383rd Auction

COIL STAMPS: 6 pfg. with 4 emty spaces, tied by special cancellation "STADION 10.8.36" to cover to Mülheim/Ruhr, few short perfs, still fine. Very rare.

1936, interesting collection with about 200 covers and cards, including se-tenant-  and souvenir sheet-frankings, special register lables, machine cancels, picture cards, etc, etc. Nice lot.

1936, meter marks, 23 letters/cards and some fronts and pieces with different meters with advertising for the games, including 2 official envelopes

1936, Zeppelin mail, 28 covers and cards of olympic flight or with olympic frankings, including treaty mail Liechtenstein and Dutch East Indies, complete set on cover, etc.

1940, Helsinki, Jysky essays 'Discus Thrower' 3,50+1,- m. in red and 'Stadium' 4+1,- in green, on thin ungummed paper, 4 m. small tear in the right margin, otherwise fine and rare

1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay, sheetlet with 4 stamps in orange colour, on ungummed chalky paper. Slide marginal creasing, otherwise fine, very scarce

1940, Hammarsten-Jansson composite essay, sheetlet with 4 stamps in green colour, on ungummed chalky paper. Very fine and very scarce

Essay 'Stadium' 1:25 +50 by unknown artist., 4 perforated values in blue, red, brown and green, rare

Essay 'Stadium' 2:- -50 by unknown artist, 3 imperforated values in deep blue, red-brown and lilac, few tiny thins, rare

Essay 'Discus thrower' 2:- + -:50 by unknown artist.,  imperforated values in blue, red-brown and gray-liliac; one with crease, otherwise very fine. Rare

Essay 'athlete and olympic rings' 2:- + -:50 by unknown artist.,  imperforated values in blue, red-brown and liliac; tiny thins, otherwise fine. Rare

Essay 'laureated olympic fire and rings' 4:- + 4:- in red-brown, by unknown artist,  imperforated; tiny thins, otherwise fine. Rare

1940, Helsinki, 21 covers and one front, mostly with olympic roller cancel, partly as arrival mark, also some special envelopes

1940, Riga, 5 covers and one card, most with special roller cancel

1944, olympic issue 10 – 50 gr., tied to registered postcard 20 gr., some minor toning, otherwise very fine.

1944, olympic issue 10 – 50 gr. unused, souvenir sheet used,special postcard 20 gr. used and two special Olympic postcards, also 2 values Woldenberg

1948, London, nice group with about 30 entires, Omnibus issue blocks of 4 and registered mail, Harisson presentation card, meter on cover, etc.

1956, Melbourne, about 90 covers and cards, including advertising machine cancels, handstamps, meters, special  register lables, etc.

1940/94 (ca.), about 170 letters and cards and several pieces, multiples and single stamps, including some interesting material,  special cancellations, meters, picture cards, etc.

1896, Olympiade 2 l. rose, upper right corner block of 25 incl. variety engraver´s signature missing, fresh colours, mint never hinged, very fine, scarce 

1906, Intercalated Games 1 l.-5 dr., fresh colours, cpl. set unused, fine

1928, Huygens postal stationery cards 5 c. green, series A & B, both used, one with tiny watery ink spots, still fine to very fine, a very scarce duo

"OLYMPIADE AMSTERDAM STADION MCMXXVIII", special pentagonal cancellation tying 2 c., 3c., 5 c., 7 c. and 12½ c. to registered cover to Port au Prince, Haiti, reverse transit "NEW YORK REG´Y.DIV 8 14 1928" and arrival cds. "PORT AU PRINCE 23 AOU 28", some usual light transportation marks, fine and very scarce destination

1½ c.-30 c., cpl. set tied by special pentagonal cancellation of 05.08.1928 to registered express cover to Mor Ostrava, Tchekoslovakia, with registration label "AMSTERDAM STADION" and red "EXPRESSE.", reverse arrival cds., fine and scarce

1928, 1½ c.-30 c., cpl. set tied by special pentagonal cancellation to registered cover with manuscript registration label "Amsterdam Stadion" and cachet "3072", self addressed locally, illustrated vignette of a runner on reverse, fine and scarce

1930, Sonderstempel "BERLIN W8/Olympischer Kongress Berlin 30.5.30" auf 8 Pfg. Reichspräsidenten Bildpostkarte mit Motiv von Frankfurt (Oder), mit rückseitigem Grußtext vom Kongress, leicht eckrund und etwas gestaucht, sonst tadellos

"AGOSTO 1936/XIA OLYMPIADA BERLIN BANCO GERMANICO 1936", excellent strike of the special machine cancel from Rio de Janeiro on a piece, very fine, very rare

"TO GERMANY FOR THE OLYMPIES", excellent strike of the 3 c. machine roller stamp in greenish blue with cds. "NEW YORK JUIL 13 36" on a piece of a printed matter to Germany, light wrinkles, still fine, rare

1948, South Korean Participation to the London Olympic Games, 5 w. green and 10 w. violet, both on three plain FDC envelopes, tied by the special Olympic cancel in black (2) or violet (1), together with 5 w. tied by First Day cds. "48 6 1", mostly fine 

1992, Olympische Winterspiele Albertville-Block als ungezähnter Probedruck in Schwarz, postfrisch, in tadelloser Erhaltung

1992, Olympic Winter Games Albertville souvenir sheet as imperforated proof in black, unmounted mint, fine

1956, "OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA....FRANKING STAMPS", großformatiges Werbe-Cachet auf "O.H.M.S.-Briefkuvert "OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS FOR AUSTRALIA" mit rotem Maschinenstempel "LONDON 2.OCT.1956 - OFFICIAL PAID"n ach Crawley, gute Erhaltung, sehr selten

1956, "OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA....FRANKING STAMPS", large size advertising cachet on "O.H.M.S. envelope "OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS FOR AUSTRALIA" with red machine cancellation "LONDON 2.OCT.1956 - OFFICIAL PAID" to Crawley, fine, very rare

1936, Olympische Spiele, Foto Essays in nicht verausgabten Zeichnungen der Wertstufe 12+ 4Pfg., im Zusammendruck-7er-Block mit einem Leerfeld. Außerordentlich selten.

1936, Lufthansaflug über Friedrichshafen, zwei R-Luftpostbriefe mit u.a. Herzstücke aus Block 5 bzw. 6 je mit Aufgabe "BERLIN-OLYMPIA-STADION e 12.8.36" und mit deutschem Flugpost-Bestätigungsstempel "a" nach Argentinien mit Ankunftsstempel. Beide Briefe mit Beförderungs- und Alterungsspuren, in dieser Kombination selten

1936, Olympiafahrt mit Auflieferung Rhein-Main-Flughafen, zwei Briefe mit Olympia-Blockpaar und Zufrankatur und allen Stempeln, kleine Beförderungsspuren, seltene Verwendung vom Ersttag für die Blockausgaben

1896, mint never hinged, unused, used and covers collection, better items like Mi.-Nr. 97 used gutter block of four, 96 strip of three and 98 single both used with cds. "ATHENS 25 MAR 1896" (first day of the games), also cpl. set unused and used, one forgery noted, condition varies, mostly fine, a scarce assembly

1906, selection of covers (20) and used, incl. a 30 l. colour proof on carton, 2 cpl. sets used, some with cds. dated during the event, also an illustrated postcard with 1 l. and 2 l. tied by cds. "ATHENS 22 APR 1906", overall fine to very fine, a scarce group