1956 Melbourne, Cortina and Stockholm covers, card and vignette group, incl. Melbourne Organising Committee envelope sent to Italy, Organising Committee envelope sent from Olympia with Torch Relay cancel and Olympic pictorial arrival cds, 5 postcards with Olympic frankings, one vignette, etc.; 1956 Stockholm incl. vignette on cover with Olympic franking and cancel, official envelope sent from Saar with Olympic franking, two postcards, two official vignettes; and Cortina with 15 cards/covers; and a US Olympic Fund sticker (33 items). (Image)

1956 Melbourne, complete collection of each and every die of the "OLYMPIC GAMES 1956 / 22 NOVEMBER 8 DECEMBER / MELBOURNE" Olympic slogan cancels from the various towns incl. many red "PAID" examples, with 60+ covers as well as a few pieces/part covers written up on 49 pages, highlights incl. a comical envelope illustrating a Kangaroo and "Sorry we can't enter him in the Olympic broad jump!", a couple underpaid going abroad with postage dues and an organising committee printed envelope, presenting many decades of hunting, probably a unique reference collection. (Image)

1956 Melbourne, complete set of Olympic registered labels on 15 covers, all with Olympic frankings and cancels, some illustrated covers, incl. Exhibition Building, Town Hall St Kilda, St. Kilda Pier, Lake Wendouree, Mobile Post Office 1 and 2, Olympic Village, Ballarat Village, Main Stadium (Press), Melbourne Airport, Station Pier and Olympex, a very fine and very rare set. (Image)

1955 (Dec 20) Envelope from the Australian Consulate General in New York with red "OLYMPIC GAMES/ (Olympic Rings) / MELBOURNE / AUSTRALIA 22 Nov-8 Dec. 1956" slogan New York 23c machine frank, small fault at top corner, fine and scarce. (Image)

1955 (Jun 24) Card from New York to North Carolina with violet "OLYMPIC GAMES/ (Olympic Rings) / MELBOURNE / AUSTRALIA 22 Nov-8 Dec. 1956" slogan New York 2c machine frank, very fine and scarce. (Image)

1956 Melbourne, complete set of 52 Olympic commemorative pictorial cancels on covers/cards/aerogrammes, with some date varieties, fine (56).

1956 Melbourne Olympic aerogramme sent by rowing gold medallist Rusty Wailes in the Olympic Village to his brother, with message about the lake they were rowing on, the other crews and their practice, most interesting.

1956 Melbourne group of 7 Boxing programmes incl. 23rd Nov, 24th Nov, 26th Nov, 28th Nov, 29th Nov, 30th Nov and 1st Dec, with all but the first including the insert listing the bouts, fine to very fine.

1956 Melbourne, complete set of 8 Athletics programmes and a group of 30 photographs of Olympic finals published by Track & Field News (17 large, 13 small).

1956 Melbourne & Stockholm group of books and memorabilia incl. unused Wrestling ticket and 3 used tickets with ticket packet, athletics programme, Closing Ceremony programme, souvenir programme, official guide, invitation card, cloth patch with Games logo, unused Australian team letterheaded paper, printed serviette, "Olympische Spiele 1956" by Lechenperg, "Olympic Saga" book, "Olympic Odyssey", "The Olympic Games Melbourne 1956: A colourgravure publication", "Sport im Bild", 3 copies of Sports Illustrated, Sankt Georg Almanachi 1956" and "Kavalkade" about the Stockholm equestrian events, British Olympics Association report and USA Olympic Committee report, and 3 film brochures.