Lot
3284 
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Worldwide Topicals, (Olympics) France, 1924 Paris Olympic Games Collection, stamp & covers on stockpages and some covers in sleeves; starting with the 1924 Olympic Games issues (Scott 198-201) including a set of mint panes of 25 (some separations and light toning on top values), selection of */o in moderate duplication including 10c gutter pane of 8 with "Parison" imprint doubled plate variety, over 100 covers and cards with the Olympic Games issue and/or Olympic publicity postmarks, including Versailles - Congress tying 10c on Assembly post card, nice showing of the Paris slogan duplexes including "Seine - Infre" (with cert.) and scarce machine roller postmark, etc.; condition varies, worth evaluation. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $725
Lot
3285
Worldwide Topicals, (Olympics) United States 1932 Olympic Issues Cover Collection, over 300 cover mostly in slips and glassine; includes FDC covers with better cachets including Truby, Gorham, 1st Los Angeles Times airmail set, etc., Olympic Games cachets, host of event covers, interesting airmail usages including ship to shore and F.A.M.'s and a variety of label and auxiliary handstamps, naval and packetboat, foreign destinations including Gibraltar, Syria, Tonga (Tin Can Mail), India, Turks Islands, etc., unusual cancels, etc.; many unusual items throughout. Scott No. 716, 718-719 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $475
Lot
3286
Worldwide Topicals, (Olympics) Germany, 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Exhibition Collection, on exhibition pages featuring the 1935 semi-postal issues and postal card series, includes */o singles (including mint thick paper and "Muster" specimen set) and blocks, souvenir sheets */o, booklet panes and se-tenant multiples including two full sheets, unexploded booklets including the scarce red stripe variety, covers including Zeppelin and rail P.O., etc. Scott No. B79-B89, B91-B92 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $525
Lot
3287
Worldwide Topicals, (Olympics) United States 1980-1996 Olympic Event Cover Collection, approximately 700 covers mostly arranged in 8 cover albums; excellent well formed assembly of cachets and stations cancels for the 1980 Lake Placid, 1984 Los Angeles & 1996 Atlanta Games, includes auxiliary Olympic related and a host of many 100's of mostly unused post and postal cards commemorating the 1984 & 1996 Olympics housed in two large stockboxes; an ideal collection for the Olympic enthusiast. Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot
3288
Worldwide Topicals, Space Covers, one man's accumulation of 50+ covers, cards; most chosen or interesting and unusual usages. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $105
Lot
3289
Worldwide Topicals, (Supplies) Unused Stockbooks, 2 large cartons with new or nearly new fancy padded stockbooks, such as Lighthouse, please inspect. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $350
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3290 /o/
Worldwide Topicals, (Windmills) Worldwide Windmill Philatelic Collection, extensive topical collection arranged by country and mounted on pages in 21 Stanley Gibbons springback albums; the vast array of windmill illustrated and related issues many with additional covers, maximum card, FDC, commemorative cachet cover as well as related ephemera, with highlights including a section of Aegean Island (Italian Occ.) issues with scarce 1929 Views issue specimen set (1986 Gloria cert.), couple on cover usages, later 5c overprint issues, semi-postal issues with 1943 5c-10c on postal card with "Inselpost" issue (Signed A. Diena), 1944"Weihnachten" issue including a rare on card usage, Spain with 10c Don Quixote issue including airmail issue with better varieties and a study of later windmill issues, Netherlands with rocketmail stamps and covers, Ukraine with a study of the 1920 unissued 200h high value with and DP Camp issues, etc. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $2,500