382nd Auction
18. – 23. September 2023 in Wiesbaden
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- Summer Olympic Games – The Fredrik C. Schreuder Collection (329) Apply Summer Olympic Games – The Fredrik C. Schreuder Collection filter
- Ludwig van Beethoven – The Yukio Onuma Collection (3) Apply Ludwig van Beethoven – The Yukio Onuma Collection filter
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"JEUX OLYMPIQUES..P.P. PARIS XIV 27 JUIN 24" (1st day of fencing and finals in shooting), the 'port payé' endless machine cancel, superb strike on printed matter to Vienna. An important rarity with just 5 entires recorded. Opninion Baudot (1987)
Machine cancel "JEUX OLYMPIQUES/PARIS/MAI-JUIN-JUILLET/1924" in box. without c.d.s.-application, tying olympic issue 25 c. and 50 c. to commercial cover to Sweden. 50 c. with lower right corner somewhat rubbed, otherwise very fine. Very rare. The lot comes with an almost identical cover but with c.d.s. "PARIS GARE ST:LAZAIRE 16-6 24"
Machine cancel "JEUX OLYMPIQUES/PARIS/MAI-JUIN-JUILLET/1924" in lines, 4 letters and one cart of different post offices, one of July 17 (several finals including modern pentathlon, rowing and waterball)
Machine cancel "JEUX OLYMPIQUES/PARIS/MAI-JUIN-JUILLET/1924" in box, on 7 cards and letters, all with olympic frankings to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and the US, including card of 2.6. (football game Switzerland-Italy with referring text) and other days of the games.
"STADE OLYMPIQUE 5 7 24" (opening ceremony) 3 good strikes on complete set and vignette 'JEUX OLYMPIQUES' on special postcard to Italy with adjacent straight-line "COLOMBES-STADE OLYMPIQUE", small corner crease not affecting the stamps, otherwise fine, very scarce
"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
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
Uruguay: special issue 2-12 cts. on yellow paper, mounted in special presentation folder of the postal administration. Signed Diaz. Fine and rare
Uruguay: special issue 5 – 12 cts., tied by first day special machine cancel to registered cover to Dolores with arrival mark on front, folds not affecting the stamps (one in marginal perforation of 5 cts.), also used set in pairs
Uruguay: special issue 5 – 12 cts., tied by special machine cancel of August 1st to picture postcard of the winning team; 12 cts. little stained, still fine
Uruguay: special issue 5 cts. on yellow paper, horizontal pair from the upper right sheet corner, imperforate vertically, unmounted mint (hinge marks in the margin only), very fine and scarce
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