Essays and Proofs. 1924 Paris Olympics original ink and pencil essay by E. Becker of the 25c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute over Paris, in black on tracing paper, this being the exact item used to make the photographic stamp-size reproductions in brown and blue, small imperfections, a unique and highly important essay of this issue. (Image)
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Lot No: 20190
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1924 Paris Olympics photographic essays in brown (3), stamp size with hand-cut perfs affixed to an envelope, all similar to the issued designs of the 25c, 10c and 50c, endorsed at top "Epreuve photographique" and signed E. Becker, one of only two known groups of these essays (the other in blue), ex Lilljedahl. (Image)
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Lot No: 20191
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1924 Paris Olympics photographic essay in blue of the 25c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris (see lot 20189 for the original hand-drawn essay), stamp-size on wove paper, very fine and rare. (Image)
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Lot No: 20192
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1924 Paris Olympics photographic essay in brown of the 25c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, stamp size with simulated perforation on carton paper, corner perfs creased, very fine and rare. (Image)
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Lot No: 20193
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1924 Paris Olympics photographic essay in brown of the 25c value depciting Marianne holding Nike in the palm of her hand, stamp size on carton paper, very fine and rare. (Image)
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Lot No: 20194
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1924 Paris Olympics essay in paint and crayon of the 10c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris, in green, dark green and white on paper with simulated perforations affixed to piece, 14x9cm, showing "POSTES" at top and rays from the Arc de Triomphe, an attractive and unique essay. (Image)
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Lot No: 20195
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1924 Paris Olympics essay in paint and pencil of the 10c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris, 24.5x15.5cm, in black on paper with annotations in the margins in French indicating a switch in position of the value and "RF", and that the colour of the "RF" should be greyed and the "POSTES 10" in white, with the sky and the athlete in deep green and the terrain in light green, a unique and highly important essay showing a step in the evolution of the design. (Image)
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Lot No: 20196
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1924 Paris Olympics handpainted and etched essay in black of the 10c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris, in black on thick card, 15x10.5 cm, very fine and unique essay which shows the switch in position of the “RF” and “POSTES 10” which the notes on the essay in lot 20195 highlight, an important showpiece of this issue. (Image)
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Lot No: 20197
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1924 Paris Olympics essay of the 30c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, in black ink, China white and pencil on thick card, 11.5x17cm, with corrections to the design as highlighted in the annotated die proof in the previous lot with the squared corners, the diagonal shading under the arm, the tapering columns and the sans-serif "F" of "RF", as well as showing closer similarities to the issued 50c stamp such as the shading on "8e. OLYMPIADE" and font-style on "PARIS / . 1924 .", an important and unique essay. (Image)
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Lot No: 20198
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1924 Paris Olympics plate proof of the essay of the 30c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, stamp size in black on wove paper, very fine and very rare. (Image)
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Lot No: 20199
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1924 Paris Olympics die proof of the essay of the 30c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, in green in sheetlet format on glossy paper, with pen corrections to the frame and sketches in the margin showing proposed changes to "RF" and "30", signed by the artist "Etat / E. Becker", a unique working essay, copy of the cert. Calves (1987). (Image)
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Lot No: 20200
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1924 Paris Olympics proof of the complete centre of the issued 25c before removal of sections to fit the duty frame, 14x11cm, in black on wove paper, showing the Paris Games ship logo and legend at the lower right which was partially obscured in the issued design, very fine and rare. (Image)
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Lot No: 20201
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1924 Paris Olympics proof of the unissued 50c Nimes stadium design in blue (mono-colour), 14x11cm, very fine and scarce. (Image)
