Qatar's 1964 Stamp Issue for the Tokyo Olympics was not !!! Black Blot Rescinded.

The Black Blot program of the American Philatelic Society (APS) had wide reaching arms, and sometimes did not examine the 'offenders' as throughly as they should. This is very much the case of the 1961 Definitive stamps overprinted with the Olympic rings in 1964.

The APS stated that it warranted being included in the Black Blot for two reasons:

1. Use of high value stamps

2. Country did not participate in the games

However, it was later pointed out to the APS that:

1. The 1961 10 Rupee stamp had been surcharged down to 1 Rupee

2. The rings were not synonymous with the Tokyo Olympics, the rings were arranged in a semi circle and not in the IOC manner. They actually were the rings of the Arab Olympic Committee.

The stamps were a celebration of Qatar's accession to the Arab Olympic Committee.

Surprisingly, Scott and Gibbon's and Qatar Stamp Album still refer to the issue as the Tokyo Olympics of 1964, but the Michel catalogue correctly refers to the issue as Qatar's Accession to the Arab Olympic Committee.