Spring Auction Series 2016

A stunning assembly of Zeppelin mail with a vast array of Hindenburg Olympia flights with the special cachets, many with Olympic franking including miniature sheets, complete sets, booklet panes, plus much more, also an assembly Lakehurst Trans-Atlantic flights, a wonderful basis for study and expansion into an exhibit collection (100 flights covers or cards, 29 postcards & some modern Zeppelin cancels) (Est. € 500/700)

Group of 6 covers incl. two 1936 Olympiafahrt Hindenburg Zeppelin covers, one with violet and one with red (scarce) special cachets, and four envelopes with 1936 Olympic frankings, fine (Est. € 100/150)

1936 Berlin stamp group, incl. three cards with Olympic torch relay cachets from Hellendorf (all different in style or colour), two with the special "Olympic Bell" cds from the Stadium or Village, page commemorating torch run at Dresden with set tied by cds, printed page with set tied by Stadion special cds, Organising Committee document with stamp affixed and fraudulently tied, Football ticket with stamp tied by fake special cancel, Handball...

1936 Berlin stamps group of 3 items plus 10 vignettes incl. 1936 (Aug 1) printed envelope for the Olympic Zeppelin flight with the complete set of Summer and Winter Games issues with special cachet adjacent; page with Summer Games set commemorating the Olympic torch arriving in Radebeul tied by cds; and Telefunken printed page with set tied by the special Olympic cancels for which each event depicted on the stamp was held, fine

Torch Relay: Selection of 14 covers & cards mostly from Greece, some bearing the popular Torch Relay cancels from Olympia, plus a few picture postcardsmixed to very fine, a scarce assembly printed by the Austrian Olympic Fund, showing an array of Olympic frankings & Official special cancels, very fine

Argentinian Olympic Committee 10c vignette in an amazing block of 25, which would have been used to make up booklets, some stains & defects, an extremely rare multiple (Du Bois No. 27)

Official vignette neatly tied on envelope from India with 9p franking, paying the book post rate, unusual & scarce usage of the vignette

The Official Golden Chain of Office for the members of the International Olympic Committee, designed by Walter E. Lemcke, Berlin. The chain contains six medallions set into the links of a gold-plated, hand-worked chain, these being reproductions of antique originals from the period between 300 and 500 B.C. depicting five different events from the ancient games. The five enamelled Olympic rings are attached to a large medallion revealing a...

1936 Olympic Order, Second Class, gold-plated, 55mm x 55 mm, with red and white striped ribbon, in original box, fine and scarce

Medals: 1936 Participation Medal, cast in bronze, 70 mm, by O.Placzek, showing five athletes, representing the five continents, pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell, reverse showing Olympic Bell embossed with German Eagle holding Olympic rings within five concentric circles, green and brown original patina, very fine

Medals: 1936 Participation Medal, cast in bronze, 70 mm, by O.Placzek, showing five athletes, representing the five continents, pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell, reverse showing Olympic Bell embossed with German Eagle holding Olympic rings within five concentric circles, green and brown original patina, very fine