There were no special emblems at the first three modern Olympics. The first official emblem was designed only for the Fourth Olympics in London with the inscription "Olympic Games, London 1908" along with a laurel branch and the helmeted head of a Greek warrior. The five inter-twined Olympic rings first appeared on the emblem of the 1924 Paris Games. Since then they have been part and parcel of each subsequent official Olympic emblem, artists usually blending them with the symbol of the country hosting the Games. Many Olympic stamps reflected these emblems at different times. The   stamp shown here featured the   XVIIth Olympic emblem.

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