"Album of the Athens International Olympic Games 1906" (translation from Greek), HB, printed 1907, the first 6 pages replaced with photocopies, still an attractive and very useful book, p.16 showing the 1906 Olympic stamps, p.133 showing the different participant and winners medals (Image)

1906 Olympics 2l imperf. proof in brown in marginal block of four on wove paper, printed in two passes in black and red showing clear misalignment of the two, very fine, signed R. Brutto (Image)

1906 Olympics 2l imperf. proof pair in brown on wove paper, very fine (Image)

1906 Olympics 3l violet imperf. proof on carton paper in sheetlet of nine, printed later as a sample of Perkins Bacon's work, with hs H2007, a few tone spots, fine & rare
605.016.002.006: Olympics. 1906 Athens. Proofs, essays, etc.. Segg Proofs (Image)

1906 30l Dull Purple mint with DOUBLE IMPRESSION, very fine and scarce, only 2 sheets known (Image)

1906 40l DOUBLE IMPRESSION with Patras cds, very fine and rare, plus used vert. pair with misplaced perfs and normal mint (Image)

1906 2D Die proof from the original die on card in blackish olive, manuscript notation on reverse, very fine (Image)

1906 2D Die proof from the original die on card in black, very fine (Image)

1906 Olympics 2D imperf. proof in black on wove paper, very fine (Image)

1906 5D Die proof from the original die on card in bright carmine, a couple of bends otherwise fine (Image)

1906 5D Black mint strip of 5 with double perforations, mint with some perf reinforcements, minor foxing, scarce, signed A. Diena (Image)

1906 Athens "STADION" cancels on 1906 Olympic stamps incl. 3D (2), 2D, 1D, 50l (2), 40l (2), 30l, 25l, 20l and 10l, plus a forgery of the cancel on the official vignette, some evidently cancelled by favour, fine to very fine (Image)

1906 (Mar 25) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: 1906 Olympics 20l with crisp Amfissa cds of the first day of issue, very fine and rare (Image)

1906 (Mar 25) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: 1906 Olympics 25l with Athens cds of the first day of issue, some toning otherwise fine and rare (Image)

1906 (Mar 25) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: 1906 Olympics 5l on postcard cancelled by Athens cds, some soiling, very rare, signed Diena (Image)

1906 (Apr 8) Picture postcard of the stadium with Olympic 5l tied by "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / STADION" cds, some minor foxing, fine (Image)

FIRST DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 9) Official picture postcard depicting the empty stadium with Olympic 10c tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, sent to Italy and for reasons unknown taxed with 25c of postage dues on arrival in Firenze, message (written by a child) translates "Dear Godmother, today the games begin and I am sending this as a souvenir", fine and extremely rare, the only known item sent from the Stadium on the first day of the Games that genuinely travelled (Image)

FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Picture postcard with Olympic 1l pair, 3l and official vignette in blue tied by the special ATHENS / ZAPPEION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, signed by German participant Hermann Müller (competed in the 6 mile run, marathon and won silver medal in the 3000m walk), fine and scarce autograph. Note that the Olympic Village was at Zappeion (Image)

FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 10l tied by ATHENS / ZAPPEION / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds and showing inverted day & month date slug, sent to Prague, plus 50l single stamp showing the same cancellation variety, both with day unclear but there has only been four postally used cards recorded with this variety. Note that the Olympic Village was at Zappeion so many of the cards with this cancellation are written by the athletes (Image)

FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Official picture postcard depicting the crowd in the stadium with Olympic 5l and official vignette in blue tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds (showing error "12" reversed"), fine and attractive, sent on the third day of the events at the Stadium (Image)

FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Official picture postcard depicting the crowd in the stadium with Olympic 1l, 2l and official vignette in blue all tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds (showing error "12" reversed"), fine and attractive, sent on the 3rd day of events in the Stadium (Image)

FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Picture postcard with Olympic 5l vert. pair tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, with text in French "on the occasion of the Olympic Games we have bought you a complete set of Greek stamps for the Olympics (used) for 15 francs", minor creasing otherwise fine, sent on the third day of the events at the Stadium (Image)

FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 2l (2) and 3l pair tied by Athens cds, Stockholm arrival below, message in Swedish mentions the Stadium, fine and scarce usage during the Games, signed Tecardi (Image)

SIXTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 14) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 3l and 2l tied by ATHENS / AKROPOLIS / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds, sent to Italy, very fine (Image)

SIXTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 14) Picture postcard depicting King Edward VII entering the stadium with Olympic 10l tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, sent to Romania with Braila arrival cds, soiled in bottom right corner otherwise fine and rare usage to Romania (Image)