David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

61 Olympic Games and Football – Geneva, June 4, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10155 C H F DCE Collection 1906 Athens collection written up on 12 pages incl Greece 1906 Olympics set mint/unused and used, official vignettes in red, blue and green unused, vignette in green with special Olympic Games “Zappeion” cds, plus the same on Olympic Committee cover but with stamp missing, three covers/ cards with Olympic frankings sent on days of the football matches (scarce), ppc depicting the Olympic stamps, etc, a useful lot 200 - 300 1908 London 10156 58 1908 London Official Report with bookplate reading “Presented by the National Rifle Association to W. Robinson who represented the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games Shooting Competitions in 1908, the spine is faded and there is some splitting, a nice copy owned by an participant at the Games 150 10157 F 1908 London. 9 different Franco-British Exhibition STADIUM cards (3x colour), one card sent on the day of the Marathon (24 JY 08) 70 10158 F 1908 London. 5 different Franco-British Exhibition postcards of the MARATHON 60 10159 F 1908 London. Pair of postcards from the Franco-British Exhibition, one an official pc with official vignette in blue tied by arrival cds and other with Exhibition cds tying KEVII franking 50 10160 F 1908 London. 23 postcards of Franco-British-Exhibition mixed used/unused (9x official colour cards incl. one with Marathon date 24 JY 08) 50 10161 F DCE / 58 1908 London small group incl. Franco-British Exhibition vignette in red in imperf. vert. strip of 5 (fault at top), 7 different picture postcards of Wembley Stadium (2 with Expo cds), 2 normal cards with Franco- British Exhibition cds and 1 with Ballymaclinton Shepherds Bush Exhibition cds 150 - 200 10162 C H F DCE P / 60 1908 London and Franco-British Exhibition collection written up in two albums with picture postcards and special cancels throughout, incl. Exhibition vignette tied to cover, pamphlet for the inauguration of the Olympic stadium, Valentine’s Giant Post Card of the stadium, Valentine’s postcard booklet (complete) for the exhibition, advertising postcards, photo postcard of Barton’s airship with flew over the stadium, British Olympic Committee vignette proofs (4), the second album with emphasis on the football competition incl. 25+ postcards with the Ballymaclinton Shepherds Bush or Franco-British Exhibition cds used on days of the football matches through to the Final plus 15 with normal London cancels, then scarce 1906-13 picture postcards of players who played for the England football team incl. Clapton Orient, Birmingham, Herbert Smith, Reading, Wolves, Luton Town (2), Tottenham Hotspur (2) and Everton (2), then several special cancels on the days of other events incl. 100m final and the Marathon, a fantastic collection telling the story of the Games with many scarce items, plus official souvenir book of the Exhibition 1’000 - 1’500