Sale 44: The Westpex Sale - Important Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 3308 /o/   

Worldwide, The Manikian Olympic Historical Overview. This is the balance of the first frame of the Manikian Olympic collection which details the Olympic history as seen through stamps, some better items are included such as Greece 1896 2D mint, Greece 1906 20L Proof, Switzerland 1944 30c Olympic Jubilee (Open Eye Variety), Switzerland 1945 5fr Pax mint, Greece 1906 5D Olympic mint, etc., worth inspection (no photo).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $900

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Lot 3309 /o/   

Greece, 1896 Athens Games. Selection of items, including used examples of Greece #117/125 Olympics pictorials, with printing and color varieties, several cards & covers; of special interest several socked-on-the-nose cancels with dates corresponding to various events of the games including 2l rose with "25 March 1896" cancel (first day of issue and first day of the Games), mixed condition, please inspect.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 3310    

France, 1900 Paris Games. Including 26 postcards with United States Postal Station flag and machine cancels Paris Exposition 1900 and other types of U.S. cancels; also various French exposition cancels including Beaux Arts, Invalides, R.F. in flag, Rapp, Alma, Village Suisse, Suffren; etc; very attractive selection.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $850

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Lot 3311    

Worldwide, 1904 St. Louis Games. The 1904 Olympiad took place in conjunction with the World's Fair at St. Louis, this lot consisting mainly of about 150 post cards, postal cards and covers including one complete set on 1¢ Postal card tied by Exposition Station duplex cancels, many with Exposition Station postmarks, many franked with Louisiana Purchase issues; also included are many advertising covers featuring promotional illustrations, slogan cancellations, etc., for the Fair itself; earlier versions with "1903", later versions having dropped the date; broad range of corner cards, many post cards and covers with Fair building illustrations; only one item mentions the Games as a major participant; most station cancels are 7-line machine type but note some with the scarcer duplex handstamp types as well; mixed condition, generally F-VF or better.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 3312 /o/   

Greece, 1906 Athens Games. Group of covers, postcards & stamps celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Modern Games, including complete mint set of Olympic issue with two 5D, couple of proofs incl 5D on carton paper in brick red, cancels, several covers & postcards franked with 1906 Greece issues, souvenir postcard of William J. Sherring, Canadian winner of the Marathon; special card for the 1906 Games showing the Greek royal coat of arms, color trial and lovely mint 5d blue, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 3313    

Great Britain, 1908 London Games. Held in conjunction with the Franco-British Exhibition, containing various picture postcards with special cancellations from London, Bally Maclinton Shepherd's Bush on October 24 final day of football competition; several British Olympic Committee labels; and some photos, picture postcards, etc., worth inspection (no photo).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $500

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Lot 3314    

Sweden, 1912 Stockholm Games. Selection of 6 special postcards with Olympic Games of Stockholm special postmarks including roller machine cancel Publicity postmarks; also 3 mint Olympic vignettes in different languages, plus one tied on reverse of cover from the Danish West Indies, and one tied on unaddressed Olympic postcard with 2ö pair by "Stockholm Stadion/LBR./22.7.12" postmarks (a reproduction made by the Swedish Postal Museum in 1913.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $375

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Lot 3315    

Worldwide, 1916-1936 Worldwide Olympics. Consignment balance, including rare Kaiser Wilhelm 1916 "non-held" games label tied on postcard, group of vignettes or labels for various Games; and more; please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $575

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Lot 3316    

Worldwide, 1916-1936 Worldwide Olympics Photos. Selection of mainly unofficial photos from various Games (no photo).
Estimate    $50 - 75.

Realized: $110

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Lot 3317    

Belgium, 1920 Antwerp Games. Selection of 30 or so postcards and covers all with special slogan cancels of Anvers/Antwerp during the Games; also some position blocks of the Belgian Olympic stamp issues, please inspect (no photo).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $450

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