840 Sports Swimming/Sports Natation
| Lot No |
Type |
Description |
Reserve |
Estimate |
| 2454 |
ND |
NICARAGUA (1949) Swimmer* diving into water. Scott No 720. Yvert No 738. Imperf. Margin Pair. Only 50 copies (25 pairs) exist. Listed at 3000F in the 1987 Trachtenberg catalogue. . Rare!
| $300 |
$375 |
| 2455 |
ND |
NICARAGUA (1949) Swimming: Diving. Scott No C305. Yvert No PA276. Imperforate Block of 4. . Trachtenberg 1987 Catalogue: 1500F per stamp ($900 for the block). Only 50 imperf. stamps printed. Difficult to find!
| $475 |
$600 |
| 2456 |
EP |
NIGER (1963) Swimmer. Sepia printer's proof. Dakar Friendship Games. Scott No 114, Yvert No 120. These are the rarest of the French proofs. Only 3-4 were made from the unhardened die as a final check before printing.
| $200 |
$250 |
| 2457 |
EL |
FRANCE (1963) Water skier. Deluxe sheet. Scott No 1073. Yvert No 1395. Vichy water-skiing championship.
| $35 |
$45 |
| 2458 |
EL |
GABON (1967) Diving platform. Deluxe sheet. Mexico Olympics. Scott No 213, Yvert No 212.
| $20 |
$25 |
| 2459 |
EL |
NIGER (1968) Diving. Deluxe sheet. Scott No C91. Yvert No PA91. Mexico Olympics.
| $25 |
$30 |
| 2460 |
SPE |
PARAGUAY (1969) Swimmer. Imperforate with MUESTRA (specimen) overprint. Mexico Olympics. Scott No 1135, Yvert No 1000.
| $20 |
$25 |
| 2461 |
ESS |
MONACO (1976) Divers. Trial color proof. Montreal Olympics. Scott No 1025, Yvert No 1057.
| $25 |
$30 |
| 2462 |
SPE |
GERMANY (1988) Diving (computer image). MUSTER (Specimen) overprint. Scott No B665, Yvert No 1187.
| $15 |
$20 |
| 2463 |
SPE |
GERMANY (BERLIN) (1990) Water polo. Scott No 9NB277. Yvert No 825. "MUSTER" (Specimen) overprint. .
| $20 |
$25 |
FRANCE (1978) Shot put. Skier. Swimmer. Cyclist. Runner. Deluxe sheet. Sports for All. Scott No 1619, Yvert No 2020.
NORFOLK ISLAND (2000) Malcolm Champion. Unaddressed FDC with cachet and thematic cancel. Scott No 709. Gold medal swimmer at 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
