1908-70, SWITZERLAND collection written up on 6 album pages, incl. 1908 printed postcard from FC Young Boys, vignette for FC Basel's 20th Anniversary (2, one with faults), 1930 International Football Tournament in Geneva poster stamp, 1951 card to commemorate the friendly match between Switzerland and West Germany, etc., (Image)

ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON: 1913 Picture postcard published by Alfred Briand depicting a football match on Miquelon, with 5c on front tied by cds, sent to Denmark, very fine and rare (Image)

1921-61, CZECHOSLOVAKIA collection of Czech club teams in an album, starting with 1921 Workers' Olympiad special cancels on cover and 1934 illustrated stationery (2), 1935 Sparta vs Ferencvaros Mitropa Cup Final special roller cancels, circular cancels, postcards and one signed by the Sparta players, 1936 postcard signed by the Czech players, 1936 Mitropa Cup Final cancels, cards and postcard signed by the Sparta players, the same again for 1938 incl. postcards signed by the Slavia players and Ferencvaros players, some autographs of 1970s Czech players, an attractive lot (Image)

1924 Paris: A. N. Paris picture postcard of the Hungarian football team (no.164), very fine (Image)

1924 Paris: A. N. Paris picture postcard of the Italian football team (no.307), very fine (Image)

1925 Uruguay football player's license for Carlos Mortola, fine & scarce (Image)

1930 World Cup collection of Uruguay special cancellations and other items for celebrating their victory, mounted on pages, incl. airmail cover with "Campeonato Mundial de Football" legend, picture postcard of the stadium with World Cup legend (sent in December of that year), two covers with "URUGUAY CONGREGARA EN 1930 A TODOS LOS FOOTBALLERS DEL MUNDO" slogan cancel, two with forged "URUGUAY ORGANIZA EL PREMIER CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FOOTBALL", one with forged "EL CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE FOOTBALL SERA UN CERTAMEN DE CONFRATERNIDAD" and four + 1 front with "EN 1930 EUROPA Y AMERICA DISPUTARA SUPREMACIAS EN FOOTBALL", plus some modern commemorative stamps and printed pictures, plus some ppc's of the boat that took the French team, several with forged cancels, a great collection of these difficult football cancellations (Image)

1930 WORLD CUP: 1930 (May 9) Envelope from the Swiss Consulate in Montevideo, sent to Switzerland with stamps tied by "EN 1930 EUROPA Y AMERICA DISPUTARA SUPREMACIAS EN FOOTBALL" slogan cancel, very fine (Image)

1930 WORLD CUP: 1930 (Mar 10) Airmail from USA to Paraguay, with Montevideo "EN 1930 EUROPA Y AMERICA DISPUTARA SUPREMACIAS EN FOOTBALL" slogan cancel struck in transit, fine and scarce (Image)

1930 WORLD CUP: 1930 (May 21) First Zeppelin Pan-America-Europe flight envelope from Uruguay with stamps tied by "EN 1930 EUROPA Y AMERICA DISPUTARA SUPREMACIAS EN FOOTBALL" slogan cancel, with flight cachets below and Berlin arrival, very fine (Image)

1930 World Cup: 1930 (Jan 11) First Flight Airmail Canal Zone-Uruguay, sent from Miami, via the Canal Zone, with Montevideo "CONGREGARA EN 1930 A TODOS LOS FOOTBALLERS DEL MUNDO" slogan arrival cancel, fine (Image)

1934 World Cup: Original postcard of the Czechoslovakian team lined up before the final match of 1934 World Cup, plus Italian 75c postal stationery showing Rome’s National Fascist Party Stadium which hosted the 1934 World Cup final

1934 World Cup normal set of 5 and airmail 75c on envelope tied by Milan 30.5.34 cds, sent registered locally in Milan, rare philatelic franking, signed E. Diena (Image)

1934 World Cup group of four covers incl. three 50c and a 20c (plus 5c definitive) on A.R. cover from Arezzo to Servigliano, two 1L25 (plus 10c & 25c definitives) on Court Summons printed envelope sent registered from Villarosa Sicilia, a 25c (plus 1934 Pacinotti 1L25 and 1L75 definitive) on quadruple rate registered cover from Caserta, and three 25c & two 50c on an attractive advertising brochure for a camera manufacturers (portion missing on reverse), fine and useful group (Image)

1934 World Cup official postcard with 1934 World Cup 20c & 50c plus the official vignette all tied by Roma Ferrovia 5.6.34 cds, card with small cut at lower left, fine and attractive (Image)

1934 World Cup Aegean Islands 75c on postcard sent by airmail to Italy, tied by Posta Aerea / Rodi (Egeo) cds, a little soiling to stamp, fine (Image)

1934 World Cup Italian Colonies 1L25c along with Somalia 50c pair on cover sent registered to Italy, tied by Mogadiscio cds with registration label below, reverse with Bank of Italy cachet and Milan arrivals, addressee excised, still a very scarce usage of this World Cup stamp (Image)

1934 World Cup Aegean Islands 50c and 25c on postcard to Italy tied by Posta Aerea / Rodi (Egeo) 29.9.34 cds, fine (Image)

1934 World Cup group of four covers incl. 1L25 and 25c on cover sent in Trieste, 20c & 50c on printed matter sent registered in Siracusa, 25c on unsealed envelope for printed matter sent from Torino to Germany and 1L25 with 75c definitive sent by airmail from Rome to France, a nice group

1934 WORKD CUP: Picture postcard of Rome franked 25c World Cup stamp tied by roller pmk ROMA 11.6.34 to Kromeriz (Czechoslovakia), the card is written by a Czech on the day of the finals 'R. 10/6.34' ITALY - CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Image)

1934 World Cup 50c, 75c, 1L25 on CRASH COVER from Rome to the USA, stamps tied by Roma Ferrovia 17.8.34 cds, "Newport / Pembrokshire"(Wales) cds, some minor foxing to stamps, signed by the pilot Sabelli, fine (Nierinck 340819, after encountering fog over the Irish Sea, the plane returned to Wales and crashed into a mountain in poor visibility) (Image)

1950 World Cup: Official commemorative card franked with the 0,60cr World Cup stamp and signed by the players of the Swiss national football team, stamp cancelled by Sao Paulo cancel of June 24, 1950 opening day of the tournament (Image)

1950 World Cup: Photo postcard of the Swiss national team who played against Austria in Vienna on March 3, 1950, with the signatures of the players (all of them represented Switzerland at Brazil 1950 World Cup some months later) (Image)

1950 World Cup official rules booklet, 13pp, French text, label stain at lower left and ms no. at top, otherwise fine (Image)

1952 Postcard sent from Moscow to Budapest with the signatures of the Hungarian “Golden Team” and the Manager Gustav Sebes, plus photo postcard of Helsinki Olympics which portrays the Finnish Helena Kuusela, Miss Universe 1952, presenting Olympic soccer prizes to Gyula Grocsic and Ferenc Puskas members of the gold medallist Hungarian team (Image)