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`The 24th Olymoics Games are held in Seoul September 17 through Ocotober 2, 1988. The Olympiad, which traces back to the athletic festivals of Ancient Greece, makes it its ideal to bring forth a peaceful world. ``Harmony and progress`` has been adopted as the motto for the Seoul Olympiad, which will be long remembered as a glorious event history. In celebration of the event the Ministry of Communicatons will issue eight kinds of stamps each year from 1985 until 1988. The two following stamps are the first of the series. 1.The Emblem The idea of the design comes from Sam Taegeuk. a Korean traditional motif of decoration which combines three huge commas into a circle representing harmony of heaven, man and earth. The motif is often found in the decoration of the Korean traditional gate and works of folk handicraft. AS The emblem of the Seoul Olymoics, Sam Taegeuk represents `gathering` and `diffusing`: the centripetal movement symbolizes the gathering of the world`s athletes in Seoul for a peaceful competiton, whereas the centrifugal movement symbolizes the diffusing of he spirit of peaceful competition throughout the world. 2. The Mascot The mascot is a Korean tiger depicted as a cute little figure. Through legends and fabled the tiger has been familiar to us as a powerful but friendly animal. The particular tiger is turning Sangmo, a hat with long tape attached to it put on when farmers play farm music at a festival. Sangmo placed on the tiger`s head is intended to represent the folk tradition of the Korean pepole. The `S` shape of the tape is the first letter of the host city, Seoul.`