382nd Auction

"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

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

1975/2018 presentation album with Apollo Space mission mint never hinged material and commemorative covers, All World, also three stock books of modern Japan,  almost exclusively mint never hinged, together with a commerative hardback folder celebrating the 30th Anniversary  of the Emperor, in addition a China 1999 Yearbook.