1896 Olympics 25L with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint hr (slightly toned), fine (Image)

1896 Olympics 40L with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint hr (slightly toned with a couple of tone spots), fine (Image)

1896 Olympics 60L black with SPECIMEN ovpt, no gum, some traces or red on surface otherwise fine (Image)

1896 60L forgery in black in sheetlet of 10, fine and unusual (Image)

1896 Athens cover, front & a ppc of the stadium; cover sent registered 1896 May 17 with two Olympic 25l tied by Athens "3" cds and front (faults) with 15 2l Olympic stamps tied by blue Piraeus cds (Image)

1898 (Sep 2) Envelope from the Greek National Bank (wax seals on reverse) with 1896 Olympic 2D and Hermes 10l tied by Athens "3" cds, paying 6 times the rate incl. registration, sent to Constantinople with British P.O. arrival cds, minor cover discolouration from wax seal, fine and very rare commercial usage of the 2D (Image)

1900 (Feb) Large linen envelope from the Greek National Bank (wax seals on reverse) with two 1896 Olympics 5D and a single 60l plus 20l Hermes, tied by Athens "3" cds, paying 35 times the letter rate incl. registration, British P.O. Constantinople arrival bs, minor cover faults with small portion of backflap missing, a spectacular high franking and extremely rare commercial usage of the 5D, let alone two examples on the same cover (Image)

1896-1906, Greece Olympic mint issues incl. 1896 to 10D (10D creased, missing 2D & 5D), 1900-01 ovpt set (incl. forged 50 on 25 on 40L) and 1906 set, mostly fine

1900 Paris. Cover of the Ministry des Postes et des Telegraphes Exposition Universelle, blue postmark (3), green cachet of 'Association de Gymnastique de la Seine, Fete 1900'(also on backside), cancel: Paris/Centre Seine, 6.Aout.00. RARE (Image)

Official Athens Receipt of the Second Olympic Games for an amount of 8dr for the ''Golden Brochure Olympic Games Book'' dated 26th December 1906 bearing 3 lepta Olympic Games issue used as fiscal, fine and attractive (Image)

1906 Athens. Group of "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / STADION" cancels on Olympic stamps on a page incl. Olympic Games illustrated pc, Olympic Committee envelope with 20l (not sent), 3l on piece, 3l block of 4, 30l single, 3D on piece and 5D single, fine group (Image)

1906 Athens. 3 different Olympic cards, edt. Pallis & Cotzias nos. 821, 828 and 837, all with 5l Olympics cancelled of Athens 6 May 1906, arrival cancel Brussels 26 May 1906. (Image)

1906 Athens. 4 coloured postcards: one with picture of Olympic series 1906 sent to Belgium, one with portrait of Georgantas (2nd in Discus) and two of the Stadium (Image)

1906 Athens group of 18 Games picture postcards incl. a "Queen Alexandra's Photographs" pc of the crowd in the stadium, mix of used and unused Pallis & Cotzias wrestling pc with Olympic franking, one of William Sherring (winner of the Marathon), etc., fine group (Image)

1908 London. The Bob Wilcock collection of the Marathon mounted on 38 pages, starting with a page for the pre-Olympic Trial Marathon with ppc of the winner, then following the course of the Marathon and its participants, with ppc from the start of the race (3), then at Sovereign's Gate down Castle Hill (4), Thames Street, message on postcard sent on the day "Talk about crowds here", ppc of Thomas Jack in the lead, ppc of Dorando 5 miles in, ppc of Hayes at the half-way point, ppc showing Jack Price leading at 14 miles, then Dorando & Longboat (2nd & 3rd) at 15, 16 and 17.5 miles, Hayes at 17.5 miles, Dorando at 21 miles, Dorando at 23.5 miles (2) followed by the same for Hayes (2), Dorando at 24 miles and Hayes the same, stereo-view card "waiting to see the marathon race", 2 of the awaiting crowds, then Dorando's arrival into the stadium, 4 "Health & Strength" series pcs of the leading athletes, Dorando crossing the finishing line (5) incl. one with message "This is when the English tried to do the Americans out of the marathon race", Hayes finishing, official pc with message "We are going to see the finish of the great marathon race in the stadium on Friday. Its the event of the games", the Queen presenting the cup to Dorando (4) plus pc with message "I saw the Queen present the gold cup to Dorando", Dorando holding the cup (3), Hayes being carried by his team mates, ppcs after the race incl. Thomas Jack signed ppc of himself, Hayes at an exhibition run, 2 advertising pcs of him for shoes, Dorando advertising Oxo his mother's hotel & his car garage (two signed by him), and a ppc of him with all his medals and trophies, a fantastic and fascination exhibition collection telling the story of this famous race, an extremely difficult to replicate (Image)

1908 London. 8 postcards of Franco-British-Exhibition all travelled with same Franco British Exhibition cancel (one with date OC.29.08 = Field Hockey) (Image)

1912 Stockholm Organising Committee envelope (Swedish text) with 35ö tied by Stockholm cds, sent rgistered to the Czech Olympic Committee in Prague, fine and scarce 605.020.006: Olympics. 1912 Stockholm (May 5 to July 22). Cancellations, handstamps, cachets, etc. (Image)

1912 Stockholm. Pre-Games publicity cachet "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / STOCKHOLM 1912 / LE 29 JUIN - 22 JUILLET" on envelope to New York, with Oscar 10ö pair tied by Umea cds, fine and very scarce 605.020.006: Olympics. 1912 Stockholm (May 5 to July 22). Cancellations, handstamps, cachets, etc. (Image)

DURING THE GAMES: 1912 (Jul 9) Picture postcard with 5ö tied by special Olympic machine cancellation, sent on the day of the Waterpolo, 1500m and 5000m semi-finals, 4x400m final, Javelin final, etc., very fine (Image)

1912 Stockholm collection incl. postcard from British Swimmer Percy Courtman (who finished 3rd in 400m) saying "I have been swimming in races every day this week, but have not managed to get placed yet", with franking tied by the scarce "STOCKHOLM / LBR / STADION" 12.7.12 cds, plus postcard with Olympic roller cancel used on the last day of the Games, 28 postcards (4 with the Olympic roller cancel) and a "BRITISH OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION" printed envelope (missing stamps) (Image)

1912 Stockholm group incl. 10ö on postcard with Olympic roller cancel used on the day of the Opening Ceremony, 2nd example used in March, 4 official postcards depicting gymnasts and 4 modern commemorative covers (Image)

1912 Stockholm. 11 Athletics official Olympic postcards nos. 113, 201, 203, 207, 209, 210, 212 216, 218, 224 and 238 (depicting Thorpe winner of the pentathlon and decathlon) (Image)

1919 Pershing Inter-Allied Games rare June 22nd "Section 1" ticket, creased, plus 2 postcards depicting the poster (Image)

1920 Antwerp. Olympic postcard (depicting athletes of Great Britain) with Olympic set tied by Olympic Antwerp, 28.VIII.1920 cds, with football date and text of the match (Image)

1920 Two covers, 10c and 5c Olympics cancelled by Postbox cancels in a frame: BT and KH, both rare  (Image)