David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

53 Olympic Games and Football – Geneva, June 4, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10129 10126 10126 F 1906 (Apr) Swedish Olympic Committee printed envelope with printed legend at top left, sent by one of the Swedish delegation, sent registered with 25l vert. pair on front tied by Athens “9” cds, reverse with further 5l and 10l pair uncancelled, with Athens and Helsingborg registered labels, a very rare envelope 1’000 10127 F / 54 1906 (Apr 5) Envelope sent registered from Piraeus to Germany with Olympics 25l and 30l with registration hs adjacent, sent by the German Consul in Piraeus with wax seal on reverse and Delmenhorst arrival cds, horiz. crease (away from the stamps), fine 100 10128 F / 54 1906 (Apr 8) Picture postcard of the stadium with Olympic 5l tied by “ATHENS / OLYMPIC / GAMES / STADION ” cds, some minor foxing, fine 300 10129 F FIRST DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 9) Official picture postcard depicting the empty stadium with Olympic 10c tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, sent to Italy and for reasons unknown taxed with 25c of postage dues on arrival in Firenze, message (written by a child) translates “Dear Godmother, today the games begin and I am sending this as a souvenir”, fine and extremely rare, the only known item sent from the Stadium on the first day of the Games that genuinely travelled 1’500 10130 F / 54 FIRST DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 9) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 1l pair, 2l, 3l (corner fault), 5l and 10l all tied by ATHENS / AKROPOLIS / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds, sent to Turkey with Austrian and Turkish Smyrna arrivals, some minor foxing, fine 500 10131 F / 54 THIRD DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 11) Hotel advertising envelope sent from Athens to Germany with Olympics 1l (2), 2l, 3l, 5l, 10l, 20l, 25l and 30l tied by Athens “7” cds, Gorshausen arrival cds, horiz. fold clear of stamps, attractive philatelic franking, possibly sent by a participant or official as the “Athens 7” window was where all mail from the OC was sent from 200