383rd Auction

1928, Amsterdam, 24 covers and cards, Olympic issue in blocks of 4 and some single stamps, mostly olympic frankings including some commercial mail, 3 official envelopes, etc.

1928, Uruguay special issue 'Football Champions', registered cover with punched 2 c. and 8 c. , 2 sets with punch holes, cpl. set on cover and 2 values with shifted image.

1930, "BERLIN W8/Olympischer Kongress Berlin 28.5.30", superb strike on 3 pfg. private postal stationery card for the Hindenburg donation, very fine

1932, Los Angeles, almost 60 covers and cards and some Olympic stamps with pre-cancels, includind special cancels and cachets, many ship cancels.

COIL STAMPS: 6, 12, 15 and 25 pfg. with one emty space each, unmounted mint

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 

1895, Shipwreck of the Steamer "Elbe", envelope from Odessa to New York, embarked in Bremen and recovered at sea after the maritime disaster, with both emergency postmarks "Frei! Marke abgefallen - Paid! Stamp lost." and "Geborgen aus der Postladung des untergegangenen Dampfers Elbe. Postamt 1 Bremen", with arrival cds., cover with normal faults as to be expected from salvaged mail. Very rare, one of only two shipwreck covers recorded originating from Imperial Russia

"SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF THE COLOMBO", perfect strike of the emergency handstamp on envelope from New South Wales to Merthyr Tydvil, franked with 2 d. blue, two singles, adjacent cds. "SYDNEY OC 22 1862", red transit "LONDON JA 2 63 PAID" and reverse arrival. Cover salvaged from the ship´s wreck while on its way to Suez on 19 November 1862, both the envelope and the adhesives faulty as to be be expected, very scarce and most unusual mail from New South Wales