Special Postmarks. 1936 Berlin collection of covers, cards, cancels, pieces, vignettes and booklets, incl. 10 Zeppelin Olympiafahrt covers from Germany, 40 registered covers from the Games with matching cancels, plus 200+ covers/cards with Olympic bell cancels, roller cancels, slogan machine cancels, Austrian fundraising and torch relay, mini sheets incl. two scarce wrappers for packs of 20, 20 presentation sheets with Olympic stamps and cancels, both booklet type both complete and exploded, plus four covers from the 1928 Riding Olympiade in Hannover and a 1931 unused IOC printed card from the 1931 Session in Barcelona where Berlin was chosen, stored in a humid climate so variously affecting by toning. (Image)

1936 Berlin "Olympia Stadion" telegram form with six Berlin Olympics stamps affixed tied by matching Olympic Bell "Olympia-Stadion" cancellations, minor foxing, fine and rare. (Image)

1936 Berlin collection of Olympic slogan meter marks/franks, with 20 covers/cards, two different Lufthansa marks with 0pf value, Olympic Bell meter mark with 0pf on front and two pieces/part covers, with better incl. "Zur Olympiade merk' dir's genau: die Ruderer kämpfen in Grünau!" (At the Olympics...the rowers compete in Grünau) slogan 008pf machine frank, Bochum "Olympia-Glocke", illustrated Reichsportfeld on Postage Stamp Exhibition printed cover from the Olympic Festival, seemingly all different, many with hinge marks on front, a difficult group to replicate. (Image)

1936 (Aug 1) envelope sent registered and express from the Olympic Stadium with the complete set of Olympic stamps tied by the Stadion Olympic Bell cds and matching reg'n label adjacent, incl. original receipt for this letter, fine. (Image)

Argentina: 1936 (Apr 27) Envelope with "Visite la XI Olimpiada Internacional en Berlin" slogan meter mark with arrival ds, reverse with imprint of the Banco Germanico, very fine and very scarce (Image)

1936 (Aug 12) Envelope sent registered by Hindenburg Zeppelin with 2M airmail tied by Olympic Village "bell" pictorial cancel with matching registration label adjacent, with "Europa-Nordamerika" cachet and Frankfurt cds adjacent, New York arrival bs, very fine and scarce Zeppelin cover sent from the Olympic Village. (Image)

1921-41, Group of "Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen" printed covers and a variety of slogan machine franks; 8 covers and a large piece, incl. 1936 (Jul 16) cover with machine frank sent to the Berlin Organising Committee, three from 1938-39 with machine franks sent to the Yacht Club in Kiel, and three with printed envelope including 1937 cover from the Football department, interesting and unusual group. (Image)