Lot 32268 – Thematics – Sport – Football: A fine and comprehensive

Thematics – Sport – Football: A fine and comprehensive exhibition collection entitled « The Long Road to Victory » showing the history of English football up to the 1966 World Cup, on 80 pages with stamps, pieces and covers with noted, as they appear Ireland 1946 cover from football association of Ireland to S. Rous at the Football Association, London, 1932 Malmesbury & District Football Competitions printed matter wrapper, 1900 (20.09) postcard from Paris Exposition with vignette and Exposition cancels (this is the first ever football match at an Olympics), all later Olympics and World cups covered including 1906 Stadium stampless postcard sent from the KEVII Royal Yacht, later Olympic items, 1935 German 15pf stationery card with Deutsche Schiffspost Englandfahrt date stamp, Germany 1938 items with cancels for England and Aston Villa matches including one rohrpost item for each, Hungary 1953 and 1954 covers with special cancels, 1966 World Cup including red meter mail handstamps, advertising cover, Germany very rare red Adidas advertising slogan cancel cover and large England Winners commemorative envelope with signatures of all eleven players (folded down left side). A collection that has taken years to assemble with love and care, the covers and cards stuck with sticky pads that require careful removal, a rare opportunity. A winner of many international medals including two gold FEPA medals.