Worldwide Collections & Philatelic Literature continued...
Specialized Collection of Olympics continued...
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Lot Description |
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| 3176 |
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 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. (Image1) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3177 |
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 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.
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3178 |
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 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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3179 |
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 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. (Image1) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3180 |
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 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. (Image1) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3181 |
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 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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3182 |
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 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. (Image1)
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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3183 |
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 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. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Philatelic Literature
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| 3184 |
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Dietz, A., Postal Service of the Confederate States of America. 1929, hardbound, deluxe full leather (one of 50 copies produced), the Hiram Edmund Deats copy, signed by author with additional engraved portrait and an
original signature of Postmaster General John H. Reagan tipped in; normal use with some minor corner/edge wear.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. |
Est. $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3185 |
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United States and Canada Literature, . Box of a few titles including Argenti New Brunswick & Nova Scotia original edition (faults), Boggs Canada two vols., Winter North Atlantic Mail Sailings, two Boston Postal Markings to 1890,
some flag cancel news and other related material, Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150. |
Est. $100-150
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3186 |
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Minns, John, British East Africa, The Stamps, Postal Stationery & Cancellations. Three copies, new & unopened, Extremely Fine.
Estimate; $75 - 100. |
Est. $75-100
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3187 |
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R.H. White, Encyclopedia of the Colors of U.S. Postage Stamps, Vols. 1-4. Complete set of 4 books about colors, papers, and gum of U.S. stamps; the Definitive Set; in great demand.
Estimate; $300 - 400. |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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