Sweden
Covers and stamps / Austria / Sweden / Bicycle / Olympics
(1912 Stockholm Olympics) 1912 (5.7.) picture postcard sent to Vienna on 7th day of the Games, franked 10o tied Stockholm cds, at left Olympic vignette in German, uncancelled but just tied by some of the signatures of the Austrian Cycling team.
£165
Sweden
Covers and stamps / Sweden / Bicycle / Olympics
(1912 Stockholm Olympics) 1912 (6.7.) Engelbrektsplan picture postcard sent to Vienna on 8th day of the Games franked 5o tied Stockholm cds, at left Olympic vignette in German, uncancelled but tied by some of the signatures of the Austrian Cycling team
£175
Sweden
Covers and stamps / Sweden / Bicycle / Olympics
(1912 Stockholm) 1912 (2.7.) picture postcard sent to Vienna on 4th day of the Games, franked pair 5o tied Stockholm cds, at left Olympic vignette in German, uncancelled surrounded by signatures of the Austrian Cycling team. Some toning around stamps, a further vignette applied on front.
£125
Germany
Covers and stamps / Germany / Olympics / Zeppelin
(1936 Berlin Olympics) 1936 (1.8.) Rhein-Main special zeppelin flight with four Olympic stamps and a 50pf Zeppelin with toning around perfs, at left very fine strike of rare red Olympiafahrt cachet.
£75
Estonia
Covers and stamps / Germany / Estonia / Olympics
(1936 Berlin Olympics) 1936 (1.VII.) printed envelope from Estonian Olympic Committee to the Sailing committee of the Organising Committee at Kiel with fine commemorative franking tied Tallinn Eesti cds; fine and scarce.
£165
Germany
Covers and stamps / Germany / Liechtenstein / Olympics / Exhibitions
(1936 Berlin) 1936 (16.8.) 15+10pf illustrated postal stationery card to Vaduz, Liechtenstein with ‘Bell’ Stadium cancel, arrival cancel to left where redirected to Dresden with Exhibition arrival cancel to left, reverse with fine strike of Olympia Postwertzeichen Austellung red meter mail proof strike.
£65
Bahrain
Covers and stamps / Kuwait / Bahrain / Combination covers / Olympics
(Kuwait combination cover) 1948 unclearly dated inter bank registered cover to Bombay franked Bahrain 6a. on 6d. definitive in combination with Kuwait 1949 London Olympics 3d. tied single large cds, straight-line BAHRAIN registration handstamp with manuscript number above, arrival backstamp. Fine and unusual usage of Olympic stamp.
£165
France
Covers and stamps / France / Olympics / Boxing
(Olympics) 1924 Paris Olympics 15c. 'Type Pasteur# stationery card with black and brown Boxing image; good unused
£115
France
Covers and stamps / France / Proofs / Olympics
(Olympics) 1924 Paris Olympics 25c die proof in red and blue (unshaded background) on glossy paper with surround in both colours; small internal crease at top through ‘Olympia’, fresh hinged.
£325
Iceland
Covers and stamps / Iceland / Proofs / Olympics / Waterlow & Sons
(Olympics) 1948 London Olympics vignette proof in unissued colours, imperf marginal with small archival punch hole and ‘Waterlow & Sons Ltd/ Specimen’, fresh mint never hinged.
£45
Costa Rica
Covers and stamps / Costa Rica / Proofs / Olympics
1924 Central American Olympic Games black collective proof of all three values on plain ungummed paper. Fine and scarce.
£195
Czechoslovakia
Covers and stamps / Czechoslovakia / Postal Stationery / Olympics
1925 (24.V.) International Olympic Congress set of five 50h. postal stationery cards with different coloured congress legend at left, fine cto Praha.
