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1896-1936, Gold medal collection mounted on 120 pages covering a large selection of postal usage at correct rate, all commercial frankings with letters, postcards, postal stationery, samples, declared values, registered and express mail, air mail, etc. of the commemorative stamps for issued between
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1940 German Excavation of Olympia, envelope sent registered by archaeologist H. K. Süsserott from Olympia to Germany, with imprint on backflap for the Germany Archaeological Institute in Athens with manuscript "excavation Olympia" (translation), censored by the Greeks and Third Reich, interesting po
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"La Restauration d'Olympie / L'Histoire, Les Monuments, Le Culte et les Fêtes," book by Lalox and Monceaux, 1889, 332x465mm, HB, 228pp, no.253 out of 500, wonderful book, fine condition for its age.
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"Report on the Excavations in Olympia" (translation), German text, 8 volume set, SB, the excavations began in Autumn 1936 and went on until the Summer of 62, two with pen on the cover, rare
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1905-33, IOC Congresses bulletins and Sports Congresses group, incl. 1905 3rd IOC Congress in Brussels: "Congrès International de Sport et d'Education physique sous le haut patronage du S. M. Léopold II Roi des Belges", by the International Olympic Committee with a detailed report about the 1905 Con
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1924-1932, group of three IOC/Coubertin booklets, incl. 1932 "Les Assises de la Cité Prochaine" by Pierre de Coubertin subtitled "Conference donnée à Berne le 19 avril 1932", published by the Bureau International de Pédagogie Sportive, pp.8; 1924 "Les Responsabilités et la réforme de la presse" by P
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France: 1937 Pierre de Coubertin group of 10 artist signed die proofs in different colours, previously stored in a humid climate so variously toned.
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France: 1937 Pierre de Coubertin group of 7 deluxe die proofs in different colours with control punch holes at foot, previously stored in a humid climate so variously toned.
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France: 1937 Pierre de Coubertin group incl. deluxe die proof in the issued colour, 15 imperf. colour trials in various colours (mono-colour and bi-colour), three FDCs and a mint block of four, previously stored in a humid climate so the gum is toned.
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Haiti: 1939 (Oct 3) pair of first day covers with the 1939 Coubertin set of three tied by Port-au-Prince duplexes, lightly toned, plus mint set of three (toned gum).
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1946 Olympic Semi-centennial Dinner hosted by the US Olympic Committee at the Hotel Pennsylvania, NY, large photo, 55x38.5cm, showing US OC members, guests and Olympic champions sat at their dinner tables incl. Jesse Owens, repaired tears and backed on linen, rare
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1972 Sapporo IOC Session badge in original box, very fine & rare badge
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Statues: 1902 An American Bronze Study of an Athlete, entitled "THE SPRINTER", cast from a model by Dr. Robert Tait McKenzie. The naked youth in starting position, crouching and looking forward, mounted on an octagonal base, inscribed "R.Tait McKenzie/1902", the side with foundry inscription ROMAN B
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1896 Olympics set of die proofs in the issued colours, very fine and extremely rare, an important set in Olympic philately, each with cert. Trachtenberg (1982).
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1896 Olympics set of 12 die proofs in issued colour on toned card, very fine and very rare, exhibition showpiece for an Olympic collector.
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1896 Olympics set of 12 in mint blocks of four, some mint nh, some with some minor perf. reinforcement, minor tone spots on the 60l and 1D, very fine and fresh, an extremely rare set in blocks, with the high values being major rarities as such, cert. Hellenic Philatelic Society (2006)
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1896 Greek Olympic Committee printed envelope with Greek legend, Committee cachet in red at top right, unused, very fine and rare.
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1896 (Mar 25) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: Envelope from Athens to France with 1896 Olympics 25l tied by Athens "6" cds on the first day of issue, Bordeaux arrival backstamp, minor foxing at top of stamp otherwise very fine and very rare commercial first day usage, signed G. Bolaffi.
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1896 (Mar 25) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE (SIFNOS): Envelope sent registered to Syros with 1896 Olympics 5D tied by Sifnos blue-black cds, with matching blue-black s/l and boxed registered hs, reverse with Syros arrival cds, very fine and extremely rare philatelic franking of this high value, cert. Tsiro
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1896 (Mar 27) THIRD DAY OF THE GAMES (MILOS): Envelope sent registered to Syros with 1896 Olympics 10D tied by Milos blue-black cds, with matching blue-black s/l registered hs adjacent, reverse with Syros arrival cds, very fine and extremely rare philatelic franking of the top value, cert. Tsiro
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1898 (May 10) Printed commercial cover from stamp dealer Constantin Dascalakis & Co., sent registered from Athens to France and franked on the reverse with five 1896 Olympics 60l stamps cancelled by Athens "3" cds and Paris arrival, portion of reverse missing, possibly paying 9 times the foreign rat
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1896 Olympics stamps used on EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A YEAR, from the first day of issue on 25th March 1896 to 25th March 1897, plus five examples used before the first day of issue, a few multiples, mixed condition, would take a long time to replicate such a collection! (385 stamps)
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1896 Olympics and 1900 Surcharges, forgery collection written up on 12 pages, incl. imperforates, forgeries with forged cancels incl. 60l block of 20, "unused" to 10D, five covers/cards with Olympic stamps added, two pages with the 1900 Surcharges incl. varieties plus a forged cover with 25l on 40l,
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1900 Surcharges. 1900 "AM" Surcharges 2D on 10D mint l.h. lower left corner marginal pair with upper stamps showing ? for A variety, toned gum otherwise fine (Hellas €440) plus normal 50l on 2D mint (also toned).
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1900 Paris Exposition, pair of printed covers sent from the exhibition with exhibition legends at top; one a stampless cover from the French Ministry of Commerce with exposition cachet; and one from the Swiss General Commission with 25c Sage tied by "RAPP" cds and the Exposition flag machine cancel,
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Nathaniel J. Cartmell real photo picture postcard, who won silver in the 100m and 200m, fine.
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1906 Olympics 1l enlarged handpainted essay in the issued design, in ink and grey watercolour, 6.7x7.5cm, on thick yellowish card and further affixed to tick white card, unique and highly attractive essay; ex Caruso.
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1906 Olympics set of 14 die proofs on card in the issued colours, 2l with faint surface imperfections, some slight tropicalisation, a very rare set, plus 2l proof with double print in marginal block of 10 and 20l plate proof in blue in right marginal block of eight (both with foxing).
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1906 Olympics set of 14 die proofs on card in the issued colours, some slight tropicalisation, a very rare set.
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1906 Olympics set of die proofs in the issued colours in a mounted presentation page by J. P. Segg & Co, with foxing affecting the page and proofs, scarce.
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1906 Olympics small group incl. mint misperfs/partial perf. 25l, 20l and pair of 10l, mint 40l block of four, three with revenue ovpts/surcharges and three official poster stamps (faults), previously kept in a humid climate so with varying toned gum.
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1906 Olympics 2l imperf. vertical pair and 1D imperf. vertical pair, tied to large piece by Athens 20 FEB 1909 cds, registered label below, some minor foxing, scarce; cert. Trachtenberg (1982).
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William Sherring commemorative pin badge, 31mm diameter, who won the Marathon race in the 1906 Games with legend bordering a portrait picture of him, some damage to the plastic coating, very scarce commemorative item.
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1906 Olympics collection of proofs in different colours on a mixture of papers and cards, incl. 1l (1 single, 2 pairs), 2l (2 singles, 3 pairs, 2 blocks of four), 3l (4 singles, interpanneau pair and strip of three), 5l (1 single, 2 pairs), 10l (2 singles, 1 single perf., three pairs), 20l (3 single
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1906 Olympics 1l purple imperf. proof on pinkish carton paper in sheetlet of nine, printed later as a sample of Perkins Bacon's work, with hs H2006, a few tone spots, fine & rare.
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1906 Olympics 1l proof in light green on carton paper in block of 9, corner crease and natural paper wrinkle, fine and scarce.
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1906 Olympics 3l violet imperf. proof on carton paper in sheetlet of nine, printed later as a sample of Perkins Bacon's work, with hs H2007, a few tone spots, fine & rare
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1906 Olympics 40l proof in dull orange on carton paper in block of 12, crease and natural paper wrinkles, fine appearance and scarce.
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1906 Olympics 2D orange imperf. proof on carton paper in sheetlet of six, printed later as a sample of Perkins Bacon's work, with hs H2013, fine & rare.
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1906 (Mar 25) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: 1906 Olympics 5l on postcard cancelled by Athens cds, overall toning, scarce.
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First Day of the Games: 1906 (Apr 9) envelope with complete set of the 1906 Olympic issue all tied by the "ATHENS / OLYMPIC GAMES / (STADION)" cds, vertical crease clear of stamps and some slight oxidising, fine and very rare with the complete set and the Olympic Games cancel, especially on the firs
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First Day of the Games: 1906 (Apr 9) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 1l pair, 2l, 3l (corner fault), 5l and 10l all tied by "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / (AKROPOLIS)" special cds, sent to Turkey with Austrian and Turkish Smyrna arrivals, some minor foxing, fine
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1907 (Mar 2) Post & Telegraphs printed envelope sent registered to the Netherlands, with three 1906 25l tied by Athens "9" cds, with two stamps being dramatically misperfed and missing the lower portion of the stamp with the value, paying the 75l double rate registered letter abroad, with Athens and
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First Day of the Games: 1906 (Apr 9) Olympic picture postcard depicting Nikolaos Georgantas (gold in the stone throw, silver in the discus and Greek style discus), franked on the picture side with 1906 Olympics 1l tied by the "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / (STADION)" special cds, very fine and highly attractiv
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Third day: 1906 (Apr 11) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 1l tied by "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / (AKROPOLIS)" special cds, addressed locally, probably cancelled to order, fine.
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Third Day: 1906 (Apr 11) Picture postcard to Denmark with 1906 Olympics 1l, 2l, 3l and 20l all tied by "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES (ZAPPEION)" special cds, with Copenhagen arrivals also tying stamps, very fine, ex "Zappeion".
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Fourth Day: 1906 (Apr 12) 10l stationery lettercard sent within the Zappeion from Josef Rössler-Orovsky (one of the most illustrious Czech sportsmen, member of the IOC, President of the Czech OC, involved with the Scouts movement, etc.) to F. Soucek (discus and javelin thrower at the Games for Bohem
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Eight day of the Games: 1906 (Apr 16) Organising Committee printed envelope with 1906 Olympic 25l cancelled-to-order by "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / STADION" cds, some minor toning to stamp and reverse with missing poster vignette, very fine and scarce.
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Eight day of the Games: 1906 (Apr 16) Organising Committee printed envelope with 1906 Olympic 2l cancelled-to-order by "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / STADION" cds, very fine and scarce.
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1906 (Apr 17 & 19) Athens, pair of picture postcards with one sent by Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter who won gold; with one of the Olympic stadium with message and signed by him and sent to France with Olympic 10l, and other a ppc of him making the jump at the Games sent from Athens to France w
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1906 (Apr 17) Picture postcard of with 1906 Olympics 1l and 3l tied by the "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / (AKROPOLIS)" special cds (cancelled-to-order), some heavy foxing, scarce.
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ELEVENTH AND FINAL DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 19) 5l postal stationery postcard, unaddressed, with Olympics 1l, 3l, 5l, 10l and 20l tied by the special ATHENS / ZAPPEION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, fine. Note that the Olympic Village was at Zappeion.
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Seventh Day: 1906 (Apr 15) Picture postcard to Austria of the stadium with 1906 Olympics 10l (slightly oxidised colour) and official poster vignette in vermilion, both tied by the "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / (ZAPPEION)" special cds, Vienna arrival, fine.
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1906 (Apr 20) Picture postcard of the Zappeion with 1906 Olympics 5l and official poster vignette in vermilion, both tied by the "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / (ZAPPEION)" special cds (cancelled-to-order), image of the picture side adhered to card at lower left, fine.
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1906 (Apr 21) Picture postcard of the stadium sent to the island of Lefkada franked on the picture side with 1906 Olympics 5l tied by the "ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / (STADION)" special cds, arrival cds adjacent, very fine; cert. E. Diena (1984).
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Swedish Olympic Committee report for the 1906 Athens games, SB, minor wear to cover, a very scarce and useful report with illustrations.
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1906 Athens Olympics and views of Athens group of 74 picture postcards, with 2 illustrated cards by Boehm, Ventouris & Co, 35 of the stadium and crowds, three from non-Olympic national games, one of a Swedish competitor on the voyage to the games, and 31 souvenir cards and view cards of Athens and O
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1908 London Olympics and Franco British Exhibition, group of 27 picture postcards, with six of the famous Dorando, one of J. J. Hayes who was awarded the marathon win, seven of the stadium incl. one posted on JY 14 1908 (the first day of the Games) from Earls Court, 11 of the Exposition with many sh
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1908 London, trio of picture postcards; one of Dorando crossing the marathon finishing line sent August 9 1908 from London, and a French postcard for the Franco-British exposition depicting the Olympic stadium sent within France, and 1912 Stockholm ppc of the Crown Prince at the opening ceremony (wi
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1908 London "Rowing Sports at Henley-on-Thames programme of the week's welcome from Berks, Bucks & Oxon", pp.10, with a programme of the receptions and entertainment for the competitors during the Olympics, fine and rare.
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1908 Imperial Sports Club enamelled medallion for the Franco-British Exhibition, with club name and date on front, Exhibition legend and issue no. on reverse, very fine and scarce. Note: The Imperial Sports Club was the headquarters of the British Olympic Organising Committee.
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"Världsmästare af Torsten Schonberg / Skisser Fran Olympiska Spelen I London 1908" book which consists of 25 illustrations of the world's most famous athletes, minor cover imperfections, scarce.
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Roller Machine Cancels. 1912 group of four covers with the bilingual "OLYMPISKA SPELEN I STOCKHOLM / OLYMPIC GAMES OF STOCKHOLM / 29 JUNI - 1912 - 22 JULI" roller machine cancels, one dated May 15th also with the "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / + STOCKHOLM 1912 + / LE 29 JUIN - 22 JUILLET" publicity hs, o
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LBR. / STADION Cancels. 12th DAY: 1912 (Jul 10) "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" special cds tying 5ö to picture postcard depicting Marathon runners in the Olympic stadium, very fine and rare cancel, sent on the day of the Shot Put, 200m, 5'000m, Pole Jump, 1'500m, Wrestling and Gymnastics at the
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14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) Olympic Press Agency printed envelope sent within Sweden with two 5c tied by the good strikes of the scarce "STOCKHOLM / LBR. / STADION" stadium cds, arrival bs, fine and rare combination of official printed envelope and Olympic cancels, a showpiece of 1912 Stockholm philatel
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14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) Picture postcard sent by British swimmer Percy Courtman (bronze in the 400m breaststroke) sent to his family, with 8ö and 2ö tied by the scarce "STOCKHOLM / L.B.R. / STADION" stadium cancel, with message reading "I have been swimming in races every day this week, but have not
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14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) picture postcard of the stadium sent from the stadium, with 5ö and tuberculosis vignette/cinderella tied by the "STOCKHOLM / LBR / STADION" cds, with Kimstad arrival, redirected with further Kimstad cds and Gistad cds, fine and scarce cancel.
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STADION Cancels. 11th Day: 1912 (Jul 9) official picture postcard of the Swedish gymnasts entering the stadium sent, from the Olympic stadium with 5ö tied by the "STOCKHOLM / STADION" cds, with Särö arrival adjacent, fine and very scarce cancel.
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14th Day: 1912 (Jul 12) envelope sent registered from the Olympic stadium franked with 24ö (stamps toned) tied by the "STOCKHOLM / STADION" cds with the "STADION" registered label below, reverse with Lidingo Villastad arrival, a very rare exhibition showpiece, with only two complete covers recorded
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Postcards. 1912 Stockholm official picture postcard depicting the finish of the men's 1'500m and signed on front and back by the silver medallist (pictured) Abel Kiviat from USA, light creasing, fine.
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Vignettes. 1912 Stockholm set of 16 mint poster stamps/vignettes with the different languages incl. Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, etc., plus extra imperf. in German language, the Finnish without gum, mostly fine to very fine.
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Memorabilia. 1912 American Try Out Games at Harvard Stadium, ticket stub for June 8th 1912, fine and rare.
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1912 Stockholm official report, Swedish text, front cover and spine loose.
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1912 Stockholm Athletics rule book, front cover loose and creased, plus official guide book in Swedish (foxing to front cover).
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1912 Stockholm group of books incl. rule books, magazines, newspapers, etc. incl. "The Youth's Companion" Aug 1st 1912 with front cover showing Olympic stadium and US participants, official guide book (loose covers), "Stockholm ett minne fran Olympiska Spelens Stad 1912" booklet, "Die Olympischen Sp
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1912 "Nordiskt Idrottslif" magazine, Christmas 1912, pp.33, including articles reviewing events at the Olympics, as well as one about women's sportswear, how to swim, etc., including four original inserts for the magazine with illustrations of gold medal winners at the Games, very fine.
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Group of three items relating to Frederick Wall, Secretary of the Football Association and on the council of the British Olympic Association, incl. 1913 British Olympic Council banquet menu (foxing) in the honour of Coubertin, signed on the front by Wall, Roderick McNair (who became the first Presid
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1913 German football commemorative medal "Dem Akademischem Fussball Meister Leipzig 1913", very fine.
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1920 and 1921 Olympic issue group, incl. 1920 imperf. set of three, "SPECIMEN" set of three in two pairs for 5c & 10c and block of four for 15c, 1921 Surcharges set of three with inverted ovpts, the set in mint blocks of four and a selection of mint & used with some showing varieties such as shifted
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1920 (Jun 26) Olympic Organising Committee printed envelope sent to Czechoslovakia with 25c tied by Brussels Olympic slogan cancel with 15c below tied by normal Brussels cds, some minor imperfections with a little staining at top right, very scarce.
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First Day of the Games: 1920 (Aug 14) postcard sent registered with the Olympic set and Albert 1c pair tied by Antwerp Olympic cds, Antwerp registered label adjacent, slight toning and 5c with missing corner perf., fine.
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During the Games: 1920 (Aug 16) picture postcard with the Olympic set tied by "ANTWERPEN-ANVERS / VIIE OLYMPIADE" cds, sent on the day of the 100m final, 400m hurdle final, etc., with message in French reading "Rain, rain...and a drenched Games".
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During the Games: 1920 (Aug 23) picture postcard with the Olympic set tied by Antwerp "1" Olympic slogan machine cancel, sent on the day of the 1600m relay final, 10'000m cross country, tennis final, etc., slight toning, fine.
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During the Games: 1920 (Aug 29) Olympic Organising Committee printed envelope sent within Antwerp with 15c tied by Antwerp Olympic cds, arrival bs, tape staining at top, still a scarce envelope.
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During the Games: 1920 (Aug 30) French Olympic Committee printed envelope for the Games, sent to France with 25c tied by Antwerp "1" Olympic slogan cancel, missing backflap and tape stain at top, very scarce.
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1920 Antwerp, group of 32 covers/cards with Olympic slogan machine cancels, incl. the scarce "GENT 1", card to France with Olympic 15c marked as invalid (as they weren't allowed for sending abroad) and taxed 20c, one with Olympic 1'c tied by "Liege 1" cancel, the rest with definitive frankings incl.
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1920 Antwerp collection of postcards incl. real photo postcard of Baillet-Latour (organiser of the Games) with King Albert I and others, ppc of Elmer Niklander (gold medal discus, silver in the shotput), real ppc of Pieter beets (Dutch cyclist at the Games), ppc of Vilho Tullos (gold in the triple j
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1920 Antwerp participation medal, 60mm, bronze, very fine.
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1920 Antwerp, Rowing rules and regulations booklet, pp.20, English text, some minor foxing to cover otherwise fine and scarce.
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1923 Grand Meeting International d'Athletisme, Stade Pershing, unused ticket for the event on 9th June 1923, inscribed "Répétition Générale des Jeux Olympiques" (translation: Dress Rehearsal for the Olympic Games), a little water staining, fine and scarce.
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1924 (Jan 27) Organising Committee illustrated envelope showing Mont Blanc, sent on the third day of the Games with 25 Semeuse tied by the "SPORTS d'HIVER / CHAMONIX - MONT BLANC / JANVIER 1924" Olympic roller cancel, reverse with French arrival, some insignificant tears at top, very rare usage of t
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12th Day (Closing Ceremony): 1924 (Feb 5) picture postcard of Chamonix with 10c semeuse tied by very fine "SPORTS d'HIVER / CHAMONIX-MONT BLANC / JANVIER" Olympic slogan roller cancel, overall toning, fine, plus 1937 FIS 1F50 Chamonix deluxe die proof (toned and fault at right) and usage on a postca
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Essays and Proofs. 1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes), group of three mono-colour proofs on quadrillé paper in light brown, violet and deep green, showing impressions of the die struck into the paper, each with various amounts of toning and peripheral fault
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) mono-colour proof on handmade paper in brownish red, showing impression of the die struck into the paper, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) die proof of the frame only on wove paper in blue with coloured surround, showing impression of the die struck into the paper, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof on vertically laid paper in light blue and dark grey-blue, showing impressions of the central vignette and frame dies struck into the paper, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof on quadrillé paper in blue and dark blue, with central vignette slightly misplaced, showing impressions of the dies struck into the paper, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof on glossy paper in greenish blue and blue, with central vignette misplaced, showing impressions of the dies struck into the paper, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in grey-blue and light brown on yellowish wove paper, pencil "714/103" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in mauve and reddish brown on yellowish wove paper, pencil "418/519" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in brown-black and violet on yellowish wove paper, pencil "518/712" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in brown-black and orange-yellow on yellowish wove paper, pencil "215/712" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in brown-black and magenta on yellowish wove paper, pencil "413/712" (rubbed out ) at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in brown-black and orange-yellow on yellowish wove paper, pencil "215/712" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in red-orange and green on yellowish wove paper, pencil "303/401" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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1924 50c Olympics unissued design (depicting the Roman arena in Nemes) colour proof in light blue and olive on yellowish wove paper, pencil "604/113" at lower right referring to the colours, fine and scarce.
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Issued Stamps and Varieties. 1924 Olympics stamp group, incl. early state proof on glossy paper (reduced) without "FRANCE" and short rays around the monument, mint set of four imperforate, 30c proof in blue (cut from a composite proof sheet), set in mint blocks of four, various used incl. per
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Covers and Cancellations. 1924 (Mar 4) Postcard with 10c Pasteur tied by the scarce Colombes "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller publicity cancel, a little toning around stamp, fine. Note: Colombes was the venue of the stadium at the 1924 Olympics.
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1924 (Apr 2) France Olympic Committee printed envelope sent to the Czech Olympic Committee with 25c & 50c Semeuese tied by Paris "JEUX OLYMPIQUES" slogan cancel, slightly reduced at left, fine.
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1924 (Apr 3) official envelope sent from Paris to Colombes, struck on arrival by the scarce Colombes "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller publicity cancel, missing portion of backflap and small cosmetic repair at top, fine. Note: Colombes was the venue of the stadium at the 192
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1924 (May 14) envelope from Paris to Colombes with Olympic 25c tied by the Gare Saint Lazare Olympic slogan cancel, with reverse showing the scarce Colombes Olympic roller cancel, opened on three sides for display and a little discolouration to the envelope, fine and very rare to have an Olympic sta
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During the Games: 1924 (Jun 27) Commercial cover from a book publisher sent with the very rare "P.P. / PARIS XIV" "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller frank cancel (P.P. for postage paid), arrival backstamp, the rarest postmark of 1924 Paris with only five examples recorded, th
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Day of the Opening Ceremony: 1924 (Jul 5) Envelope sent from the Olympic Village to Paris with 1924 Olympic 10c (endorsed Imprimés for printed matter rate) tied by "COLOMBES / STADE OLYMPIQUE" cds with "COLOMBES-STADE OLYMPIQUE" s/l hs below, very fine and scarce, an ideal exhibition item sent on t
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DURING THE GAMES: 1924 (Jul 25) Envelope sent registered from the Olympic Village to Bordeaux with 1924 Olympic 25c, 30c and 50c all tied by "COLOMBES / VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE" cds with very rare "COLOMBES / OLYMPIQUES" registration label below along with "COLOMBES-VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE" s/l hs, "JEUX OLYMPI
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1924 (Aug 5) Envelope sent with the rare "P.P. / PARIS XIV" "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" roller frank cancel (P.P. for postage paid), sent within Paris, cover with creasing and some small tears, still the rarest postmark of 1924 Paris with only five examples recorded (see Jour
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"JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET" roller cancel group of 5 covers/cards from different places, incl. the scarcer R. DE CLERY, as well as R. du FAUBg St DENIS on cover with three Olympic 25c, Av D'ORLEANS, GARE DE L'EST (also with Marseilles Olympic slogan arrival on reverse) and AV. DE LA
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Grand Liban: 1925 (Apr 6) Envelope sent to France with "Gd Liban" surcharged Olympic set and "GRAND LIBAN" surcharged Olympic set, all tied by Beyrouth cds, Paris arrival bs, some minor glue stains on reverse, very fine and attractive with both Olympic sets.
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Grand Liban: 1925 (Feb 12) Envelope sent to France with "Gd Liban" surcharged Olympic set tied by Beyrouth cds, with the 0P50 on 10c showing misplaced surcharge with country at foot, vertical crease clear of stamps and some minor envelope staining, fine.
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Grand Liban: Pair of covers, incl. 1925 (Feb 12) Envelope, unaddressed, with "Gd Liban" surcharged Olympic set tied by Beyrouth cds, with the 0P50 on 10c showing misplaced surcharge with country at foot, and the 1P25 on 25c and 1P50 on 30c showing small "L" in "LIBAN" variety, some foxing, fine; and
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Syria: Pair of covers, incl. 1924 (Oct 2) envelope with "Syrie" surcharged Olympic set of four, all tied by Damas cds, fine; and 1925 (Feb 17) Envelope sent registered to the USA with "SYRIE" surcharged Olympic set and 4pi on 85c, all tied by Damas cds, reverse with New York arrivals, some tone spot
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1924 Paris, group covers with cancellations and Olympic frankings incl. 39 covers/cards with the "JEUX OLYMPIQUES / PARIS / MAI-JUIN-JUILLET / 1924" slogan cancel with a range of different place datestamps (a few with Olympic stamps and one with stampless with "Président de la République" hs), four
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Postcards. 1924 Paris postcard group incl. Blanche set of 8 with original wrapper, St. Raphael Quinquina group of 13 different cards, and 9 others incl. a caricature of the Olympic stamp, one by Bleuet sent with pair of Olympic 10c, one of Jonny Weissmuller plus an entire booklet "Les Piscine
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Floowy Swimming postcard sent by French swimmer Henri Padou who won gold in the team competition (and bronze in the team competition in 1928), with message reading "In Paris to represent France against Weissmuller and Arne Borg" (translation), sent within France and underpaid with 10c with 20c posta
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Floowy set of 10 different art deco cards showing an array of different sports, some minor toning, fine and attractive cards
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Memorabilia. 1924 Paris participation medal, 55mm, bronze, including original cardboard box, very fine.
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1924 Paris Official Report, blue cover, some wear to spine, fine.
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1924 Paris brass ashtray/dish, 11.6cm wide, showing two runners in the stadium with "JEUX OLYMPIQUES PARIS 1924" at top, very fine.
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1922 dinner menu in honour of William H. Cuddy, manager of the US boxing team in 1924 Paris, and signed by 29 attendees inside (more on reverse but has been stuck in a scrapbook previously), with autographs identified such as Al Lacy (trainer in 1924 Olympics), J. Frank Facey (American Olympic Assoc
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Leather luggage bag with the official 1924 Paris Games luggage label, a rare usage
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1924 Paris and 1928 Amsterdam, collection of 50 glass slides from both Games (roughly 2/3rds Paris and 1/3rd Amsterdam), including photos from a spectator in the stand at Paris incl. the Opening Ceremony, and roughly half of which are hand painted images/caricatures of famous athletes from both Game
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1925 Prague Congress group incl. set of Congress postal stationery cards cancelled by the double circle Congress ds, one Congress stationery card uprated incl. Congress 50h sent registered to Budapest with Congress cancel, set of three Congress stamps on cover with Congress cancel, and two covers wi
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1928 St. Moritz general rules and programme in German, pp.28, incl. fold-out map at back, fine and very scarce.
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1928 St. Moritz group of 10 official illustrated postcards, unused, all different and all but two in very fine condition.
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Issued Stamps, Covers and Cancellations. 1928 Olympics group incl. two examples of the 10c with variety IMPERF. AT RIGHT between stamp and margin, one with "14" in margin in pair (perf. splitting and heavily toned) and single with "18" in margin (toned gum), 10c cancelled marginal block of fo
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1928 Commemorative set of Amsterdam Olympics on cover to Switzerland bearing the scarce registration label "Amsterdam Stadion".
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1928 (May 13) envelope sent registered and express to Germany with seven Olympic stamps tied by the stadium "N2" pentagonal ds, with "Amsterdam / Stadion" in manuscript on registration label, some minor toning, Berlin arrival bs, attractive and scarce ms reg'n label.
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During the Games: 1928 (May 21) pair of envelopes sent with the complete Olympic set of 8, tied by the stadium "N2" pentagonal ds in violet, postman's hs on reverse, one with minor stain, fine and scarce examples of this cancel in violet, sent during the hockey competition.
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During the Games: 1928 (Jun 13) postcard with violet cachet of the Stadium Post Office ("Wijkkantoor Post, Telegraaf en Telefoon / Amsterdam Stadion / De Beheerder") on reverse, with three non-Olympic 1 1/2c tied by the stadium "N2" pentagonal ds, fine, sent during the football competition.
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1928 (Jul 11) envelope sent registered and express from the Olympic stadium to Switzerland with the complete Olympic set of 8, tied by the stadium "N2" pentagonal ds with "AMSTERDAM / STADION" hs registration label adjacent, Wallisellen arrival bs, some minor foxing, fine and attractive.
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During the Games: 1928 (Aug 10) picture postcard sent registered to the USA with the complete Olympic set of 8, tied by the stadium "N2" pentagonal ds, withe "AMSTERDAM / STADION" hs on registration label, tone spot on one stamp, fine and attractive, sent during the fencing, rowing, swimming, boxing
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1928 (Aug 11) Olympic Committee printed envelope sent registered to the Italian Olympic Committee with the Olympic set tied by the pentagonal Olympic "N3" ds in violet, as well as the official poster vignette/cinderella, with Amsterdam Stadion registration label, very fine and highly attractive, abo
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During the Games: 1928 (Aug 11) Hotel Terminus printed envelope sent registered from the Olympic stadium to Switzerland with the complete Olympic set of 8, tied by the stadium "N2" pentagonal ds with "AMSTERDAM / STADION" hs registration label adjacent, Lübben arrival bs, fine and attractive.
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1928 Amsterdam group incl. Netherlands Olympic Committee printed envelope with 5c machine frank sent locally, unused NOC headed letter paper, propaganda card for an Olympic swimming stamp used with 5c Olympic stamp and Olympic pentagonal cancel plus unused card, Olympic slogan machine cancel on car
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1928 Amsterdam group of covers and postcards incl. front with Olympic set sent registered with manuscript "Amsterdam Stadion" label, three covers with Olympic sets tied by the stadium pentagonal cancel (one with Stadion hs registered label), two Olympic pc's by Weenenk & Snel with Olympic frankings
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Huygens Postal Stationery Cards (ordered by Series number). 1928 7 1/2c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in brown (Serie not inscribed but as Serie A) showing printer's name at lower left and "PROEFMODEL" at top right and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 7 1/2c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie not inscribed but as Serie A) showing printer's name at lower left and "PROEFMODEL" at top right and no stationery die, vertical crease at right, scarce.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens (Serie A.6001), cancelled by the Olympic pentagonal "N2" ds, a little foxing at top left, fine and scarce with the Olympic cancel.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie B) with "PROEFMODEL" at top right and no stationery die, fine and scarce.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie C.1) with "PROEFMODEL" at top and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie not inscribed) with "PROEFMODEL" at top right and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 7 1/2c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie not inscribed) showing printer's name at lower left and "PROEFMODEL" at top right and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 7 1/2c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in brown (Serie not inscribed) showing printer's name at lower left and "PROEFMODEL" at top right and no stationery die, oxidised colour, fine and scarce.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens (Serie D.1000), cancelled by the Olympic pentagonal "N2" ds, minor fox spots otherwise fine and scarce with the Olympic cancel.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie D.1) with "PROEFMODEL" at top and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie D.1-1000 with last 0 crossed out in pen) with "PROEFMODEL" at top and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, proof in black (Serie E.1) with "PROEFMODEL" at top and no stationery die, very fine and scarce.
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1928 3c official postal stationery card by Huygens (Serie F.1) depicting football, light horizontal bend, fine appearance, a popular card with this football thematic.
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1928 3c official postal stationery card by Huygens depicting Cycling (Serie F.2), unused, some minor peripheral toning, fine.
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1928 3c official postal stationery card by Huygens depicting Boxing (Serie F.3), unused, small stain at top and light vertical bend at right, fine.
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1928 3c official postal stationery card by Huygens depicting Swimming (Serie F.4) with "DE REGENTES" advert below, unused, very fine
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1928 3c official postal stationery card by Huygens depicting Swimming (Serie F.4) with "DE REGENTES" advert below, cancelled by the Olympic pentagonal "N2" ds, small tone spot at left, fine.
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1928 5c official postal stationery card by Huygens, group of 11 unused cards, all different, incl. Serie A.1-1000, A.1001-2000, A.2001-3000, A.3001-4000, A.4001-5000, A.5001-6000, A.6001-7000, B.1-1000, C.1000, D.1000 and E.1000, some light toning on some cards otherwise fine and scarce group.
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1928 Olympic Issues of Other Countries. Portugal: 1928 Olympic 15c and 30c with "ESPÉCIMEN" hs affixed to printer's presentation notice, 13.5x14.4cm, inscribed at top "Casa da Moeda e Valores Selados" (the security printers) and "Selos comemorativos da IX Olimpiada" (commemorative stamps of t
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Memorabilia. 1928 Amsterdam program for the Opening Ceremony, July 28th, vertical fold and some pages inside miscut at top.
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1928 Amsterdam programme for 30th July, signed on the front cover by Betty Robinson, winner of the first Olympic 100 metres for women (as well as silver in the 4x100m in Amsterdam and gold in the 4x100m relay in Berlin), the programme from the day she qualified for the final, some minor staining, an
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1928 Amsterdam and St. Moritz official report by the German Olympic Committee, pp.55, SB, minor wear to cover, a rare book.
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1928 Amsterdam and St. Moritz group of 13 books/magazines related to the Games incl. Swiss Olympic Committee report on Amsterdam and St. Moritz, HB, pp.108, and a copy of the paperback edition, "St. Nicholas": Over the Olympic Hurdles" July 1928 magazine, "Sport und Sonne" magazine (Olympic edition)
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1928 United States Shipping Lines "Farewell Dinner" menu signed by 27 people, mostly boxers and boxing coaches from the US Olympic team, incl. John Daley (silver in the bantam weight), Steve Halaiko (silver in the lightweight), etc., stained and some peripheral tears, a great item for the boxing col
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1928ca. group of 10 boxing photo cards or photos of the US team, ppc of a boxing arena in NY, a ticket to a boxing match in NY (1927), plus photo of a rowing team and a high jumper (fated 1920)
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1930 (May 26) 3pf postal stationery card sent locally, cancelled by special Congress 26.5.30 16-17 cds (4pm-5pm), fine and scarce.
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1930 (May 26) 5pf postal stationery card sent locally, cancelled by special Congress 26.5.30 16-17 cds (4pm-5pm), toned, fine and scarce.
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1930 (May 30) Olympic Congress printed card with 5pf tied by special Congress 30.5.30 11am-12pm cds, couple of tone spots, fine and rare.
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1932 Lake Placid pair of daily tickets for the afternoon on Feb 12th, one for a child (buff colour) and one for an adult (green), both used with punch hole, glue stains on reverse of child's ticket otherwise fine.
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1932 Lake Placid group of four 1930s real photo postcards depicting USA bobsleigh team incl. Curtis Stevens (who won gold in the men's two), very fine and scarce.
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1932 Los Angeles and Lake Placid group of covers and stamps, with 12 LA FDCs with various designs incl. Olympic Committee ticket department envelope with Olympic franking and one with plate blocks of four, also Olympic Village printed cover to Austria, cover signed by participants from the German te
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1932 Los Angeles official report, faults to spine and minor edge toning.
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1932 Los Angeles official programmes, group of seven including July 30th (Opening Ceremony), Aug 5th (tape on spine), Aug 6th, Aug 1st, Aug 12th, Aug 13th (minor warping), Aug 14th (soiled), generally fine.
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1932 Los Angeles, group of four tickets incl. used Closing Ceremony ticket, Wrestling Aug 7 ticket with stub and "VOID" punches, Fencing Aug 2 ticket used, and Rowing Aug 13th ticket used and roughly torn off stub, plus LA Times miniature general program.
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1932 Los Angeles group of 11 picture postcards of Dutch participants who competed at the Games, all from the same series printed by Rouke & Erhart of Raarn, very fine and scarce.
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Coca Cola "Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932" event disk, 14.1cm, with date and place of all events shown by turning outer disc, also with All-Time Olympic Records, Olympic 1928 Champions, Country and World Records, fine and rare early Coca-Cola advertising item.
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1932 Los Angeles souvenir wooden oar inscribed "OLYMPIC / ROWING RACES / 19 - 32 / LONG BEACH / CAL. / U.S.A.", 70.5cm long, reverse with newspaper image of a rowing team, unusual memorabilia from the Games.
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1932 Los Angeles commemorative thermometer in the shape of a key, with wooden base, mother of pearl, with legend "KEY TO / OLYMPIC GAMES / LOS ANGELES 1932", attractive and unusual.
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1920-30s, Group of 20 original press photos of the Italian national football team and players during international matches in the 20s and 30s, mixed quality.
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1934 World Cup: 1934 (Jun 19 & Jul 6) Three "Setaccioli" envelopes sent by registered airmail from Tripoli to Rome with Italian Colonies 1934 World Cup set across the three covers, Rome arrival bs on each, very fine and attractive philatelic usages.
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1934 World Cup: Italian Colonies 1934 World Cup complete set of six airmail commemoratives on air mail cover, cancelled 4 June 1934 one day prior the official date of issue, rare; cert. Caffaz.
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1934 World Cup: Italy 1934 World Cup ordinary mail set 5 on registered cover, cancelled "Rome 25-5-34" on the day of the FIFA Congress, fine and rare; cert. Sorani.
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1934 World Cup: Aegean Islands cover at correct printed matter rate franked with two stamps of 1934 World Cup commemorative set, rare.
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1934 World Cup: Italy postcard mailed from Rome the day of the World Cup final Italy v Czechoslovakia, with "Roma Ferrovia" cds of 10 June 1934, rare.
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1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen group of 60+ covers plus dozens of pieces with Olympic cancels, stationery, etc., incl. printed Organising Committee envelope with Winter Games set tied by the Press Olympic cds, commercial covers with Games advertising legends, a couple registered, a range of the machine
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1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen A4-size official poster, offset printing by Chromolithogr. Kunstanstalt A.G., light toning, corner crease, fine and scarce.
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1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen group of brochures and a book, incl. official ticket price list, Official Assistance Stations for Motorists leaflet, Spanish version of the official programme and ticket price list, 20 publicity/tourist brochures for the Games or area (three in English, one in French, res
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"American Olympic Association News" for the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games, three copies dated August 19th 1935, August 27th 1935 and September 3rd 1935 (the first three of the series) with a series of articles written by Bill Henry with intros by Avery Bundage, fine and scarce.
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1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen photo report book by the German Post Office depicting their services during the Winter Games, 37x25cm, 56 pages with a black & white photo on each with legend, fine and very rare book
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Robot Olympiade Bilderdienst advertising poster for the use of their cameras at the Games, 29x39cm, framed, showing a picture of the famous ice skater Ernst Baier with "Daily new photos from the 1936 Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen" below, very fine.
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1936 (Apr 1) Printed envelope for the "Olympic Training Community" in Köln, with printed header "RE: The Special Trip to Berlin" (translation), sent locally in Cologne with 3pf tied by slogan cancel, incl. original printed letter "Circular to all participants of our special trip to the Berlin Olymp
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Stamps. 1936 Berlin unadopted essays group, quite possibly essays that were submitted to the Reichsdruckerei as a proposal for the Olympic issue, with three blocks of seven photographic essays stuck on perforated paper showing different designs of various sports with very Germanic designs as
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1936 Berlin IMPERFORATE miniature sheet (Mi. Block no.5), thick paper, cancelled by favour with the Olympic Bell "OLYMPIA-STADION" cds, with the 4+3pf die slightly misplaced to the left and upwards, fine and very rare.
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1936 Olympic Torchbearer 12pf + 6pf carmine-red, complete unopened coil roll of 300 stamps with approx. 30 coil joins, showing lead strip with imprinted and manuscript information: “Olympiamarken 300 Stück zu 12 + 6 Rpf / (ms “25./6. 36”) Wert: 54 RM (ms “14909”)”“Schlußstreifen zu 4 Marken=blättche
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Group of documents about the stamps and cancellations, incl. 6 pages of extracts from the "Amtsblatt des Reichspostministeriums. Bekantmachungen der Deutschen Reichspost" (Official Gazette of the Reich Ministry. Announcements of the Deutsche Reichspost) for the Olympic set, postal stationery, telegr
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Special Postmarks. 1936 Berlin collection of covers, cards, cancels, pieces, vignettes and booklets, incl. 10 Zeppelin Olympiafahrt covers from Germany, 40 registered covers from the Games with matching cancels, plus 200+ covers/cards with Olympic bell cancels, roller cancels, slogan machine
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1936 Berlin "Olympia Stadion" telegram form with six Berlin Olympics stamps affixed tied by matching Olympic Bell "Olympia-Stadion" cancellations, minor foxing, fine and rare.
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1936 Berlin collection of Olympic slogan meter marks/franks, with 20 covers/cards, two different Lufthansa marks with 0pf value, Olympic Bell meter mark with 0pf on front and two pieces/part covers, with better incl. "Zur Olympiade merk' dir's genau: die Ruderer kämpfen in Grünau!" (At the Olympics.
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1936 (Aug 1) envelope sent registered and express from the Olympic Stadium with the complete set of Olympic stamps tied by the Stadion Olympic Bell cds and matching reg'n label adjacent, incl. original receipt for this letter, fine.
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Argentina: 1936 (Apr 27) Envelope with "Visite la XI Olimpiada Internacional en Berlin" slogan meter mark with arrival ds, reverse with imprint of the Banco Germanico, very fine and very scarce
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1936 (Aug 12) Envelope sent registered by Hindenburg Zeppelin with 2M airmail tied by Olympic Village "bell" pictorial cancel with matching registration label adjacent, with "Europa-Nordamerika" cachet and Frankfurt cds adjacent, New York arrival bs, very fine and scarce Zeppelin cover sent from the
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1921-41, Group of "Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen" printed covers and a variety of slogan machine franks; 8 covers and a large piece, incl. 1936 (Jul 16) cover with machine frank sent to the Berlin Organising Committee, three from 1938-39 with machine franks sent to the Yacht Club in Kiel, a
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1936 Hindenburg Olympic Flight. 1936 Commemorative set of Berlin Olympics on FDC with special cancellation of the Hindenburg flight Europa - North America dated 9 May 1936, very fine.
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Danzig: 1936 Zeppelin Olympic Flight card with Danzig franking tied by "DANZIG / LANGFUHR" cds, Berlin transit and Olympic flight cachet, light diagonal bend, fine and scarce.
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Switzerland: 1936 Zeppelin Olympic Flight envelope to India with Switzerland franking tied by Arbon cds, Berlin transit and Olympic flight cachet adjacent along with Frankfurt airmail transit, reverse with Berlin transit, an unusual destination.
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1936 Hindenburg group of 11 Olympiafahrt covers, incl. Austria, Liechtenstein, two from Netherlands, four from Netherlands Indies, Switzerland and a forged combination cover with Belgium & Germany, ok to fine condition.
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Documents, Programmes, Tickets, etc.. "Biciklisticka Sekcija S.K. "Moravia" Kraljevo / Olympia - Berlin 1936" hardbound scrapbook by two Yugoslav cyclists who rode from Olympia to Berlin in 1936, HB with green leather and gilt covers, with cut-outs of Olympic brochures, postcards, messages fr
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"Handbook of the General Provisions and Sports Regulations" by the Organising Committee in Spanish, HB, pp.336 plus fold-out pages of diagrams, plans, etc., very fine.
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"Handbook of the General Provisions and Sports Regulations" by the Organising Committee in French, HB, pp.320 plus fold-out pages of diagrams, plans, etc., some minor water damage causing some minor buckling of pages and affecting some of the fold-outs.
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1936 Berlin official identity card for a British journalist, very fine.
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1936 Berlin Official Report in German, two volumes, some minor wear to the covers and light foxing, fine.
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1936 Berlin group of eight Organising Committee circulars, with three "1st Circular" dated Feb 1936 in French, Italian & Spanish which was sent to IOC members, NOCs and Sports Federations; three "3rd Circular" March 1936 in Spanish, Italian & French to NOCs, and two "2nd Circular to Sports Federatio
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"Olympia-Pressedienst" Organising Committee newsletters, nos.27-33 followed by nos.1-5 for the Art competition privately bound in a HB cover.
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Group incl. "Olympia-Pressedienst" Organising Committee notices, seven with results from the fencing, two with boxing bouts, one with day programme and one for shooting results, scarce (11), and official shooting score sheet for a Greek participant in the Free Pistol event (Aug 7th).
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1936 Berlin group of 14 official brochures produced by the tourist office in association with the Organising Committee, 11 showing the Olympic poster design in four different versions (blue & buff; grey-green and brown; blue and multicoloured) in different languages incl. Polish, Finnish, English, S
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"Hamburg Training Group for the Olympiad 1936" membership card issued by the German Athletics Association, with Olympic bell on reverse, belonging to Ewald "Blacky" Schwarz who couldn't compete at the Games due to ill health, incl. biography of him drafted for the Bergdorfer Zeitung.
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"Wichtige Information!" (Important Information) A4 leaflet for photographic reporters at the Games, with illustrations of the arm patch to be worn at all times and the two ID cards and the rules the photographers must follow, the meaning of the different coloured arm bands, the penalties associated
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1936 Berlin Olympic Festivals group, incl. "Festival of the Competitors" at Deutschland Hall Aug. 16th 1936 brochure with the programme and speech by the IOC President in five different languages, ticket to the Olympic "Grosses Festspiel" 1st Aug, ticket to the Richard Wagner Festspiel at the Op
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Bulgarian Olympic Committee special 32 page booklet with instructions and information pertaining to Torch Relay through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary & on to Germany, franked 30st pair tied on front of booklet with BULGARIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE cachet in blue alongside, an extremely rare showp
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Medals. 1936 Berlin participation medal, dark patination, very fine
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Other Memorabilia. Airforce Regiment "General Goering" hand engraved champagne bucket in silvered metal presented to Gerhard Gustmann on his gold medal victory in Rowing, 200mm high, 200mm diameter, showing swastika above "Grünaüs / grässter Held" (Grunau's greatest hero" and "Dem Leutnant Gu
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Group of four original hand illustrated (in black ink) comic strips by Phil Berube (1935-1938) and one by Hollreiser (1958), one entitled "U.S. Olympic Prospects" depicting Uncle Sam and hurdler Al Moreau, one entitled "The 1936 Olympics" depicting racist stereotype of Jesse Owens and hammer thrower
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"Preserve the Olympic ideal" by the Committee on Fair Play in Sports (New York City), SB, pp.62, published 1936, which discusses the question of whether American athletes should go to Berlin and the treatment of Jews by the Nazis, some minor handling/smudge marks, very rare piece of memorabilia with
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1936 Berlin group of four music booklets incl. "Olympia-Trumphmarsch" sheet music by Bernhard Kutsch (folder with 7 copies of the music), "Our Olympic Journey 1936" lyrics (German) from the "Berlingymnasternas Fest" 19th Sep 1936, "Hymnen der Völfer" national anthems for Berlin 1936, and "Das Deutsc
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1936 Berlin group of memorabilia about Swedish participants, incl. "Svenska Olympiatruppen vid XI Olympiaden i Berlin" brochure with list of Swedish participants, bag tag "SVERIGE-BERLIN OLYMPIADEN 1936 / SKANE-HALLAND", brochure from the Idrottsbladet to participants going to the Games, "Svenska Id
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Collection of 70+ various magazines and newspapers from late 1935 to 1936 with various articles about the (mostly) Berlin Games and Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games, mostly German or American, incl. 42 copies of "Die Yacht" magazine, an intriguing lot.
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1936 Berlin group of three shellac discs with music from the Olympic Festival, entitled "Einzug und Reigen der Mädchen", "Totenklänge" and Waffentanz, produced by Telefunken for the 1936 Games, 29.5cm diameter, very rare discs with music from the Olympic Games.
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1936 Berlin, group incl. 13 day programmes and Youth Festival programme, Argentinean Olympic Committee printed envelope (not sent, some damage) with tourist pamphlet inside advertising the Games, programme for the ceremony at the Pergamon museum, brochure of the address of Count Baillet Latour at th
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Collection of 16 fold-out maps, mostly of Berlin during the Olympics and 3 of the just the Olympic stadium/area, plus a small map and two non-Olympic of Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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Plaque with profile of Richard Strauss in relief, cast iron, 27cm high, very fine. Note: In 1932, Richard Strauss was approached by Dr. Theodor Lewald, the German OC's representative to the IOC for an anthem to be composed for the 1936 Olympics. Early in 1933, Strauss agreed to compose an Olympic Hy
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Group of 5 Horse Riding books incl. "Die Reiterkämpfe bei den XI. Olympischen Spielen Berlin 1936" signed on the front by Reichsportsführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten, "F.E.I. Statutes and Rules of the International Equestrian Federation / Olympic Games" 1938 book, "Das Deutsche Reiterbuch" (trans
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1936 Berlin and Garmisch-Partenkirchen collection of picture cards, incl. the two volume "Olympia 1936" books (both complete) plus the same cards loose in an album (might be one or two missing), and another album of 370+ cards from different manufacturers incl. original packets, with Garmisch incl.
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"Leni Riefenstahl Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf" book, HB with red cloth and gilt inlay, 1937, produced alongside Olympia, Riefenstahl's landmark documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, minor wear to cover.
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1936 Berlin group of 31 press photos, with all but one produced by "International News Photos" in Chicago, with the other depicting GB Harold Whitlock (gold in 50km walk) with printer's markings, the rest showing trials/try-outs, the yachts at Kiel, various participants, etc., a nice lot.
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1920-42, Group of Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen (German Reich Association for Physical Exercise) memorabilia incl. 4 award diplomas/booklets with bronze oak leaves attached, 1935 diploma for winning 100m with brass plaque showing diving swimmer, five ID cards (one for skiing), and two items
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1936 Berlin. Commemorative shooting target, circular shaped wood, 59cm, handpainted, showing runner, shot putter and discus thrower with Games legend, many holes, a decorative item.
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1936 Berlin group of 16 fabric items incl. Berliner Bürger-Bräu commemorative silk bookmark/ribbon, a silk bookmark/ribbons with the Brandenburg Gate and Olympic Rings & legend, and "Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt" silk bookmark/ribbon with Olympic bell, "OLYMPIADE / BERLIN 1936" ribbon with Rings, "D
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1936ca. group of 4 Italian medals incl. Italian Olympic Committee merit medal with ribbon showing Olympic Rings and fasces logo, medal showing head of Mussolini and reverse with NOC (CONI) logo, and 1942 Italian National Olympic Committee medal, 50mm, showing legend and wreath on one side and other
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1940 Tokyo "Olympic News" envelope from the Organising Committee with Olympic Committee address label affixed, paid hs, minor creasing, fine and scarce.
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1940 Tokyo group incl. printed NYK Line envelope with "XII OLYMPIAD / TOKYO 1940" at lower left corner (cancelled by barred overprint) sent from Canada, illustrated Olympic card showing the Olympic flag coming out of Japan, and three different vignettes/poster stamps (minor toning).
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"Finnland / das Land der XII. Olympischen Spiele 1940" book by Otto Kunze, SB, pp.49. German text, about Finland and it's people with section about their Olympic achievements and a photo plate showing the new stadium, fine and scarce.
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1940 "X Kokoelma Sarjoja" Finnish book of cartoon strips, pp.97, published after the Games in Helsinki were cancelled, with front cover showing the Olympic flag flying away, inside includes a satirical cartoon about WW2 and the Winter Games in held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, book has had new covers
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1948 St. Moritz group of covers, post office booklets, cancels, etc., incl. two different hotel advertising covers with Olympic Games legends sent in 1947, Olympic set on illustrated FDC and on real photo ppc of participants, there different presentation booklets from the Swiss PTT (one with mint &
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1948 St. Moritz, two day programmes for Feb 5th and Feb 6th plus official fold-out map/guide in English, fine.
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1948 St. Moritz official report, SB, pp.78, small tape stains on front cover otherwise fine and very rare official report.
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1948 Olympics 6d in mint corner marginal block of 12 showing a progressive dry print with the ink on the lower left corner stamp almost completely omitted, a very fine and spectacular variety.
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1948 London 2 1/2d and 3d in complete mint sheets (folded), plus booklet by W. H. Stitt Dibden about the 1948 Olympic issue.
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1948 London group of stamps incl. set on two different Harrison & Sons presentation cards, 1949 International Telegraph & Telephone Conference booklet with set, plus the set in mint n.h. plate blocks of six from GB, Tangier, Eastern Arabia, Morocco Agencies, Bahrain and Kuwait, and a few extra GB bl
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1948 London cover group incl. Organising Committee printed envelope with the Olympic set of four tied by AU 6 1948 Olympic Games machine cancel and Wembley cds, sent on the day of the decathlon and other track races, some minor creasing, fine and scarce particularly in this larger format; plus 25 co
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Austria: Die proof of the 60+20g Olympic fund-raising stamp (in the same design to the issued 1s+50g) in black on gummed paper, dated 2. Juli 1947 at lower right, very fine.
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Korea: 1948 (Jun 1) plain envelope with 5w and 10w Olympic stamps tied by a very fine strike of the Olympic cancel in violet, unaddressed, minor toning, fine.
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Monaco: 1948 Olympic issue group incl. 37 die proofs, with the set in black with "Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Poste. PARIS" legend with minor foxing, artist signed proof of the 5F+5F in green, and the rest in sheetlets in different colours but heavily toned (potentially able to be cleaned to
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Monaco: 1948 St. Moritz/London pair of collective die proofs for the set of 9 stamps, faintly toned with the odd tone spots
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1948 London medal box by Pinches for a bronze third place medal, brown with gilt inlay, fine condition.
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1948 London participation medal in original red card box by Pinches, very fine.
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1948 London Official Report, English text, 224x292mm, HB, 580pp, fine.
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1948 London Yachting souvenir programme and final results, pp.16, and programme of the Closing Ceremony for the Yachting events in Torquay, horizontal fold, very fine and scarce programmes.
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1948 London, group of seven items incl. unused identity card, a used competitor's card for a Uruguayan weight-lifter (signed by doctors and officials to say he can compete for that day), an unused card of admittance to the Olympic Housing Centre issued by the OC, two used tickets for athletics and a
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1948 London group of paper memorabilia from an official from the Modern Pentathlon Association of GB at the Games, incl. her photo identity card (autographed on the back by gold medal pentathlon winner Willie Grot of Sweden), official results chart for the Modern Pentathlon, Olympic dinner menu for
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1948 London group of official brochures, reports, etc., incl. 2 used tickets, 7 athletics and Closing Ceremony programmes, unused triplicate entry form for teams, "Gymnastic Souvenir" from the US Olympic team signed by three women's team members who won bronze, "More nations accept invitations" 2-pa
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1948 London cotton scarf, 64x64cm, showing Houses of Parliament with Olympic legend, surrounded by flags of participating nations, very fine.
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1952 Olympics 15+5ö colour trial in dark grey-green on gummed, unwatermarked paper, mint n.h., very fine and scarce, incl. normal pair for comparison.
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1952 Oslo group incl. five programmes (Feb 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 12th), KLM brochure for the Games, official souvenir programme and a postcard.
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1952 Oslo identity card for a journalist, some creasing and minor staining, scarce.
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1952 Oslo, two used tickets, one for the 18km long distance race on Feb 18th and the other for the 50km long distance race on Feb 20th, creases otherwise fine.
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1951 (Nov 1) envelope with 15+5o Olympic stamp tied by "OSLO / MAJORSTUA" Olympic slogan machine cancel, fine and very scarce.
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1951 (Nov 2) envelope with 15+5o Olympic stamp tied by "OSLO / HOMANSBY" Olympic slogan machine cancel, fine and very scarce.
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1951 (Nov 2) envelope with 15+5o Olympic stamp tied by "OSLO / GAMLEBYEN" Olympic slogan machine cancel, fine and very scarce.
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1951 (Nov 8) Olympic illustrated envelope with 15+5o Olympic stamp tied by "OSLO / GRUNERLOKKA" Olympic slogan machine cancel, fine and very scarce.
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1952 (Feb 12) Organising Committee printed envelope sent to Italy with Olympic set of three tied by the Olympic cancels, very fine and attractive.
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1952 Oslo group of 11 covers with Olympic stamps or cancels, incl. "Br" Olympic roller machine cancel on 15+5ö single franking, on Olympic set on cover and on non-Olympic franking, illustrated cover with Olympic set sent registered from Hotel Viking (where the participants stayed), Holmenkollbakken
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1952 Helsinki group of 70+ covers/cards incl. Huolintakeskus printed cover with their Olympic advertising slogan machine franking as official forwarders, "American Club Cigarettes" machine franking with Olympic Rings sent from Turku, Austria 1s+50g Olympic fundraising stationery flight cards used an
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1952 Helsinki Official Report, English text, HB, some wear to covers otherwise fine.
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1952 Helsinki group of 19 tickets (1 unused for football) and a Press card for the stadium (unused), incl. two for the Opening ceremony, one for the Closing Ceremony, track & field (10), basketball (2), boxing, swimming and another football, average to fine condition
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1952 Helsinki Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony programmes, very fine and fresh condition.
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1952 U.S. Olympic Tryout Programs, bound in HB with programmes from March 22 to July 6th, plus a typed "Roster and personnel of Games Committees", very fine and unusual.
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1952 Helsinki & Oslo collection of books, magazines, brochures, etc, incl. 7 copies of the Official News-Service by the OC, "Olympia Helsinki 1952" magazine vol.1 & 2, official publicity book in French, books about the stadium, Art Exhibition guide, book about Emile Zatopek, British Olympic Official
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Austria: 1952 Olympic 2s40+60 notice for the issue of the stamp from the Austrian Olympic Committee, A4-size and double-sided, with proof of the stamp in black affixed at top, some minor foxing at top, scarce.
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Berlin: 1952 Olympic Festival 10pf black photographic imperf. proof on official card with embossed hs of "Bundesdrückerei Berlin", fine and scarce.
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France: 1953 Helsinki group incl. 26 die proofs, many signed by the artists, in different colours, previously stored in tropical conditions so condition varies from heavily toned (11) to lightly toned (15), each value of the set in 8 different colour trial lower marginal imperf. vertical pairs (heav
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Monaco: 1952 Olympic issue group, incl. 7 die proofs signed by the artists (1F in black and red, 3F in black, 5F in dark blue, 15F in dark blue and black and 100F in black), 20 FDI maxi cards, 9 various FDCs/philatelic frankings, and complete mint sheets of the 1F (2), 2F (2) and 3F(2), has been kep
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Saar: 1952 Olympic group incl. 15+5F épreuve deluxe in green, 15+5F artist signed die proof in black, both values tied to Helsinki card by Saarbrücken FC champions cds, and both values in date corner marginal blocks of four (heavily toned gum).
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Trieste (Zone B): 1952 Olympic imperf. set of six on illustrated FDC, tied by Koper cds, plus matching FDC with perf. set and same cover with Yugoslavia set perf. from Beograd, fine and very rare with the imperf. set.
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Yugoslavia and Trieste (Zone B): 1952 Olympic mint n.h. imperf sets of six from both Yugoslavia and Trieste Zone B, all in top right corner marginals, slightly toned gum with some faint foxing, fine and scarce (Mi. €2'000).
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Yugoslavia and Trieste (Zone B): 1952 Olympic mint imperf sets of six from both Yugoslavia and Trieste Zone B, all in top right corner marginal pairs, gum variously toned with some foxing showing through, scarce (Mi. €4'000).
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1952 Germany NOC pin in original box, gilt shield-shape with Olympic Rings above German colours in enamel, very fine
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Fencing: 1950-1960 An extensive collection of the many medals, badges and pin that Edward Vebell won or acquired over his long and successful fencing career.
Note: Edward Vebell competed in the individual (semi-finalist) and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Vebell was elected to the US
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Fencing: 1952 The sword bag that Edward Vebell used during the Games, showing the Olympic rings and the USA team, unusual and a scarce item.
Note: Edward Vebell competed in the individual (semi-finalist) and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Vebell was elected to the US Fencing Hall of
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1952 Helsinki "Ylituomari Cief Judge" Chief Judge's armband, minor staining, scarce.
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1956 Cortina group incl. Italian Athletics Federation printed envelope with Olympic Games advertising machine frank, two sheets each of both the square and rectangular official poster stamps/vignettes, and a few FDCs from Monaco and San Marino (toned).
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1956 Cortina group incl. scarce General Rules and programme by the Organising Committee, Organising Committee fold-out Olympic map of Cortina, unused gummed luggage label, used ticket for the slalom, day programme for Jan 30th, fold-out brochure & map, fold-out publicity brochure, official bulletin
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1956 Melbourne 7 1/2d unadopted essay for the Olympics stamp issue, 157x107mm, in ink with design by A.C. H. Sarbutt, reverse with artist's name and incl. photocopy of letter from the Postmaster General's Department thanking the artist for their submission and returning the drawing, unique.
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1956 Melbourne & Stockholm group of 52 covers/cards, incl. three illustrated souvenir covers with Olympic registered labels from the Olympic Village (2) and Ballarat Village, with the rest of the covers from Stockholm, Turkey, Poland, Czech, Yugoslavia, Vienna-Melbourne flight cover from Luxembourg,
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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),
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Liberia: 1956 Melbourne group of progressive proofs in perf. and imperf. pairs, incl. Stadium central vignette and frame, torch and background, quadriga and background, plus mini sheet without torch perf. and imperf., single of discus thrower background and single of Olympic Rings background, plus t
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Monaco: 1956 Cortina and Melbourne group of proofs incl. Cortina 15F die proof in green, signed die proof in dark green and colour trial imperf. pair (heavily toned gum), and Melbourne 30F die proof in red, 30F die proof in green and dark red (both toned) and imperf. colour trial pair (heavily toned
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