Philippines Muhammad Ali 1975 Thrilla in Manila Slogan Cover
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This is a Slogan Cover commemorating the World Boxing Championship between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, known as “Thrilla in Manila”.Franked with a 15s Sultan Kudarat stamp and cancelled with "Hilton Post Office, Manila, Oct. 1, 1975, Manila Site of the 1975 Ali-Frazier Fight of a Lifetime".On specially printed envelope depicting Muhammad Ali and the inscriptions "The Greatest / Muhammad Ali".At the back of the cover is a quotation, which reads:AS I SEE IT By Muhammad AliI didn't go to school and Jesus never went to school and Moses was so dumb he couldn't talk. Education isn't worth a damned thing unless you go out and do something with it. I can't read or write too good today but I can buy people who can. The world is a wine cellar where all sorts of wines are collected and the man only has to choose the wines that he wishes. You are what you drink. There is no such thing as a sober state. My purpose in life is to become the biggest black man in history so I can help my brothers. I can do this through boxing. People and Kings will pay to see me beat up someone. I just bought twenty-five school buses at $15,000 a piece to give away to my brothers. Not even President Ford or Secretary of State Kissinger has a face as famous as mine. The real crux is that everyone's got a heart and he ought to use it. And there's nothing in the world
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