382nd Auction

"STADION 16 APR.06", clear strike on 3 dr. on cover to Brussels with arrival mark, very fine and rare

"STADION 18 APR. 06" (10th day of the games) on 2 l. on picture postcard 'STADIUM Olympic games 1906' used locally. Picture side two rubbed spots, otherwise fine.

"STADION", special cancel on 2 l., 3 l., 50 l. and 1- 5 dr.; some with mostly very light staining and 2 dr. corner crease, otherwise fine

"ZAPPEION 18 APR. 06" (10th day of the games) on complete set 1 l. – 5 dr., on front and reverse of registered envelope to Java, Dutch East Indies, with transit and arrival marks. An outstanding item.

"ZAPPEION 18 APR.06" (10th day of the games) on 10 l. and official vignette in blue, on picture postcard 'STADIUM Olympic games 1906', with short text to Denmark with arrival mark on front. The vignette slightly damaged in the right perforation, otherwise very fine and rare

Official corner card cover "COMITÉ DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES A ATHENS", used with Hermes 25 l. (defective corner), tied by c.d.s. "ATHENS 7 MAR 06", to IOC member Dr. Willibald Gebhardt in Berlin. Rare and most interesting.

1907, official New Year’s greeting card of the Director General of the Greek Postal Administration, small corner crease at lower left and some minor marginal staining, still fine and very scarce

2 unused and 4 used picture postcards (one with franking fallen off) of the stadium during the games, 2 franked on picture side as printed matters 1906 to Sweden resp. Denmark

Four norwegian postcards, one of the games and three of the return celebrations, including one postcard to Shanghai with arrival mark of the German post 

Unused and used group on seven album pages including several imperforated and part-perforated stamps, special cancellations, tax stamps, etc.

FISCAL USE: 1919, 3 on 2 dr. and 5 dr. with additional stamp, tied by seal cancel to document