax went to support Olympic athletes.Though athletes from Saar participated in the 1956 Olympic Games, they did so as members of the Federal Republic of Germany Olympic team.

The Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia from 22 November till 8 December  1956, and were played outside of Europe and the United States for the first time in history.