David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

1913-1916 Pre-Olympic Trials, Replacement Games and the Cancelled Games of Berlin The Deutsches Stadion was built in 1913 in order to host the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1916. It was opened on 8 June 1913, on the occasion of Emperor Wilhelm’s II Silver Jubilee. A series of postal stationery was commissioned by the German Sports Federation and a special cancellation was used at the Stadium’s post office on the day of its inauguration. The post office was only open for 8 hours and the time of posting, which can be seen in the cancels after the date (12-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7 and 7-8).