1924 Olympic Issues of Other Countries. 1924 (Jul 31) Uruguay Football Champions set of 3 in blocks of four franked on three individual covers tied by the special "CAMPEON MUNDIAL DE FOOTBALL" 31 JUL 1924 registered slogan cancel, Montevideo bs, very fine and attractive philatelic frankings, each signed J-F Brun (Image)

Covers and Cancellations. DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul) Picture postcard to Marseille with 1924 Olympic 10c tied by "COLOMBES / STADE OLYMPIQUE" cds and reverse with the Marseille "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" slogan machine cancel, datelined "Village O., 1e Juillet", some faults, a very rare combination of Olympic datestamps and thought to be unique by the collector. (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 9 & 11) Pair of postcards showing the two Olympic poster designs, both with Olympic frankings (one with 25c & two 10c, other 50c) and both tied by crisp Olympic slogan machine cancels, sent to Switzerland, a scarce usage of these cards with Olympic franking and cancels, fine and very attractive pair. (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 13) Picture postcard of the Stade de Colombes franked on reverse by the complete Olympics set tied by slightly unclear strikes of the "COLOMBES / STADE OLYMPIQUE" cds, sent to Belgium with postman's numeral hs, fine and attractive (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 15 & 17) Group of 30c Olympic postal stationery cards, the first with "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" Le Havre machine cancel (top left corner creasing) and the second with the Olympic roller cancel (light crease at left), plus two fine unused examples. (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 19) Envelope sent registered to Switzerland with 1924 Olympic set of four plus extra 30c and Semeuse 5c all tied by "COLOMBES / VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE" cds with very rare "COLOMBES / OLYMPIQUES" registration label below, Basel arrival, very fine and attractive. (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 19) Picture postcard of the Stade de Colombes franked on reverse by the Olympics 50c tied by "COLOMBES / VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE" cds, sent to Switzerland and possibly signed by Swiss athletes, very fine (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 24) Envelope with two Olympics 10c and Semeuse 5c tied by "COLOMBES / STADE OLYMPIQUE" cds, paying the correct rate (rare as such), with further "COLOMBES - STADE OLYMPIQUE" hs and "JEUX OLYMPIQUES MAI à JUILLET 1924" hs, fine and attractive (Image)

1924 Paris group of stamps and covers, incl. six covers with Olympic frankings incl. one registered to Switzerland with complete set, Swiss Rowing Federation vignette for the Games tied to reverse of cover, examples of Olympic machine cancel on cover and piece, two unused postal stationery cards, four unused art deco illustrated cards by Blanche illustrating Rugby, Rowing (2) and Running (some imperfections), AN Paris ppc of the Uruguay football team, range of mint and used plus mint Syrian and Lebanon overprint sets, an interesting lot, great for further expansion. (Image)

Essays and Proofs. 1924 Paris Olympics original ink and pencil essay by E. Becker of the 25c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute over Paris, in black on tracing paper, this being the exact item used to make the photographic stamp-size reproductions in brown and blue, small imperfections, a unique and highly important essay of this issue. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics photographic essays in brown (3), stamp size with hand-cut perfs affixed to an envelope, all similar to the issued designs of the 25c, 10c and 50c, endorsed at top "Epreuve photographique" and signed E. Becker, one of only two known groups of these essays (the other in blue), ex Lilljedahl. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics photographic essay in blue of the 25c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris (see lot 20189 for the original hand-drawn essay), stamp-size on wove paper, very fine and rare. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics photographic essay in brown of the 25c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, stamp size with simulated perforation on carton paper, corner perfs creased, very fine and rare. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics photographic essay in brown of the 25c value depciting Marianne holding Nike in the palm of her hand, stamp size on carton paper, very fine and rare. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics essay in paint and crayon of the 10c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris, in green, dark green and white on paper with simulated perforations affixed to piece, 14x9cm, showing "POSTES" at top and rays from the Arc de Triomphe, an attractive and unique essay. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics essay in paint and pencil of the 10c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris, 24.5x15.5cm, in black on paper with annotations in the margins in French indicating a switch in position of the value and "RF", and that the colour of the "RF" should be greyed and the "POSTES 10" in white, with the sky and the athlete in deep green and the terrain in light green, a unique and highly important essay showing a step in the evolution of the design. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics handpainted and etched essay in black of the 10c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute above Paris, in black on thick card, 15x10.5 cm, very fine and unique essay which shows the switch in position of the “RF” and “POSTES 10” which the notes on the essay in lot 20195 highlight, an important showpiece of this issue. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics essay of the 30c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, in black ink, China white and pencil on thick card, 11.5x17cm, with corrections to the design as highlighted in the annotated die proof in the previous lot with the squared corners, the diagonal shading under the arm, the tapering columns and the sans-serif "F" of "RF", as well as showing closer similarities to the issued 50c stamp such as the shading on "8e. OLYMPIADE" and font-style on "PARIS / . 1924 .", an important and unique essay. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics plate proof of the essay of the 30c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, stamp size in black on wove paper, very fine and very rare. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics die proof of the essay of the 30c value showing an athlete doing the Olympic salute, in green in sheetlet format on glossy paper, with pen corrections to the frame and sketches in the margin showing proposed changes to "RF" and "30", signed by the artist "Etat / E. Becker", a unique working essay, copy of the cert. Calves (1987). (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics proof of the complete centre of the issued 25c before removal of sections to fit the duty frame, 14x11cm, in black on wove paper, showing the Paris Games ship logo and legend at the lower right which was partially obscured in the issued design, very fine and rare. (Image)

1924 Paris Olympics proof of the unissued 50c Nimes stadium design in blue (mono-colour), 14x11cm, very fine and scarce. (Image)

Issued Stamps and Varieties. 1924 Olympics 10c in two complete mint sheets of 75 showing three panes of 25, both mounted in a frame with various flaws highlighted, great for the specialist

1924 Olympics 25c in two sheets of 75 each showing three panes of 25, one complete with all selvedge, each in different shades, both mounted in a frame with various flaws highlighted, great for the specialist.

1924 Olympics 25c imperforate, no gum, originating from the imperforate printer's presentation sheet, light bend and light crease at top right corner not affecting the appearance, signed Calves. (Image)