FRENCH COLONIES: 1924 Olympic overprints for Syria and Grand Liban, mint group incl. "SYRIE" surcharge set with INVERTED OVERPRINTS (3 of the 4 signed), "Syrie" set plus 0.5pi with overprint shifted, "Gd Liban" surcharge on 0.5p group of three with minor varieties, and "GRAND LIBAN" set, fine (Image)

GRAND LIBAN: 1924 (Jun 24) Envelope with Olympic set sent Express to France, tied by Beyrouth cds, reverse with PAX Saint Germain vignette tied by arrival cds, fine and scarce express usage (Image)

SYRIA: 1924 Olympics 50c on 10c and 1pi25 on 25c both with INVERTED OVERPRINT mint, the 50c mint nh signed A. Brun, very fine, the 1pi25 mint large hr with dealer hs on reverse, fine (Image)

SYRIA: 1924 Olympics 1F50 on 25c with HORIZONTAL SURCHARGE variety, mint hr, fine and scarce, cert. Scheller (2019) (Image)

URUGUAY: A. N. Paris picture postcard of the Uruguay gold medal winning football team signed on the reverse by 18 of the players, fine and very scarce showpiece, plus the same ppc unused (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 Uruguay Football Champions 12c blue IMPERFORATE mint block of eight from the left side of the sheet, top six stamps in a paler shade, an extraordinary exhibition showpiece, offered for the first time since we sold it in 1999, ex "Zappeion" (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 Uruguay Football Champions set of three in complete sheets of 20, mint nh except for one stamp on the 5c, the 12c with some minor gum toning, off minor gum bend, fine to very fine sheetlets (Image)

1924 Uruguay Football Champions issue set of three in mint nh complete sheetlets of 20, some light gum toning, fine and fresh, plus 12c singles in dark blue and pale blue (Image)

1924 Uruguay Football Champions issue mint set on yellow paper affixed to presentation folder, which was given to officials, very fine and rare, only 500 sets were printed on yellow paper (Image)

1924 Uruguay Football Champions issue mint set on yellow paper affixed to presentation folder, which was given to officials, some toning, rare, only 500 sets were printed on yellow paper (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 Uruguay Olympic Football Champions set on yellow paper affixed to Post Office souvenir folder, each tied by special slogan cancels, fine, only 350 stamps printed and extremely rare with the cancels, an exhibition showpiece. Note: These presentation folders were only given to players and officials (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 (Jul 29) Uruguay Olympic Football Champions set on cover to Dolores, sent registered with special "URUGUAY / CAMPEON MONDIAL / DE FOOTBALL" registered machine slogan cancel, arrival cds, sent on the first day of issue, very fine (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 (Aug 2) Uruguay Olympic Football Champions set on cover to San Carlos, sent registered with special "URUGUAY / CAMPEON MONDIAL / DE FOOTBALL" registered machine slogan cancel, arrival cds, sent on the last day of sale of the stamps, very fine (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 (Aug 2) Picture postcard of the gold medal winning Uruguay football team franked on the reverse with the Olympic set of three and tied by the registered "URUGUAY / CAMPEON MONDIAL / DE FOOTBALL" slogan cancel, unadressed, very fine (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 Olympic Football set on white paper group, with set tied to registered cover by special cancel sent to Argentina with arrival bs, vert. creases clear of stamps, and set tied to unaddressed cover with registered special cancel, plus very fine mint nh set

1924 Uruguay Football Champions issue & cancel group incl. the scarce mint set on yellow paper given to officials (5c with surface thin), set tied to front of picture postcard of the Uruguay team tied by the special slogan cancel, set franked individually on 5c postal stationery cards tied by special cancel, two covers with the set of three (one showing the different printing in pale shades), two postcards and a cover correctly franked with the Football stamps tied by the special cancel, and the slogan cancel used as an arrival on 2 covers and cancelling other Uruguay stamps on 4 covers/cards, useful group (Image)

URUGUAY: 1924 Uruguay Olympic Football Champions group incl. mint set on yellow paper (faults), normal set on registered cover tied by special slogan cancel, set of three on cover tied by RECOMENDADA hs, 2c on postcard and 2c on internal cover tied by special slogan cancels with code "E" and "I" respectively, the set in in mint blocks of four from both printings (some perf separation with one 5c split), some modern commemorative stamps, etc., a nice lot (Image)