David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

55 Olympic Games and Football – Geneva, June 4, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10132 F / 54 FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 10l tied by ATHENS / ZAPPEION / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds and showing inverted day & month date slug, sent to Prague, plus 50l single stamp showing the same cancellation variety, both with day unclear but there has only been four postally used cards recorded with this variety. Note that the Olympic Village was at Zappeion so many of the cards with this cancellation are written by the athletes 500 10133 F FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Official picture postcard depicting the crowd in the stadium with Olympic 1l, 2l and official vignette in blue all tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds (showing error “12” reversed”), fine and attractive, sent on the 3rd day of events in the Stadium 400 10134 F / 54 FOURTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 12) Official picture postcard of the Opening Ceremony with 1906 Olympics 5l tied by ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds (showing date reversed “21” for “12”), sent to the USA with Boston arrival ds, fine, sent on the third day of events at the stadium and a rare usage to the USA 300 10135 F / 54 FIFTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 13) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 5l (fault), 3l and 2l tied by ATHENS / ZAPPEION / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds, sent to Germany with cds, minor toning, fine. Note that the Olympic Village was at Zappeion so many of the cards with this cancellation are written by the athletes 500 10136 F / 54 SIXTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 14) Picture postcard sent by E. Steinmetz (female gymnast participant) with Olympics 10l tied by ATHENS / ZAPPEION / OLYMPIC GAMES cds, official vignette at left untied, sent to Denmark with Copenhagen arrival, very fine. Note that the Olympic Village was at Zappeion so many of the cards with this cancellation are written by the athletes 500 10137 F / 56 SIXTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 14) Picture postcard with 1906 Olympics 3l and 2l tied by ATHENS / AKROPOLIS / OLYMPIC / GAMES special cds, sent to Italy, very fine 400 10138 F / 56 SIXTH DAY OF THE GAMES: 1906 (Apr 14) Picture postcard depicting King Edward VII entering the stadium with Olympic 10l tied by the special ATHENS / STADION / OLYMPIC / GAMES cds, sent to Romania with Braila arrival cds, soiled in bottom right corner otherwise fine and rare usage to Romania 300