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)

13th DAY: 1912 (Jul 11) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö on official picture postcard of the British tug-of-war team (no.116), very fine and scarce cancel, plus unused example of the same card. (Image)

14th DAY: 1912 (Jul 12) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to official postcard of interior of the stadium (no.87), fine and scarce cancel, sent on the Discus, 400m, Running Jump, 2'000m Team Race, 110m Hurdles, Wrestling and Gymnastics at the Stadium. (Image)

14th DAY: 1912 (Jul 12) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to official picture postcard of the Swedish team at the Opening Ceremony (no.80), very fine, plus unused example of the same postcard, a very scarce cancel, sent on the Discus, 400m, Running Jump, 2'000m Team Race, 110m Hurdles, Wrestling and Gymnastics at the Stadium. (Image)

14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to picture postcard, fine and scarce cancel. (Image)

15th DAY: 1912 (Jul 13) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to official picture postcard of the Swedish women's Gymnasts marching (no.73), card with a couple of creases, fine, a very scarce cancel, sent on the day of the Standing High Jump, Decathlon, Discus, 400m, Team Race 3'000m and Wrestling at the Stadium. (Image)

16th DAY: 1912 (Jul 14) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to official picture postcard of the Swedish pistol shooting team (no.39), very fine, a very scarce cancel, sent on the day of the Decathlon, Hammer, Marathon, 1'600m Relay and Wrestling at the Stadium. (Image)

16th DAY: 1912 (Jul 14) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to picture postcard of the stadium, very scarce cancel, sent on the day of the Decathlon, Hammer, Marathon, 1'600m Relay and Wrestling at the Stadium. (Image)

16th DAY: 1912 (Jul 14) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to postcard of the stadium, very fine and scarce cancel, sent on the day of the Decathlon, Hammer, Marathon, 1'600m Relay and Wrestling at the Stadium. (Image)

18th DAY: 1912 (Jul 16) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö on official picture postcard showing coloured illustration of the stadium (no.11), very fine and scarce cancel, a very scarce cancel, sent on the day of the Horse Riding at the Stadium (Image)

22nd DAY: 1912 (Jul 20) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cancel tying 10ö to picture postcard of the Skeppsbron quay surrounded with illustrations of the Swedish stamps in use at the time, very fine, a very scarce cancel especially on this day as only 106 postcards, 64 letters and 4 printed matter were sent from the stadium on this day. (Image)

Memorabilia. 1912 Stockholm official report in English, dedicated inside to Count Albert Gautier-Vignal (IOC member) from the Swedish Olympic Organising Committee, some minor soiling to the cover, much scarcer in English. (Image)

Sweden Olympic Society Yearbook "Idrottskaleder 1913" in Swedish, HB, pp.191, incl. biographies of the Swedish winners in 1912 and letter's from notable people about the importance of the Berlin 1916 Olympics, cover scuffed and missing spine, contents fine with some pencil markings, scarce. (Image)

"Spalding's Athletic Library: The Olympic Games Stockholm 1912", presentation copy given to Baillet-Latour (ex President of the IOC) with red HB cover with Baillet-Latour's name inscribed on front, very fine.

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".

"Olympiagubbar Karrikatyrer" by Ivar Starkenberg, album of caricatures from the 1912 Olympic Games at Stockholm featuring athletes from the countries taking part, 29x22cm, SB, 84 pages, minor wear to cover otherwise fine, very rare. (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)

1912 Stockholm press photo of the men's 400m 2nd round heat 5 showing USA and German athletes, 252x200mm, very fine. Note: This photograph appears in the official report on p.359. (Image)

Postcards. 1912 Stockholm group of 17 postcards incl. real photo pc of the men's 110m hurdles, ten official picture postcards incl. numbers 3, 34, 41, 73, 115, 141, 210, 216, 218 & 237, two Granberg pc's from the stadium's inauguration and four various of the stadium itself, very fine, plus novelty concertina picture pack envelope with views of the stadium. (Image)

STADION Cancels. 3rd DAY: 1912 (Jul 1) "STOCKHOLM / STADION" special cancel tying 5ö to picture postcard of the stadium, very fine and rare cancel, sent on the day of the Football Consolation Tournament at Rasunda and Traneberg, only 376 items of mail were handled in the stadium post office on this day (105 letters, 212 postcards and 59 printed matter). (Image)