David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

185 Olympic Games and Football – Geneva, June 4, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10593 F / 182 1940 Helsinki official vignette in English tied to commercial envelope by 1936 machine cancel along with 25ö pair, fine and scarce so early at a time when Finland were proposing their candidature to host the 1940 Olympic Games before Japan were chosen 150 10594 F / 182 1940 Helsinki official vignette in German tied to commercial envelope with Helsinki meter mark, fine 100 10595 CC F DCE / 184 1940 Helsinki group written up on 7 album pages, incl. Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Helsinki illustrated card cancelled by German 1941 Winter Games cds, Finnish fund raising vignette, two cards with the 1940 Olympics slogan roller cancel, WWII propaganda postcard sent by a solider in the B.E.F., two different printed envelopes of the Helsinki stadium used, official gummed address label and printed matter label, Latvia Olympic slogan cancel on pc and mint vignette and American Olympic Committee imperf. vignettes, a nice lot 240 - 300 10596 CC J DCE 1940 “American Victory Stamp” set of 4 in complete sheets of 40 in perf. (mint nh) and imperf (ungummed), issued by the American Olympic Committee to fund raise for the 1940 Games, very fine 100 10597 CC F / 184 1940 Helsinki group of three Baltic items; Estonia team pin badge, enamelled in the shape of their flag with Olympic Rings, Latvia mint nh vignette “To the Olympic Games via the Baltic States”, and cover from the Swiss Consulate in Riga with the “AUX JEUX OLYMPIQUES 1940 VIA LA LETTONIE” code A slogan machine cancel, very fine, mounted on an album page 150 10598 F 1938 (Nov 16) Postcard from Latvia with franking tied by dual language “AUX JEUX / OLYMPIQUE / 1940 VIA LA LETTONIE” Riga machine cancel, fine 100 10599 F / 182 1939 (Aug 3) “To the Olympic Games / 1940 / via the Baltic States” boxed advertising cachet on the reverse of a Bosch commercial cover from Tallinn, Estonia, very fine 100 10600 F / 184 LATVIA: 1940 (Apr 5) “AUX JEUX OLYMPIQUES 1940 VIA LA LETTONIE” code A advertising slogan machine cancel tying 10s to postcard, very fine 100 10601 F P / 184 1940 Helsinki group of 5 covers incl. an envelope from Estonia with scarce “To the Olympic Games / 1940 / via the Blatic States” cachet in red on reverse with Olympic roller code 0 cancel arrival, same arrival roller on another cover, code II on another, code V tying a 50m and a advertising cover with “STADION” and the image of a runner, fine group 200 10602 G F / 186 1940 Helsinki collection on 21 album pages with covers, medals and pins, incl. “OLYMPIC GAMES IN FINLAND 1940” slogan machine frank on large piece, two gilt & one bronze commemorative medals (discoloured), 4 used official Olympic New Year’s postcard, 6 envelopes showing the Olympic roller cancel, 8 commemorative pins showing the official logo (one enamelled), two used + 2 unused envelopes depicting the stadium (one with Olympic roller and overprinted by private company), gummed parcel label with official logo and commercial cover with official German language vignette, American OC vignettes, 4 Fencing Fundraising vignettes, Latvia vignette, a brochure and an official bond to help raise funds for the stadium, useful lot 300 - 500 10603 1940 Helsinki invoice for ticket orders on official headed paper, fine 50