LBR. / STADION Cancels. 12th DAY: 1912 (Jul 10) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cds tying 5ö to picture postcard depicting Marathon runners in the Olympic stadium, very fine and rare cancel, sent on the day of the Shot Put, 200m, 5'000m, Pole Jump, 1'500m, Wrestling and Gymnastics at the Stadium (Image)

14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) Olympic Press Agency printed envelope sent within Sweden with two 5c tied by the good strikes of the scarce "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" stadium cds, arrival bs, fine and rare combination of official printed envelope and Olympic cancels, a showpiece of 1912 Stockholm philately; ex "Zappeion". (Image)

14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) Picture postcard sent by British swimmer Percy Courtman (bronze in the 400m breaststroke) sent to his family, with 8ö and 2ö tied by the scarce "STOCKHOLM / L.B.R. / STADION" stadium cancel, with message reading "I have been swimming in races every day this week, but have not managed to get placed yet", fine. (Image)

14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) picture postcard of the stadium sent from the stadium, with 5ö and tuberculosis vignette/cinderella tied by the "STOCKHOLM / LBR / STADION" cds, with Kimstad arrival, redirected with further Kimstad cds and Gistad cds, fine and scarce cancel. (Image)

Memorabilia. 1912 American Try Out Games at Harvard Stadium, ticket stub for June 8th 1912, fine and rare. (Image)

1912 Stockholm official report, Swedish text, front cover and spine loose.

1912 Stockholm Athletics rule book, front cover loose and creased, plus official guide book in Swedish (foxing to front cover). (Image)

1912 Stockholm group of books incl. rule books, magazines, newspapers, etc. incl. "The Youth's Companion" Aug 1st 1912 with front cover showing Olympic stadium and US participants, official guide book (loose covers), "Stockholm ett minne fran Olympiska Spelens Stad 1912" booklet, "Die Olympischen Spiele 1912" by Carl Diem (1990 edition), three copies of "Den Femte Olympiaden I Bild och Ord" numbers 1-24 (one with loose HB cover and two bound), "Svenska Idrottsstjärnor i träning och kamp" with profiles of Swedish participants for 1936, advertising brochure for the Official Report, "Programme, Rules and General Regulations" for the Cycling (missing back cover and fault to front) and Rowing (missing back cover, faults to front and stained), German report printed by Wagner (rebound in HB), and Tip Top Weekly magazine, 20th July 1912, containing the article "Dick Merriwell in the Swedish Stadium".

1912 "Nordiskt Idrottslif" magazine, Christmas 1912, pp.33, including articles reviewing events at the Olympics, as well as one about women's sportswear, how to swim, etc., including four original inserts for the magazine with illustrations of gold medal winners at the Games, very fine. (Image)

Group of three items relating to Frederick Wall, Secretary of the Football Association and on the council of the British Olympic Association, incl. 1913 British Olympic Council banquet menu (foxing) in the honour of Coubertin, signed on the front by Wall, Roderick McNair (who became the first President of the International Lawn Tennis Federation), Percy Rootham (Vice President of the Lawn Tennis Association) and F.B.O. Hawes (Secretary of the Lacrosse Union), photograph of Wall outside his house, certificate from the King of Sweden conferring the commemorative medal for 1912 Stockholm to Wall, plus newspaper clipping about the Davis Cup depicting the two teams incl. McNair (4). (Image)

Postcards. 1912 Stockholm official picture postcard depicting the finish of the men's 1'500m and signed on front and back by the silver medallist (pictured) Abel Kiviat from USA, light creasing, fine. (Image)

Roller Machine Cancels. 1912 group of four covers with the bilingual "OLYMPISKA SPELEN I STOCKHOLM / OLYMPIC GAMES OF STOCKHOLM / 29 JUNI - 1912 - 22 JULI" roller machine cancels, one dated May 15th also with the "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / + STOCKHOLM 1912 + / LE 29 JUIN - 22 JUILLET" publicity hs, others dated 9th May, 20th June and 19th July (during the Games), plus official picture postcard of J. H. Duncan with the "STADION" reproduction cds and a mint block of four of the English poster stamps, variously affected by being stored in a humid climate. (Image)

STADION Cancels. 11th Day: 1912 (Jul 9) official picture postcard of the Swedish gymnasts entering the stadium sent, from the Olympic stadium with 5ö tied by the "STOCKHOLM / STADION" cds, with Särö arrival adjacent, fine and very scarce cancel. (Image)

14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) envelope sent registered from the Olympic stadium franked with 24ö (stamps toned) tied by the "STOCKHOLM / STADION" cds with the "STADION" registered label below, reverse with Lidingo Villastad arrival, a very rare exhibition showpiece, with only two complete covers recorded sent registered from the stadium; ex "Zappeion". (Image)

Vignettes. 1912 Stockholm set of 16 mint poster stamps/vignettes with the different languages incl. Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, etc., plus extra imperf. in German language, the Finnish without gum, mostly fine to very fine. (Image)