Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1896. A small collection mounted on album pages, all neatly written up covering the 1896 Olympics in Athens, a variety of material is present which includes a stunning registered cover front franked with the 1896 1L-1D Olympic Issue to Germany, stamps tied by "Athens, June 28, 1896" postmarks, plus 25L Olympic tied on cover to Germany, and large size registered cover to Austria franked with 25L Perf. Small Hermes Head + 60L Olympic issue tied by Athens postmark, a great lot for the specialist.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1906. A small collection mounted on album pages, all neatly written up covering the 1906 Olympics in Athens, a variety of material is present which includes couple of low value issued stamps, two proof/essay blocks, few Olympic Picture Postcards, the 1907 Greek New Years Card depicting the 1906 Olympic set (minor toning & stain spots), Greek 25l tied on fragment with Olympic Stadion cancel, condition is very nice overall, a great lot for the specialist, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1908. A small accumulation 8 cards mounted on exhibition pages, all written up covering the 1908 Olympics in London, included is a photo card (some creasing) signed by Martin Sheridan (Gold Medalist in the 1904, 1906 & 1908 Discus Throw, two cards which talk about eyewitness accounts of the Games, "Have just seen the greatest race of the Century, 65 runners competed, it was grand.", a rare photo card to the American J.J. Hayes, the eventual winner of the gold medal for the Marathon Race, cancelled on Aug. 4th, 1908 (roughly two weeks after the Marathon) with written message, "He's the winner but you would hardly know it over here as the other fellow, Dorando is getting all the praise." (This refers to the disqualification of Italian runner Dorando Pietri, who staggered exhausted into the London stadium and collapsed several times, each time with officials coming to his aid. The last 350 meters of the race taking 10 minutes to complete. Due to the aid he received, he was later disqualified and the second finisher, J.J. Hayes was named the Gold Medalist), a great lot for the specialist, Very Fine.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

The 1908 Summer Olympics, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England from 27 April to 31 October 1908. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were re-located on financial grounds following a disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906. Lasting a total of 187 days, or 6 months and 4 days, these games were the longest in modern Olympics history. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1912. A small accumulation mounted on exhibition pages, all neatly written up covering the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, a variety of material represented which includes commemorative covers and postmarks, plus more, included is a German Postcard with the 1912 Olympic Poster stamp in German tied to card, 1912 Publicity machine cancel on card, couple of postcards with eyewitness accounts of games, cover with imprint of the "S.S. Finland" (which transported the US team to Stockholm) with 20o tied by Olympic publicity machine cancel and with signature of Abel Kiviat (Gold & Silver Medalist, Track), a great lot for the specialist, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Worldwide, Olympic Grunewald Stadium, 1913. Privately order 5pf postal card showing the Grunewald Stadium in Berlin with unused Inaugural label affixed, card with small corner clipped, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

The I.O.C. at the 1912 Stockholm games awarded Berlin the site of the 6th Olympiad. Work on the stadium, the Deutsches Stadion ("German Stadium"), began in 1912 at what was the Grunewald Race Course. It was planned to seat more than 18,000 spectators. On 8 June 1913, the stadium was dedicated with the release of 10,000 pigeons. 60,000 people were in attendance. The games for the 6th Olympiad were later cancelled due to World War I. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1920. A small accumulation mounted on exhibition pages, all neatly written up covering the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, a variety of material represented which includes issued stamps, commemorative covers and postmarks, plus more, included is a real photo card showing USA's Aileen Riggin & Finland's Niklas Skoglund with their signatures, Riggin won the 1st Women's Olympic Springboard Diving title and Skoglund was the 1920 Silver Medalist in the Plain High Diving, a great lot for the specialist and careful inspection is a must, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1924. A lovely collection mounted on exhibition pages, all beautifully written up covering the 1924 Olympics in Paris, a variety of material represented which includes issued stamps, commemorative covers and postmarks, individual highlights include two of the Pasteur Olympic Postal Cards (mint, Boxing & Rowing), 25c Trial Color Proof showing separate black frame and blue vignette, used Postcard showing J. Droil's Olympic poster with note saying, "Seeing lots of good races.", Printed I.O.C. invitation (some wear) signed by Pierre de Coubertin (President of the I.O.C. and Founder of the Modern Olympic Games), Uruguay, 1924 Winged Victory Set commemorating the Olympic Soccer victory (Mint set & Commemorative cover), plus many more, a great lot for the specialist and careful inspection is a must, Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Worldwide, Olympic Congress Collection, 1925. A small collection mounted on exhibition pages, covering the 1925 Olympics Congress held in Prague, included is a mint set of the Overprinted Czech stamps and the 5 overprinted Postal cards with the Congress postmark, a great lot for the specialist.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1928. A small collection mounted on exhibition pages, all written up covering the 1928 Olympics in Holland, a variety of material represented which includes issued stamps, commemorative covers, postal stationery and postmarks, condition is very nice overall with unusual items included, a great lot for the specialist, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1932. A lovely collection mounted on exhibition pages, all beautifully written up covering the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid and Los Angeles, a wide variety of material represented which includes issued stamps, photo trial proofs, commemorative covers and postmarks, first day covers, athlete autographs, individual highlights include 1932 Los Angeles open day cover franked with 3¢ Olympic with additional 10c Olympic of the Netherlands for the 1928 games tied by one of three strike of the rare "Mailed at Olympic Village Station" handstamp, 1932 Stadium Card with Publicity label affixed & franked with 1½¢ Harding & Scarce Publicity label tied by postmark, 1932 Olympic Stationery Cover with matching Letterhead written on 8/3/32 giving an eyewitness account of the Track and Field events, etc., many Olympic medalist autographs are present (virtually all on Olympic cards, covers or documents) such as Birger Ruud (1932-48 Gold & Silver Medalist, Ski Jumping), Jack Shea (1932 Two Time Gold Medalist, Speed Skating), Karl Schafer (1932-36 Two Time Gold Medalist, Figure Skating), Fritzi Burger (1928-32 Silver Medalist, Figure Skating), Mildred (Babe) Didrikson (1932 Two Time Gold Medalist, 80M Hurdles & Javelin), 1932 Men's Eight Crew Team (1932 Gold Medal), plus many more, condition is very nice overall with many unusual items included, a great lot for the specialist and careful inspection is a must, Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1936. A wonderful collection housed in 2 binders, all beautifully written up covering the 1936 Summer & Winter Olympics held in Berlin and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (most from Summer Games), showing a wide variety of material which includes issued stamps, booklets, souvenir sheets, varieties, commemorative covers and postmarks, flown Zeppelin covers, Olympic Meter propaganda markings, athlete autographs, ephemera, etc., many Olympic medalist autographs are present (virtually all on Olympic cards, covers or documents) such as Jesse Owens (Four Time Gold Medalist, Track & Field), Ralph Medcalfe (Four Time Medalist, including Gold, Track), signatures of the 4 x 100M Relay Gold Medalist, Gold Medalist of the Discus Throw, Springboard Diving, and J. Medica (Three Time Gold Medalist in Swimming), individual highlights include USA 3¢ Reply Card with Olympic Exhibition Hall postmark, card franked with 12pf Olympic issue tied by Olympic Village postmark with rare Olympia-Doberitz Lager/ B. Berlin rectangle cachet, wrappers which contained the German Olympic souvenir sheets, four covers with oval Publicity label in different languages, Dutch Indies Zeppelin cover flown on the Olympic Zeppelin flight, Olympic Torch runner covers, plus many more, condition is very nice overall with many unusual items included, a great lot for the specialist and careful inspection is a must, Very Fine.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Worldwide, Olympic Collection, 1940-1972. A wonderful collection housed in 7 binders, all beautifully written up covering the 1940, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics showing a wide variety of material which includes issued stamps, proofs, die proofs, hand drawn essays, imperfs and varieties, commemorative covers and postmarks, first day covers, Olympic Meter propaganda markings, athlete autographs, ephemera, etc., many Olympic medalist autographs are present (virtually all on Olympic cards, covers or documents) such as Dick Button (1948-52 Two Time Gold Medalist, Figure Skating), Sammy Lee (1948-52 Two Time Gold Medalist, Diving), Al Oerter (1956-68 Four Time Gold Medalist, Discus), Wilma Rudolph (1960 Triple Gold Medalist), Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov (1964 & 1968 Gold Medalist, Figure Skating), Joe Frazier (1964 Gold Medalist, Boxing), Bill Mills (1964 Gold Medalist, 10,000M), Bob Seagren (1968 Gold Medal, Pole Vault), Peggy Fleming (1968 Gold Medalist, Figure Skating), George Foreman (1968 Gold Medalist, Boxing), Bob Beamon (1968 Gold Medalist, Long Jump), Dick Fosbury (1968 Gold Medal, High Jump), plus many more, condition is very nice overall with many unusual items included, a great lot for the specialist and careful inspection is a must.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000