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1924, unissued design 'Roman arena in Nemes' 50 c., die proof in lilac and dark brown on yellowish wove paper, faint archival annotation and the margin, fine and scarce

1924, unissued design 'Roman arena in Nemes' 50 c., die proof in blue and orange red on yellowish wove paper, archival annotation and the margin, fine and scarce

1924, unissued design 'Roman arena in Nemes' 50 c., unicolour die proof in blue on white thick paper, fine and scarce

Postcards Pasteur 15 c., set of 8 cards in special folder, unused, some corners slightly bumped, still fine/very fine and rare

Postcard Pasteur 15 c. 'Rugby', used on the day of issue with olympc machine cancel "PARIS R.J   ROY 25 VII 1924" to St. Etienne with arrival mark, slight transportation marks, still fine and rare.

"COLOMBES 25.III.24 JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller publicity cancel with time, on Semeuse 25 c. on cover to Coupray with transit and arrival marks, fine and scarce

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"COLOMBES 25.III.24 JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller publicity cancel with time, as arrival mark on cover with Semeuse 25 c., tied by olympic machine cancel "PARIS DEPART", very fine and scarce 

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"COLOMBES 25.IV.24 /JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller publicity cancel with time, on Olympic issue 25 c. on commercial cover to Paris, fine and rare

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"JEUX OLYMPIQUES..P.P. PARIS XIV 27 JUIN 24" (1st day of fencing and finals in shooting), the 'port payé' endless machine cancel, superb strike on printed matter to Vienna. An important rarity with just 5 entires recorded. Opninion Baudot (1987)

Machine cancel "JEUX OLYMPIQUES/PARIS/MAI-JUIN-JUILLET/1924" in box. without c.d.s.-application, tying olympic issue 25 c. and 50 c. to commercial cover to Sweden. 50 c. with lower right corner somewhat rubbed, otherwise very fine. Very rare. The lot comes with an almost identical cover but with c.d.s. "PARIS GARE ST:LAZAIRE 16-6 24"

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Machine cancel "JEUX OLYMPIQUES/PARIS/MAI-JUIN-JUILLET/1924" in lines,  4 letters and one cart of different post offices, one of July 17 (several finals including modern pentathlon, rowing and waterball)

Machine cancel "JEUX OLYMPIQUES/PARIS/MAI-JUIN-JUILLET/1924" in box, on 7 cards and letters, all with olympic frankings to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and the US, including card of 2.6. (football game Switzerland-Italy with referring text) and other days of the games.

"STADE OLYMPIQUE 5 7 24" (opening ceremony) 3 good strikes on complete set and vignette 'JEUX OLYMPIQUES' on special postcard to Italy with adjacent straight-line "COLOMBES-STADE OLYMPIQUE", small corner crease not affecting the stamps, otherwise fine, very scarce

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"STADE OLYMPIQUE 15 7 24" (several competitions including rowing), 2 good strikes on 10 c., 25 c., Pasteur 10 c. and Swiss vignette for the rowing team, on special Swiss postcard for the Olympic Games, used to Geneve. Fine and rare.

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"VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE 8-7 24" (3 finals in athletics), two good strikes on cover with Olympic issue 30 c. to Bois Colombe

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"VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE 12-7 24" (Polo final and 4 finals athletics), two clear strikes on Merson 45 c. on picture postcard of the opening ceremony, to Shanghai, China, with private arrival mark "SHANGHAI CLUB". Text from the Olympic village with several signatures of the Norwegian team including gold-medal winner Otto von Porat (boxing) and bronce-medal winners Sverre Sorsdal (boxing) and Sverre Hansen (long jump)

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"VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE 15-7 24" ( finals in fencing, swimming and water diving) on complete Olympic set in blocks of 4 (25 c. with shifted vignette), on 2 official envelopes 'LE VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE', addressed to Paris, adjacent cachets "COLOMBES / OLYMPIQUE", "COLOMBES-VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE" and "JEUX / OLYMPIQUES / MAI à JUILLET /1924"; lttle unfresh on reverse. Fine and very rae in this combination.

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Official Olympic Committee unicolour envelope, franked with Semeuse 25 c. and 59 c., tied by Paris cds., 1923 to Sweden with arrival mark, usual slight transportation marks. Very scarce.

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"Comite National des Sports/Comie Olympique Francaise", official envelope used with pair Semeuse 25 c., to the president of the Norwegian Olympic Committee, Hjalmar Krag, at Christiania, with arrival mark

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Official Olympic Committee envelope, franked with Olympic issue 25 c. and 'Semeuse' 25 c., ied by Paris machine cancel to Luxembourg with arrival mark, Little roughly opened, still fine

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