1948 Olympics 6d in mint corner marginal block of 12 showing a progressive dry print with the ink on the lower left corner stamp almost completely omitted, a very fine and spectacular variety. (Image)

1948 London 2 1/2d and 3d in complete mint sheets (folded), plus booklet by W. H. Stitt Dibden about the 1948 Olympic issue.

1948 London group of stamps incl. set on two different Harrison & Sons presentation cards, 1949 International Telegraph & Telephone Conference booklet with set, plus the set in mint n.h. plate blocks of six from GB, Tangier, Eastern Arabia, Morocco Agencies, Bahrain and Kuwait, and a few extra GB blocks marginal with varieties, sheet numbers, etc., the gum affected slightly by being stored in a tropical climate, a nice lot for the specialist. (Image)

1948 London cover group incl. Organising Committee printed envelope with the Olympic set of four tied by AU 6 1948 Olympic Games machine cancel and Wembley cds, sent on the day of the decathlon and other track races, some minor creasing, fine and scarce particularly in this larger format; plus 25 covers with most being FDCs incl. two covers used in Tristan da Cunha as well as ovpts of Morocco, Tangier and British Agencies in Eastern Arabia set sent from Tangier. (Image)

Austria: Die proof of the 60+20g Olympic fund-raising stamp (in the same design to the issued 1s+50g) in black on gummed paper, dated 2. Juli 1947 at lower right, very fine. (Image)

Korea: 1948 (Jun 1) plain envelope with 5w and 10w Olympic stamps tied by a very fine strike of the Olympic cancel in violet, unaddressed, minor toning, fine. (Image)

Monaco: 1948 Olympic issue group incl. 37 die proofs, with the set in black with "Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste. PARIS" legend with minor foxing, artist signed proof of the 5F+5F in green, and the rest in sheetlets in different colours but heavily toned (potentially able to be cleaned to bring back the white paper), plus the set in imperf. corner marginals and set in imperf. pairs (heavily toned gum). (Image)

Monaco: 1948 St. Moritz/London pair of collective die proofs for the set of 9 stamps, faintly toned with the odd tone spots (Image)

1948 London medal box by Pinches for a bronze third place medal, brown with gilt inlay, fine condition. (Image)

1948 London participation medal in original red card box by Pinches, very fine. (Image)

1948 London Official Report, English text, 224x292mm, HB, 580pp, fine.

1948 London Yachting souvenir programme and final results, pp.16, and programme of the Closing Ceremony for the Yachting events in Torquay, horizontal fold, very fine and scarce programmes. (Image)

1948 London, group of seven items incl. unused identity card, a used competitor's card for a Uruguayan weight-lifter (signed by doctors and officials to say he can compete for that day), an unused card of admittance to the Olympic Housing Centre issued by the OC, two used tickets for athletics and a ticket holder, and a gummed official luggage label, a fine to very fine group. (Image)

1948 London group of paper memorabilia from an official from the Modern Pentathlon Association of GB at the Games, incl. her photo identity card (autographed on the back by gold medal pentathlon winner Willie Grot of Sweden), official results chart for the Modern Pentathlon, Olympic dinner menu for the Modern Pentathlon & Equestrian at Aldershot, a Press pass with "SPECIMEN" hs for Aldershot Command Central Ground, and letters from the London Organising Committee, British Olympic Assoc., and the Hungarian Olympic Committee (4) in response to a dinner invite. (Image)

1948 London group of official brochures, reports, etc., incl. 2 used tickets, 7 athletics and Closing Ceremony programmes, unused triplicate entry form for teams, "Gymnastic Souvenir" from the US Olympic team signed by three women's team members who won bronze, "More nations accept invitations" 2-page press release, "Sports Grounds and Buildings by Webster", 1940, which investigates the stadia from previous Olympic Games, USA Official Report for both Games, British Olympic Report, Belgian Olympic Report, German official report, Austrian Olympic Report, Danish "Olympiaden i London 1948", three different Dutch reports, Olympic Newsletter no.7, Programme of Events sheet, five "World Sports" British Olympic magazines, Svenska Llyod Swedish-English phrase book for the Games, Time magazine, Athletic Review magazine, "Olympisch Logboek 1948", Daily Telegraph guide to the Games, and Swedish "Somma-Olympia London 1948" and "Olympic Notes" poster, 38x55cm, which lists the world records in Olympic events and the Gold medal winners of Track & Field events from 1896-1936.

1948 London cotton scarf, 64x64cm, showing Houses of Parliament with Olympic legend, surrounded by flags of participating nations, very fine. (Image)