This commemorative FDC (dated 11.11.2008) is dedicated to Austrian ski legend: Karl Schranz.
"Karl Schranz was one of the best alpine ski racers ever. In his long and illustrious career (1958-72) he won twenty major downhills, many major GS races and a few major slaloms. Late in his career he was the successor to Killy as Overall World Cup champion (1969,1970). He was also World Cup Downhill(1969,1970) and GS(1969) champion (...)
He must be considered one of the giants of the sport". - Wikipedia
Thank you very much, Andreas! Danke!
