Lot
1944 
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Worldwide, Water Skiing Topical Collection, exhibition collection and accumulation housed in three large boxes; the exhibit collection "Philatelic Illustrations of Competitive Water Skiing" includes France 30c 8th World Water Skiing Championship issue along with rare Artist proof and Deluxe presentation sheet, imperf sheet margin block of four and a trial color strip of five, also first day maximum card and cachet cover, other issues including some rare items with 1971 French Polynesia set, 1993 Cyprus error stamp on maximum card, unaddressed U.S. 21st World Championship cancel with signatures of U.S. team, etc., the additional material includes an extensive picture post card collection, various event & commemorative covers, host of country skiing related issues including good British Commonwealth sets and French Area proofs as well as other scarce proof items, meter items, cancellations, ephemera items including match book covers, etc.; an interesting topical collection with some better. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $375
Lot
1945
Worldwide, Sports Topicals Collection, 1940-80's, an attractive collection of fresh mint n.h. sets arranged in five stockbooks with French (much former) Colonies, British Colonies, East and West Europe, Hungary imperfs, Asia (noting Mongolia and Bhutan), lots of $5-50 range items, all clean with many varieties, especially imperfs; wholesale value potential to over $1,000 with cat value in multiples of that, A nice group. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $250
Lot
1946 /o
Worldwide, Sports Topicals Collection, 1930-60's, mainly mint collection, A-Z in three special three-ring albums (well filled with value in $5-50 range) plus a sheet file album for souvenir sheets and spring back with first day covers, included East and West Europe and their colonies, Asia, Latin America etc.; nice, clean collection with wholesale value estimate of $820, worth a look. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $220