382. Auktion

"STADE OLYMPIQUE 15 7 24" (several competitions including rowing), 2 good strikes on 10 c., 25 c., Pasteur 10 c. and Swiss vignette for the rowing team, on special Swiss postcard for the Olympic Games, used to Geneve. Fine and rare.

"VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE 8-7 24" (3 finals in athletics), two good strikes on cover with Olympic issue 30 c. to Bois Colombe

"VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE 12-7 24" (Polo final and 4 finals athletics), two clear strikes on Merson 45 c. on picture postcard of the opening ceremony, to Shanghai, China, with private arrival mark "SHANGHAI CLUB". Text from the Olympic village with several signatures of the Norwegian team including gold-medal winner Otto von Porat (boxing) and bronce-medal winners Sverre Sorsdal (boxing) and Sverre Hansen (long jump)

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"VILLAGE-OLYMPIQUE 15-7 24" ( finals in fencing, swimming and water diving) on complete Olympic set in blocks of 4 (25 c. with shifted vignette), on 2 official envelopes 'LE VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE', addressed to Paris, adjacent cachets „COLOMBES / OLYMPIQUE“, „COLOMBES-VILLAGE OLYMPIQUE“ and „JEUX / OLYMPIQUES / MAI à JUILLET /1924“; lttle unfresh on reverse. Fine and very rae in this combination.

Official Olympic Committee unicolour envelope, franked with Semeuse 25 c. and 59 c., tied by Paris cds., 1923 to Sweden with arrival mark, usual slight transportation marks. Very scarce.

"Comite National des Sports/Comie Olympique Francaise", official envelope used with pair Semeuse 25 c., to the president of the Norwegian Olympic Committee, Hjalmar Krag, at Christiania, with arrival mark

Official Olympic Committee envelope, franked with Olympic issue 25 c. and 'Semeuse' 25 c., ied by Paris machine cancel to Luxembourg with arrival mark, Little roughly opened, still fine

Official Olympic Committee envelope, franked with Merson 1 fr., tied by Paris cds., to Norway with arrival mark, usual slight transportation marks

14 picture postcards, including 10 photo cards of the stadium and the games

LEBANON: 50 c. – 2,50 pia., tied by cds. "BEYROUTH R.P. 18-6-24" to cover to Alie with arrival marks

LEBANON: 2,50 pia. as single franking on cover from "BEYROUTH 6-4-25" to Boston and 50 c. with definitive 2,50 pia. on cover from Beirut to Boston

LEBANON: bilingual issue 0,50 – 2,50 p. in blocks of 4, unused, most stamps unmounted mint

LEBANON: bilingual issue 50 c. – 2,50 pia., tied by first day cds. "BEYROUTH R.P. 25-9-24" to cover to Damascus with arrival mark, very fine and scarce

LEBANON: 50 c. with surcharge strongly misplaced, vertical pair, lower stamps with only small part overprint, unused with original gum, the lower stamp unmounted mint, very fine and scarce

LEBANON: 50 c. – 2,50 pia. with overprint inverted, unused with original gum; 50 c. gum dried and toned, otherwise fine

LEBANON: 1,25 pia. with double overprint, unused with original gum, signed Calves 

SYRIA: both special issues 50 c.-2,50 fr. , each tied to cover, one to Beyrouth with arrival mark, fine and scarce

SYRIA: 1,50 fr. on 30 c. with overprint double , unused with original gum, fine and scarce, signed Brun and Calves

SYRIA: 2,50 on 50 c. with overprint double and inverted, unused with original gum, fine and rare, signed Brun and Calves

1928, Olympic issue 2 c. fencing, enlarged proof in black on thin handmade paper, by master Fokko Zwart, very fine and scarce

1928, Olympic issue 3 c.,7 ½ c., 10 c. and 30 c. as imperforated colour proofs on gummed and watermarked stamp paper, all with wide margins, 3 c. in issued colour, very fine and scarce

Olympic issue 10 c. runner, horizontal pair with right sheet margin, the right stamp imperforated at right, unmounted mint, very fine and rare. (NVPH217v, 2750€)

Olympic issue 1½ c.-30 c., tied by special cancellation of 27.5.28 (first day of football competitions) to registered cover with manuscript register label "Amsterdam Stadion" to Switzerland with arrival mark. Fine and very scarce. 

Olympic issue 1½ c.-30 c., tied by special cancellation of 10.6.28 (first day of football final) to registered express cover with manuscript register label "Amsterdam Stadion" to 'Kosmos newspaper service, Tokyo' and returned, with both arrival marks. Opened out for display and usual light transportation marks. Fine and very scarce.

Olympic issue 2 c. and 3 c., together with olympic vignette in brown, tied by special cancel of 4.7.28 to postal stationary card Wilhelmina 10 c., as air mail card to Germany with special flight cachet 

Olympic issue 2 c., 3 c. and 30 c., tied by special cancellation of 3.8.28 to picture side of Olympic postcard with special register label "AMSTERDAM STADION", two Switzerland with arrival mark. 

1928, 3 c., tied by Olympic slogan machine cancel "AMSTERDAN CENTRAL-STATION 3.IV.28" with last "N" reversed, to postcard to Wassenaar

Olympic issue, one cover and 4 special picture postcards, all with special cancellations with dates during the games (3.-12.8.), including day of closing ceremony

Official Netherlands Olympic Committee multicolour envelope with red meter mark of 2.3.28, to the president of the Haitian Olympic Committee to Port au Prince with arrival mark. Little tear at base and light fold, otherwise very fine.

Official Netherlands Olympic Committee multicolour envelope, franked with complete olympic issue, tied by special cancellation of 12.VIII.28, the final day of the games, addressed locally. Some minor toning, otherwise very fine and scarce.

Official Netherlands Olympic Committee large size printed matter envelope, sent with red meter "AMSTERDAM 11.4.28" to Tilburg

Official Netherlands Olympic Committee envelope, sent from Amsterdam 13.VII.28 registered to Haarlem

Official Netherlands Olympic Committee envelope, sent from Amsterdam 13.11.28 to The Hague

Huygens cards: Serie A: 7½ c., proof in black, very fine and rare

Huygens cards: Serie A: 7½ c., proof in red-brown, very fine and rare

Serie C.1, proof in black with "PROEFMODEL" at top, very fine and fresh, very scarce