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SPORTS >V ' PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL

Volume 26 July - August 1988 Number 6

XV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES by Mark C. Maestrone

Ano ther Win ter 0 lympi cs has now come and gone, and while most of us i n th e Oly mpic Philat elic Community are taking a shor t br eath er b ef ore the onslau ght of the XXlVth Summer Olym pics , it is time to ta ke a 1 ook at the philatelic output from Cal gary . whil e this task i s not as complex as it was for LOS Ange les or wi 11 be for S eoul, information is still bein g re ceiv ed a nd an alyze d. Thi s fi rst artic le wi 11 dis cuss the var 10US phil atelic venu es ( here afte r ref erred to as 1 venu e post offi ces ' ) , as well as pres ent initi al in format ion on c ance I var iet i es, and thei r re lati ve v alue on co ver. A po stal rat e cha rt i n matrix form has als o be en in elude d so t hat the read er ma y de termine the clas s of his mail ed co vers. A f utur ear tide wil 1 pre- sent. a d ay-b y-da y . ev en t-b y-even t ch art that will ill ustrate the var iou s vari eties of c ancels ava ilab le d ur ing the Games. Whi le t here were eigh t venu e po st o ffic es (6 in Calgary, 1 eac h i n Ca nmor e and at t he Kan anas k is Vill age R esor t), this auth or h as f irst hand know ledge of o nly 3: OLYMP EX a nd Stat ion •M' in c algar y, an d Kana nask is P ost Of fic e. Any read er w ho c an p rovid e new or di f fer ing info rmati on o n these or t he o ther vtn ue po st of f ices is e ncou rage d to writ e me at 2824 Cur ie P lace San Oieg o, CA 9212 2.

CANADA POST MAIL IMG RATES AT THE TIME OF THE GAMES

[All rates reflect the first weight increment. Post cards are treated as first increment letters, i.e. no special post card rates are in effect in .]

Canada (domestic rate): 37U : 43s> ' International: 7ht Registration: $2.70 plus above postage Special Delivery ( only) SI.83 plus aoove postage Special Delivery (all others) $2.63 plus above postage

201 COMMEMORATIVE OLYMPIC CANCELS

Advance information from Canada Post did not make clear the f act that OLYMPEX would be using all cancels available each day according to the schedule of events. However, the other venue post offices were only authorized to use the ca,n- eels for their own venue city. CPC also removed one special., cance 1 from their list before the start of the Games: the Disab led Skiing at Canmore. This left 19 special cancels in all. Initially, there was also some confusion as to when to apply cancels for postponed events. When the Men's Downhill Skiin g event at Nakiska on February 14th was postponed be- cause of bad weather, the Kananaskis Post Office removed the Alpin e Skiing cancel from use. OLYMPEX, however, continued to us e theirs. Whether any cancels did indef-d get applied at Ka nanaskis on that day is, as yet, unknown. Another post- p o n e m ent occurred on February 20th when the Disabled Skiing Slalo m event at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary was delayed until the 21st (figure 1). In this case, OLYMPEX and Station 'M' w ere warned in advance, and this cancel was never put in- to us e on the 20th.

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The cane ell ing dev ice s us ed at all v enue post o ffices were iden t ica1 . Si mi lar to th e mech anica 1 pr icing devices used by s uper market c ler ks, th e meta 1 nan dean eel co n s i s t e d r •' a mcv i ng i nk pla te wh ich ro tated out o f th e way «nen the :'ldl e wa s pr essed down, causi ng the inke d di e to n.ak e con- tact with the surf a ce to be pr inted. The f act that the die was h idde n by the i nk ing plate while in t he ' p a s s i ve ' posi- t ion , mad e Ji ning u p the cance 1 very diff icul t . Sn udged iirr- press ions wer e also qui t e comm on due to t he u nwield 1y nature of th e ca ncel ling d evice line ven in kinq was also a n)d jor probl em , espe cially on t he Cpe ninq C eremo nies cance is at OLYMP EX; in m any ca ses, the da te was so f aint as to be vir- tuall y un read able. This probl em was late r co rrecte d.

202 An initial examination of the special cancels from the various venue post offices reveals no discernible diffe rence in image, size of die, or lettering style/position. Ho weyer, there are major differences in the order of the 'month-day- year ' designation in the moveable date portion of ^the die : 4 i TYPE 1 Year.Month.Day (ex. 88.11.20) TYPE 2 Day.Month.Year (ex. 20.11.88) TYPE. 3 Year Month Day (ex. 88 II 20) no periods TYPE 4 Year Month Day (ex. 88 2 20) no periods, Arabic nume ral month.

[A member of our sister organization, The Society of Olympic Collector s, discovered two other types which were hu- man errors. Only a couple of cancels were applied before the moveable date was corrected by the postal employee. I assume that the-:e types will be discussed in a future issue of The Torchbearer. ] There are re ports of cancels in which only one period is present, howev er it has not been determined whether this is due to poor in king of the die or not. While these vari- eties in style of dating may seem trivial, they are, I be- lieve, the only w ay to discern one venue post office from another (when met er tapes, registration, etc. have not been used). This will be critical in determining the rarity of a particular cover. Cancel types 1, 2, and 3 exist on various days for specific event cancels. An exact enumeration of these varieties w ill be presented in a future article.

VENUE POST OFFICES The following chart should help in identifying the four primary post offices open to the public: OLYMPEX Station 'M' Kananaskis Canmore Location Calgary Alberta Kananaskis Canmore, Convent ion Provincial Resort TOL 2M0 Ctr., 120 Gov. Bldg. village, 9th Ave.SE 220-4th 3kms. south T2T 0P3 Ave.SE of Nakiska T2G4Y2 venue TOL 2M0 P.O. » None * 571458 AB 589020 AB 571962 AB

Meter its None PB 500165 H 2003128 PB 152418 PB 500245 Regi st. None 'R' Block 'R* Block 'R' Block handstamp, handstamp, handstamp, numbering numDering number!ng handstamp by hand by hand

203 SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL

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ISSN 0 44 7 953X NOTE: The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and they do not necessarily represent those of the editor, the officers of SPI or the position of SPI itself. All catalogue numbers quoted in this publication are from Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue unless specifically stated otherwise. SPI and JSP do not guarantee advertisements, but accept copy in good faith, reserving the right to reject objectionable material.

204 Meter None None "Kananaskis ^Jone Slogan Villaqe/ThE RESORT FOR ALL SEASONS/ P.O. Box 100,Alberta, Canada • -. iSLsiWsi . * * As OLYMPEX was not a post office, it was not allowed to deal with special classes of mail, and therefore had no metering machines, etc.

OLYMPEX

The focus for philat el ic activi ty at t he xv Oly mpic Hint er Ga mes w as OL YMPEX •88, the wo rldwide non- comp etitive exhi bit o f Win ter 0 lympic and Winter Sports phil atel y. Held unde r the ausp ices of the Olym pic Ar ts Fest ival, OLY MPEX '88 took plac eat the C algary Conv ention Centre , an imp ressive mult i-lev el fa cilit y loca ted o n 9th Avenue at th e hu b of the down town Olymp ic ac tivity . Provide d one co uld b eat one ' s way throu gh th e cro wds of craz ed pin collec tors on t he mall, Salo n 'A1 prov ided a beeh ive o f phil atelic act iv ity. Gree ted b y the court eous Arts F estival Staf f at the en- tran ce, w here the E xhibit ion P rogram s were avai 1abl e for sale , 227 f ram es of magni f-icen t mate rial st retch ed o ut ac- cord ian-s tyle down the le ngth of the hall. Pres iden t Sama- ranc h' s alway s impr essive exhi bi t, a s well as Ge orgi os Doli- anit is' b reath takin g disp lay o f earl y Greek Olym pic issues were high light s of the Co urt o f Hono ur, whi le ma ny o f our fell ow SP I mem bers like J oe La cko , G lenn Es tus a nd F rancis Dazi niere , amon g ma ny oth ers , showed thei r equal ly f ine col- lect ions in th e ope n cate gory. Perso nal1y, one o f my favor- ites is s till Alice Johns on' s "Figur e Skati ng" e xhib it which took on a n add ed me aning as I watche d the L adies ' Figur e Skat ing s hort progr am a f ew ni ghts 1 ater in the Olym pic Sad- died ome! Thre e Po stal Adminis trat ions were repr esented by sales boot hes: Can ada P o s t Corpor a t ion (CPC) , Ko rean Ph i latelic Cent re (K PC), and the Par agua yan P ostal Adm inistra t ion . Many Olym pic issue s were av si lable from eac h, with KPC of- feri ng it s ma x imum cards and posta 1 sta tion e r y for the Seoul Olym pics as w ell. Both K PC ( figur e 2) and the Par aguayan boot h ( figur e 3b)h ad spec ial handc ancel s av ailable . Only ' e KPC c ance 1 was o f a m ovea ble d ate t ype. The P araguayan e :(1C el wa s ap pi ied in red , al thoug h an iden t i c a 1 blac k can- eel was a lso on v iew . Ho we»e r, th e per son manning the booth seem ed he si tan t to use th e hi ack v ers io n . CPC mad e the OLYM PEX c ance 1 (fi gure 3a )ava ilabl e at thei r boot/i Three to f our i dent ical devices wer eat the p ubli" c ' s d iposa s l at all times T he Ar ts Fest ival f avo r can eel (figure 4 ) iv a s avai lable at the c ourtesy des k at the s how' s entra nee. All cane els w ere in bl ack onl y, H ith t he ex cept ion of the Para- guay an ca ncel as d iscusse d ab ove.

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OLYMPEX was also important for another reason: all daily commemorative cancels for the three venue cities were available at this one location. There was an initial shake­ down period, as the seven rotating representatives from CPC acquainted themselves with the task of cancelling philatelic mail. One CPC representative confessed to me that she had never used a cancelling device before, and that it took her quite a while to learn. Following the initial stampede of Opening Ceremonies Cancel seekers, a table was set up away from the CPC booth to cancel mail. It was subsequently rare to see more than a handful of people in line at any one tine.

THE CANMORE NORDIC CENTRE An Oflicial sue ol Ihe 19S8 Olym- pic Wlnler Games The Noirjic Centre is irleal lor cross country, nordic combined and biathlon events.

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206 Unfortunately, however, OLYMPEX was not granted the status of a Post Office, and therefore did not offer special services such as metering, registration, or special delivery, Fortunately, another venue post office, Station 'M', was lo­ cated six blocks away. It should be noted that no commemor- tive registration labels nor commemorative meter machine slogan cancels were created by Canada Post for ihe. *Y Olym- . pic Winter Games. • V

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Mark C. Maestrone 2824 Curie Place a San Diego, CA 92122 ii U.S.A. —,. A^

Poste R estante mail add ressed to 0 LYMP EX did indeed reac h its de stinati on , a s th e round "OL YMPE X" favor cancel was often us ed as a back stam p along wit h a commemorative Olym pic even t cance 1. T he m ail may , howev e r, have been pro- cess ed acros s the s treet fro m the C onve nt io n Center in the Pall iser Tow er comp lex, head quarter s of the IOC and Calgary Olym pic Orga nizing Commi ttee (figur e 5 and inset). The rect angular Arts Fe stiva 1 ca ncel wa s al so u sea rib a back- stam p on pos tal mat er ial sen t to OL YMPE X . As the most ea sily acce ssible of a 11 t he venue post of- f ice s, OLYMP EX cane els w ill certain ly p rove to be the most comm on. It should be no ted that a larg e pe rcentage of im- res sions we re app1 led i n "0 1 ympic Pass port s" rather than to c .ve rs or po st card s. I nter i • s t i n ij y1 en o u g n , postage did not have to be a ffixed to th e ar t i c 1 e to be can celled. Collect- ors will rem ember t hat a t Lo s Angel es t he u SPS reguired at leas t 20(Z in postag e ( the fi rst cla ss d ones tic letter Tpte) o non-p ostal ms (e.g ti be a pplied t ite cket s, the USPS sou- etc. ) b e f o r e c e 11 a t io n c veni r book, car oul d take place. Very ists we re ob ing can eels few philatel tain at OLYMPEX; even few- ere plac ing the ir ca ncel led mat eria Is i n the mailstream, er w g to us e the ndback" met most electin "ha hod.

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STATION 'M' VENUE POST OFFICE

OLYM PEX did not have regi stration or metering facili- ties. St at io n ' M' , the neares t full-service venue post of fie e, w as t he obvious choice for philatelists to obtain speci al s erv i ces Loca ted in the A lber ta Pr ov in eial Bui lding, the facility was o pen Mond ay throu gh S a turd ay. Thi s pr esented a problem with rega rd t o o bta in ing regis trat ion for a Sunday cancel, since reij i ste red mail mus t be cane elle d at the same postal f acil ity. As St at ion •M' only off ered Cal gary cancels (this was t rue for all 5 ve nue post off ice s in C algary) , it was impos sibl e to re giste r co vers to b e ca ncel led with non-Cal- gary cane els ( except , of cours e, i f on e pr ocessedo tnethem at e i t n er Ka nana ski s or Canm ore) . Th i s a u t' •• or managed to ge. aroun d th is n ui sanc e by m e ter in g m ai 1 at S•tatio n 'M' for the Speci al D el i ver y rate an d the n ca r r y in g t he croperly frank- ed ma il b ack to OLYMP EX f or ca ncel lati on This system also worke d fo r Su nda y can eels such as the rios ing Ceremonies ( figur e 6 Logi c suggests that the- C losing Ceremonies cancel will be th e on ly one of the 19 avai lable commemorative cancels that will not exist on a regis tered cover, except possibly as a back stamp or from the Cal gary Ulympic Village Post Of- f ice On ly two venue postal f aciiities were open on Sunday: Kanan aski s, which did not offe r this cancel, and OLYMPEX, which cou Id not register mail, Special Delivery Closing Cerem onie s covers will thereto re be quite rare.

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Jeremy Abbott 37 CANADA Poste Restante Calgary Olympic Village 88 University Court NW Special Delivery Expres Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 4R8 B

KANANASKIS (NAKISKA) VENUE POST OFFICE

The Kananaskis Post Offi ce served the Nakiska venue, and was located at the Kananaskis Village Resort about 3 kms. south of Nakiska at Mt. Allen (the venue for all the Alpine Skiing events). Neither flakisk a ("Meeting Place" in the local Indian dialect) nor Kan anaskis are towns. The resort hotel complex was granted a p ost office as a convenience to their administration and gues ts. It was open 7 days a week and provided all special serv ices. A most helpful postmistr ess processed all the mail. I met no other philatelists the re, and suspect that because it was so far removed from the 0 lympic venue at Mt. Allen there was very little registered or special delivery mail cancelled there. Fortunately, it is very easy to differentiate the can- eels applied at Kananaskis fr om those at OLYMPEX: the month designation in the moveable d ate portion of the die is always an Arabic numberal as opposed to Roman numberals used at all other venue post offices (fig ure 7). The Kananaskis Post Offi ce was also the only one to use a slogan in their meter machi ne. While not an Olympic-relat- ed slogan, it nonetheless is interesting because the "Kanan- askis Village" designation su ggests an athletes' village. incidentally, two National Olympic Teams (the Swiss for one) housed their Alpine Skii ng Teams at the resort, a mini athletes' village, if you wil 1! Transit and receiving ca ncels applied at Kananaskis/were dependant on the quantity of mail that had to be processed that day. In one case, a cov er mailed poste restante to Kananaskis on February 20th f rom OLYMPEX, received a square "moon cancel" backstamp at Ka nanaskis on February 24th, an Alpine Skiing backstamp on Fe bruary 26th, and an Alpine Ski- ing frontstamp on February 27 th (figure 8 and inset).

209 As noted above, Alpine Skiing cancels from Kananaskis are easily differentiated, and will prove to be rare when used to cancel stamps on cover. Probably the rarest cancel of all 19 will be the Freestyle Skiing cancel which was unly available on February 22nd (figure 7).

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210 CANMORE VENUE POST OFFICE

While I did not personally visit the Canmore Post Of­ fice, information was provided to me by the postmaster of that facility. As commemorative Olympic cancels were fre­ quently used as backstamps, it has been easy to record what their cancels looked like. *** „*\^'.. y" Unfortunately, the Canmore postmaster was not as.'ac^- commodating as his counterpart at Kananaskis: the moveable date portion appears to be identical to those used at OLYMPEX. Sherwin Podolsky does report that in some cases the period between the year and month designation is either missing or extremely faint. So far, I have no further reports from which to make a judgement on this question. Canmore, the venue for all Nordic Skiing events, did have its own official Olympic Village. While there was a post office facility within this village, it was totally sep­ arate from the Canmore Post Office in the town of Canmore. The Olympic Village Post Office was for originating mail only. All mail addressed to the Village Post Office was pro­ cessed directly through Calgary. Canmore's Postmaster states that there were no "Olympic Village" cancels of any kind at that facility, however I do not know whether the Athletes' Village Post Office used the commemorative Olympic cancels or not.

CALGARY OLYMPIC VILLAGE

The primary athletes' village was located on the campus of the University of Calgary (which was also the site of the new Olympic Speed Skating Oval and McMahon Stadium, venue for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies). As has been the case since 1976 in Montreal, Olympic villages have become fortresses of security. While a post office was provided within the village, I have yet to receive concrete informa­ tion on how it functioned. A large, round, single-circle handcancel with the words "Calgary Olympic Village" (COV) inscribed along the top in­ ner diameter of the die was used both in red and black (fig­ ure 9). While red markings are normally used as arrival cancels, I suspect that this was not entirely true of the COV cancels. A number of my own poste restante covers were returned with this marking, and a pattern developed. Those covers mailed to the Media Villages (either Lincoln Park or Broad­ cast Hill) were front- or backstamped with the COV cancel in black. Further, I believe these cancels were applied at Station ' M' in Calgary, rath-er than at either of the Media Villages. This theory stems from the fact that two of-these covers were returned to me in an official CPC brown -envelope (with a corner handstamped return address of Station 'M') bearing the identically dated black COV cancel on front and back! Since date and color matched, I have to assume that Media village mail was processed directly at Station 'M' with black arriva1/forwarding cancels (figure 10).

211 Mark C. Maestrone 35 Ci'iAW SPECIAL DELIVERY Poste Restante Lincoln Park Media Village 4838 Richard Road S.W. Special Delivery Expres Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2T 2M2 g

On the other hand, all covers addressed to either the Calgary Olympic Village or Canmore Olympic Village (in care of the former) were returned with red COV cancels. While we can be sure that a COV cancel was used at the Calgary vil­ lage Post Office (as evidenced by George Killian's cover il­ lustrated in the May/June issue of SPI), can we be certain that the village post office applied the COV cancel in black as a cancel and in red as an arrival mark? Forwarding marks from the Olympic village consisted of the commemorative event cancels; in many cases, all the available cancels for that day were applied to front and/or back. The order of 'month-day-year' differs from Station 'M* and can therefore be assumed to have been applied at the village post office, supported by G. Killian's cover men­ tioned above (figure 11). As previously stated, we know that the Canmore Olympic Village Post Office did not possess a COV cancelling device.

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The popularity of pictorial 'philatelic show' cancels in the United States is often cause for the generation of many Olympic-related markings, and the Calgary Olympics were of course appropriately commemorated. It is not within the scope of this article to discuss them at length. For the record, they include the following:

January 8-10: 0RC0EXP0 '88, Anaheim, CA (2 cancels) February 6: LOBEX l-'88, Long Beach, CA February 14: CLINTPEX '88, Clinton, CT February 28: CORPEX STA, Corvallis, OR March 4-6: BEPEX '88, Montvale, NJ April 9: SHEPEX '88, Sheboygan, WI

One such cancel is of interest to the serious collector: the Anchorage, Alaska 'OLYMPIC STATION' cancel of February 13th. It's significance is two-fold: 1) The one-day cancel commemorates the opening day of the XV Olympic Winter Games. 2) The cancel illustrates the logo of the Anchorage 1994 Organizing Committee, the sole bid city from the United States for the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.

Figure 12 illustrates this cancel applied to the 1988 U.S. Winter Olympic stamp. The Calgary Olymoic commemorative cancel, used as an arrival stamp at Kananaskis, creates an interesting cover tying togetner two Winter Olympic Games. This same cover also illustrates another aspect of Olym­ pic markings. Over the past few Games, postal authorities have often created special return-to-sender handcancel s _to notify the sender that either the addressee is no longer at/ the Olympic Athletes' Village, or that the Olympic Games are officially closed. In the case of Calgary, no such special handeancels are know to have been used. Figure 12 shows a typical rectangular marking used, with slight variations, at most of the venue post offices.

213 CONCLUSIONS It w ould be safe to assume, first of all, that the class of CO ver from the Calgary Olympics initially determines it's scare ity, i.e. that a properly franked registered cover with all a dhes ive elements tied by commemorative cancels, is far more desi rable than an over-franked handback cover. Given* "»• this theo rem, there is also a hierarchy of event cancels ' > *" from spec ific venue post offices. Collectors may wish to keep thei r eyes open for different rates used. With the two rate chan ges that occurred between the first and last issues of Ca nadi an Olympic stamps, it was easy to make up various rates wit h combinations of Olympic stamps, The following scale (1 being lowest) should aid the Olymp ic P hilatelist in determining the rarity of his cover: Level 1: All OLYMPEX covers. An interesting combination on cover might be, say, a Biathlon cancel from OLYMPEX, with a Biathlon arrival cancel from Canmore! Level 2: Calgary cancels from any of the other 5 Calgary venue post offices. Opening or Closing Ceremonies cancels from any venue post office. Level 3: Calgary Freestyle Skiing cancels of February 21st and 25th, the Calgary Disabled Skiing cancel from Feb­ ruary 21st (rescheduled from the 20th). All these can­ cels were one-day cancels. Level 4: Any cancels from either Kananaskis or Canmore. The red Calgary Olympic Village cancel. Level 5: The Freestyle Skiing cancel of February 22nd from Kananaskis. The black Calgary Olympic Village cancel. This rating is based on alot of common sense as to the accessability of the venue post office and the freguency of application for a particular event cancel. It is certainly NOT the definitive word on the value of any collector's cover and should oe used as a guide in making an informed decision.

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214 LETS POOL OUR OLYMPIC AND SPORTS KNOWLEDGE Edited by Edward B. Epstein Sports and Olympic philatelists have, collectively, a great deal of knowledge, which when pooled, can be of mutual benefit. Questions concerning sports and Olympic philately will be assigned a number and published in JSP. Responses to questions will be printed in subsequent issues. Address all questions to your editor: Edward B. Epstein, Paterson Board of Education, 33 Church Street, Paterson, N] 07505 USA.

Q- 118 information la requested about tha sailboat pictured on tha recently issued Maryland bicentennial issue. A- 118 At time looks can be deceiving. There ia no sportive association with tha sailboat pictured on the United States issue commemorating Maryland's bicentennial unless one considers oyster dredging a sport. According to tha March-April 1988 issue of Topical Time tha Maryland statehood stamp pictures a skipjack sailboat. Annapolis marine artist Stephen Hustvedt selected the 1908 built "Clarence Crockett", skipjack number 48 of a sail- powered flaat of 2,000 skipjacks,which were used since the 1880's to dredge oysters from the Chesapeake Bey. The craft, which is still in operation, was painted by Hustvedt sailing on the Severn River with an Annapolis view of the domed Maryland Statehouse at right and St.Ann's Church at left. Yachting made its postage stamp appearance on one in a series of eight stamps publicizing the 7th Olympic games in Aasterdam. Unlike Nikolai Litvinov's 1978 lithographed Olympic issue picturing the 470, Star, Flying Dutchman, , Finn and Tornado class crafts which were to be contested at tha 1980 Moscow games,the March 27, 1928 light blue Dutch stamp, designed by Fokko Maes pictures a Cutter, a craft which was not represented in the Olympic games. Between 1936 and 1940 Burmuda, on three of their definitive issues, pictured the same yacht "Lucie" design. On the 1936 stamp it was printed in blue and black. Its reappearance took place on a 1938 brown and black issue and in 1946 in red and ultra also repeated a illustration of a Star boat race on its brown 1945 issue commemorating tha 300th anniversary of tha Bahamas, in 19S4 the same design was used for a definitive stamp with - a addad portrait of Queen Elizabeth.

215 REVIEWS Dorothy E. Weihrauch

BASKETBALL PHILATELIC NEWS Volume 2, Number 1 of the basketball group's newsletter is dated April, 1988, and numbers 28 pages. The -feature article by Shlomo Vurgon of Israel de-fines and describes maximum cards, which eire reputable philatelic items too little appreciated by many American sports philatelists. Two basketball maximum cards, one from Russia, the other from France, are reproduced, and readers are referred to the article on this aspect of philately by Sebastian Safiano which appeared in the April, 1988, issue of "The American Philatelist"

Other articles in this issue of the newsletter relate to the two stamps issued by Greece on October 1, 1987, to celebrate the 25th European Men's Basketball Championships; the basketball cancels of Japan used for the 1985 Univorsiade held in Kobe; a first day cavetr of the Peoples' Republic of China of Nov. 20, 1987, the cachet of which features the mascot for a basketball competition; and new basketball stamps of (from its set issued for the 1.0th ) and St. Thomas and Prince (for the Barcelona Olympics).

There is a long article detailing the basketball cancellations used at various postoffices in Japan for the 42nd National Athletic Meet held in October, 1987. Another article relates to the 1968 International Games for the Paralysed held in Israel, and illustrates the stamp, vignette and official maximum card issued for the games, as well as reproducing an article on the history of those games. Finally, the LINN's article about Jamas A. Naismith, who is credited with inventing the game of basketball, is reproduced, and several new U.S. basketball cancellations are illustrated.

Write George E. Killian, 325 Rangely Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80921, about membership in the basketball study group.

216 FILA TELIA SPORT-OLIMPICA, ISSUE #19

This issue of the journal of the Sports Group of CIFT (Italian Center for Thematic Philately) is dated February, 1988. It totals 40 pages, and includes a number- o?"„ v articles on individual sports. As usual.it is well ' illustrated with reproductions of stamps, covers, postmarks and meter cancels.

The articles discussed below are those likely to be of most interest to American collectors. There is an article by Giuseppe Sabelli Fioretti on the history of collecting Olympics material. He attributes to Count Bonacossa.a member of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the credit for founding this aspect of philately. In 1928 he was already collecting philatelic material from every Olympiad he attended. In 1951 he proposed the first philatelic exhibition devoted entirely to Olympics material, to be held in Rome in 1952. Such an exhibition was indeed held, successfully, but it had been preceded in 1951 by a national exhibition in Barcelona devoted the Olympics material, the inspiration of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the current president of the International Olympic Committee.

The editor reminds readers that in connection with the XI Pan American Games, to be held in in 1991, an international exhibition of sports and Olympics philately will take place.

The most extensive article in this issue of the journal is devoted to basketball, with nearly six pages of material listing and illustrating new stamps, covers, cancellations and maters. Franco Uccellari and Nino Barberis call attention to the recent discovery of several spurious early Italian meter cancels, most Olympics-related but one (purportedly dated 1928) with a rowing theme. The authors indicate that the forgeries may be detected readily because the envelopes on the which the cancellations appear are of the modern format and too clean and white for their purported age.

Shorter articles relate to baseball (illustrated with two fine Italian meter cancels), cycling (two pages of Spanish pictorial cancellations shown), both old and new sports-related meter cancels from throughout Europe (nearly four pages of illustrations shown), two pages of meter cancellations (mostly German) used by private firms to promote their manufacture or sale of sports equipment.

Finally, the editors note that FVanco Pellegrini's exhibit "In the Spirt of the Olympics," having won its third international large gold medal at HAFNIA "3/, will only be shown in the Champion Class, outside of competition, at future international exhibitions, joining the Olympics collection of Manfred Bergman in this place of honor.

217 OLYMPHILEX '87

by Dorothy E. Weihrauch

Olymphilex '87 was held in Rome from August 29 to September 9, 1987, during the Second World Track and Field Championships. Organized by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), it was the second world' exhibition of Olympic philately, the first such exhibition having been held in Lausanne in 198S. From information provided in the International Federation of Olympic Philately (FIPO)'s document number 10 and from a special supplement of its journal published by the Sports Group of the Italian Thematic Association, a partial report on this exhibition can be derived.

The exhibition was held at the Foro Italico, the headquarters of the Italian National Olympic Committee. Some 120 exhibitors submitted collections for judging, occupying a total of 900 frames (14,400 pages). This compares with between 200 and 300 frames at the typical national-level U.S. stamp exhibition. An estimated 50,U00 visitors attended during the 12 days of the show. Forty-four postal administrations were represented, as well as several national and international sports federations and three national Olympic committees. The Italian postal administration provided a dated cancellation for each day of the show, as well as four special cancellations.

As might be expected, the extremely active Italian Sports Group participated heavily ae exhibitors and were well rewarded with medals. In the competitive class, Italians won 3 of 18 bronze medals, 2 of 9 silver bronze medals, 7 of 10 silver medals, 5 of 10 large silvers, 3 of 9 vermeils, 2 of 4 large vermeils, and 3 of 6 gold medals. The grand prize was awarded to one of the Italian gold medal winners - Franco Canepa - for his exhibit "The Paris Olympic Games of 1924." Other gold medal winners were Erich Brenzikofer (Switzerland) "Games and Sports on Ice and Snow;" Pierangelo Brivio (Italy) "Soccer;" Dieter Germann (Germany) "The Olympic Games in Germany 1936;" Ladislav Karel (Switzerland) "The Olympic Games 1896-1952)" and Franco Pellegrini (Italy) "In the Olympic Spirit."

The logo for Olymphilex '87 showed two figures from Roman mythology, the Etruscan twins Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of Rome, being suckled by a she-wolf. This emblem was repeated in all of the Italian post office's special cancellations, in meter cancels used by CONI and by the IOC in Lausanne, and in most of the special cancellations applied at the exhibition by the philatelic agencies of the various countries represented there. It also appears on one of the two stamps issued by Italy to. mark both the Track and Field Championships and the philatelic exhibition, and on the souvenir sheet issued by the Vatican to commemorate those events.

The schedule for future exhibitions of sports and Olympics philately has been fixed well into the future. 1988, of

218 course, brings us Olymphilex '88 in Seoul. This will be followed by a similar exhibition at Sofia (Bulgaria) in 1990; at Barcelona (in connection with the Olympics) in 19921 in 1994 at Paris* and in 1996 at Athens. Additionally, in 1989 there will be an international sports-Olympics exhibition in Havana () on the occasion of the XI Pan American Games, and in 1990, in connection Mith the World Soccer Championships, , another sports philatelic exhibition in Rome. SPI members may want to begin thinking now about developing their collections so they will be ready to exhibit in one of these future sports philatelic competitions.

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220 AMERICAN EXHIBITORS AT OLYMPHILEX '88 IN SEOUL

by Dorothy E. Weihrauch

Olymphilex '88, an international exhibition of Olympic and sports philately will be held in Seoul, Korea, from September 19-28, 1988, in connection with the . Sumssay- Olympic Gamma. Organized by the South Korean Ministry of Communications and the Korean Philatelic Federation, it is under the patronage of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and the FIPO (International Federation of Olympic Philately), and under the auspices of the FIP (International Federation of Philately).

The U.S. Commissioner for this exhibition, Mr. Robert de Violini, has released a list of the names of the U.S. exhibitors, together with the titles of their exhibits. There will be a total of 16 U.S. exhibits competing in Seoul, the property of 14 U.S. exhibitors, many of them SPI member*. Ten exhibits are entered in the FIP competitive class with the other six entered in the non-competitive class. For an American exhibit to have been accepted in the competitive class, it must have gained a vermeil award or higher in a U.S. national-level exhibition, i.e., an exhibition with the American Philatelic Society's WSP (World Scries of Philately) designation. Exhibits which did not so qualify will be judged in the non-competitive class, and awarded cornmemorative medals and diplomas.

Below a,re listed the U.S. exhibits entered, together with the exhibitors' names and the number of frames allotted for the exhibit. Each frame holds 16 pages.

COMPETITIVE CLASS

Nordic Skiing, Donald 6. Beuthel, 6 frames Stick ?< Puck Philately, Donald G. Beuthel, 6 frames Volleyball, Joan Bleakley, 4 frames 1936 Olympische Spiele, James A. Bowman, 6 frames The Sport of Golf, Cora B. Collin*, 4 frames Olympism - History of the Olympic Games of Antiquity and of the Revival, Kazimierz Kuzmin, 8 frames Sports in Poland - Achievements of Polish Athletes, Maria Kuzmin, 8 frames The Eleventh Olympiad: The Fuhrer's Olympics, Chri* W. Northwood, 7 frames Olympic Games, 1896-1932, Morris Rosen, 8 frames Game, Set, Match: The Story of Tennis, Dorothy E. Weihrauch, 4 frames

NON-COMPETITIVE CLASS / XXIIIrd Olympiad - A Philatelic Documentation, 1978-1985, Alexander Borsody, 6 frames Olympic Participants - They Are Not only Athletes, Robert Christianson, 5 frames Gymnastics in Philately, Edward Gustafson, 6 frames A Philatelic Journey through the XXth Ulympiad, 1972, Werner Helms, 8 frames

221 Stamps and Cancellations for European Sports Championships, 1931-1970, Werner Helms, 5 frames Xth Olympiad: Los Angeles, 1932, Sherwin Podolsky, 4 frames

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NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME Springfield, Massachusetts The Board of Trustees of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame conducted the 1988 Induction Ceremony on May 3, 1988, in Spring­ field, Massachusetts, at the Springfield Civic Center. Inducted were Wes Unseld, former All American from the University of Louisville and current coach of the Washington Bullets of the NBA; Ralph M. Miller, Head Basketball Coach at Oregon State University; Clyde E. Lovellette, former All Ameri­ can at the University of Kansas and a former NBA player for eleven years; and the late Bobby McDermott, voted "The greatest professional basket­ ball player of all time" by the coaches and managers in the National Basketball League in 1945. A special cachet envelope bearing a special handstamped cancellation provided by the USPS was made available to the public during the day long ceremonies at the Hall. Covers can be purchased for $5.00 by writing to the: Gift Shop, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1150 W. Columbus Avenue, P. 0. Box 179, Springfield, Massachusetts 01101-0179, USA.

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222 NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS

SPI MEMBERSHIP CHANGES *• t New Members:

1618R Charles Reid, 680 Firdale St., Coquitlam, BC Canada V3J 6NI He is a machinist and collects only Olympics. (Reiss) 1619R Carl 6. Mueller, 2449 Pennsylvannia Awe., Riverside, CA 92S07. Carl is a boxer and collects only boxing. (Jones) I620R Cary Frederick, 720 W. 181st St.(126, New York, NY 10033. He is a tour guide and general collector with special interest in basketball, Sumner Olympics 4 running. (Jones) 1621R James Antonio!i, 12? Van Nuys Ave., Oxnard, CA 93035. He is retired and a general collector with special interest in golf, baseball & track. (Jones) 1622R G. R. John Loaning, Box 43007, Oetroit, MI 48243-0007. He is a general contractor and his wife is fluent in Greek. A general collector with specialized interest in 1936 Olympics & 1938 British Empire games and all 'major international games. (Jones) 1623R Paul F. Kretschmer, RD1, Box 208, Van Etten, NY 14889. He is a teacher and fluent in German. A general collector with special interest and exhibits on gliders, nordic skiing, US sport (FDD and "allegory of Flight*. (Maestrone) 1624R J. Timothy Naylor, 1503 w. Wellington, , IL 60657. He collects skiing and Olympic stamps. (Reiss)

Reinstated:

1362R Anton Georgakopulos, Athens, Greece 0815A John Eric Smiles, Uxbridge, England

New Address:

Brian V. Kelly, P.O. Box 1526, Odessa, TX 79760 Les M. Yerkes, Box 424. Albuquerque, Ml 87103

Awards:

Congratulations to the following SPI & ATA winners for their active promotion and achievement in our hobby:

CALOPEX '87, VERNON MOORE won an ATA gold for 'Sing Along with Stamps*. CENCOPEX '87, JAMES BOWMAN won an ATA gold for "1936 Olympic Spiele*. COLOPEX '88, Columbus, OH, ROBERT DUBOIS won a silver literature award for his "Catolog of Olympic Labels 1894-1985* and VERNON MOORE won a bronze for 'Topical Paradise*. EDMONTON Spring Show '88, Edmonton, Canada, JOHN VAN STADEN won a silver-bronze for *XV Winter Olympic Games" and a silver for •International Peacekeeping*; IAN FOSS won the SPI junior best of show award and a silver for "Olympics of the Modern Era".

223 FRESPEX '88, Fresno, CA, VERNON MOORE won a silver-bronze for •Blow the Whistle*. 'March Party*, Cleveland, OH, JOAN BLEAKLEY won a vermeil and the AAPE award for *Frog and Toad Trivia* and VERNON MOORE won a bronze for 'Sing along with Stamps*. NEVPEX '88, Reno, r*», DOROTHY WEIHRAUCH a gold & Apfelbaum award for "Game, Set, Match: The Story of Tennis*; VERNON MOQRE.a^ bronze for 'U.S. Errors, Freaks, and Oddities*; WILLIAM SIMPSON a bronze and AFDCS Armetale trophy for 'Scott No. 716, 3rd Olympic Games*. PANAPEX '88, City, FL, VERNON MOORE won a silver for 'Errors, Freaks and Oddities on Foreign Stamps'. "Plymoth Show*'88, Plymoth, MI, PETER STREET won a APS silver and an ATA bronze for 'Cricket: A Worldwide Sport"; KAZIM1ERZ KUZMIN won an APS silver for "Nineteenth-century Post Offices in Poland*; VERNON MOORE won an APS bronze for "Sing Along With Stamps'. ROPEX '88, Rochester, NY, ALICE JOlfrlSON won an APS silver, ATA silver and the Guebler award for 'Figure Skating*.

SPI Best of Show awards will be available to qualified exhibitors at the following shows:

CALTAPEX '88, October 14-16, Calgary, Canada, for prospectus write John Van Staden, Sec, Exhibit Mgr. , Calgary Philatelic Society, Box 604, Station J, Calgary, Alb. T2A 4X8 Canada. HOUPEX '88, August 12-14, Adams Mark Hotel, 2900 Briarpark Dr., , TX 77042, for prospectus write Vernon Moore, 6511 Sloan, Houston, TX 77087 or call (713) 649-1906. PIPEX '89, Edmonton, Canada, for prospectus write John M. Powell, Exhibit Chairman, Edmonton Stamp Club, PO Box 399, Edmonton, Alb., Canada T5J 2J6 SARAPEX '89, Sarasota, FL, for prospectus write Marty Norton, Chairman, 3015 Browning St., Sarasota, FL 34237. TOPEX-STAMPEX '89, June 17-19 Spokane, Washington.

Total paid membership as of May 18, 1988 = 419. New Issue Column Glenn

BRAZIL! 3/30V88--FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION— 300C2 e/e 'Wi i 1 Urne/Honda car, Flag. Nelson Piquet Race track). BULGARIA: 6/2/67—RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS FESTIVAL--! lev sj's. 10/27/87—CALGARY 0LYMPICS--53t (biathlon). 13st (slalom), 30st (ice dancing). 42st (DODsled), 1 lev s/s (hockey). CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.: 2/15/88 — SEOUL OLYMPICS AND TENNIS— 200fr (Steffi Graf). 400fr (Boris Becker).

224 CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 2/1/88--CALGARY OLYMPICS—spedal issue released only for the German firm of H.E. Sieger in imperforate sheetlets of 2 (50h, lkc, and 6kc).

DJIBOUTI: 3/13/88—16th AFRICAN NATIONS SOCCER CUP—55fr (two soccer players). DOMINICA: 3/15/88—SEOUL OLYMPICS—45c (kayaking)•68c ,, 1 (taekwondo), si (high diver), »3 (gymnast? ," »S *J/3% (soccer player, and view of stadium. Dominican flag). FINLAND: 4/6/88—MATTI NYKANEN--1.80m (Calgary Olympic Gold meaal winner). GABON: 12/30/87—CALGARY OLYMPICS—125fr (slalom). GERMANY (DDR): 1/19/88—CALGARY OLYMPICS—5pfg (ski jumping), lOpfg (speed skating), 20pfg + lOpfg (four men bobsled), 35pfg (biathlon), 1.20m s/s (double and single luge). GERMANY (W): 5/5/68—20pf (Tennis player Cllly Aussem) GERMANY (Berlin): 5/5/88—20pf (Tennis player Cllly Aussem) GREECE: 5/6/88—OLYMPICS—4dr (Zeus Tempie), 20dr (ancient athletes), 30dr (emblem of the 1896 Athens Olympics), 60dr (ancient atheletes), 170dr (Torch Relay—Joint Issue with Korea), 284dr booklet containing one of each stamp. : 4/13/88—SEOUL 0LYMPICS--al1 Walt Disney characters—lc, 2c, 4c, 5c, 10c, $6, S7, plus two »5 s/3. GRENADA-GRENADINES: 4/13/88—SEOUL OLYMPICS—al 1 Walt Disney characters—lc. 2c, 4c, 5c, 10c, *6. S7, plus two *5 s/s. HUNGARY: 2/29/88--WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS—two 2ft stamps, two 4ft stamps, 5ft. 6ft, 20ft (skaters from 19th Century to the present). IRAN: 2/4/88—FREE STYLE WRESTLING CHAMPION—15r (Gholamreza Takhtl, Damavend Peak). IRELAND: 4/7/88--SE0UL OLYMPICS—se-tenant pair of 28p stamps (equestrian, bicyclist). JORDAN: 3/1/88—ARAB MILITARY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS—60f (golden sword), 80f (King Hussein making presentation), 160f (match scene). KOREA (DPRK): 11/5/87 — BERLIN 750TH ANNIVERSARY—80ch s/s (Olympic Stadium, 1936 Olympic stamps and poster). 1/28/88--R0LAND GARROS/OLYMPIC TENNIS—20ch (Garros, aircraft), 20ch (Ivan Lendel with trophy, Olympic rings), 40ch (Steffi Graf, Olympic rings), 80ch s/s (Graf with trophy and crowd).

225 MALI: 3/14/88 —SEOUL OLYMPICS—240fr . 400fr. MAURITANIA: 2/10/88--CALGARY OLYMPICS--10um (women's slalom). 40um (speed skating). 50um (Ice hockey). 75um (women's downhill skiing). 150um s/s (men's cross country skiing). MONACO: 2/15/88—CALGARY OLYMPICS—lOfr s/s containing 4fr (blathlete skiing) and 6fr (biathlete shooting). MOZAMBIQUE: 2/10/88—SEOUL OLYMPICS--lOmt (javelin). 20mt (baseball player), 40mt (boxers). 80mt (field hockey), lOOmt (gymnast). 400mt (bicyllsts). NETHERLANDS: 5/17/88--EUROPA '88—55c (bicyclist and car in rural area), 75c (car mirror reflecting two blcycllsts). : 1987—SPORTS—two 10 cor (women's handball, pole vaulting), two 15 cor (runner, gymnast), 20 cor (baseball), 30 cor (swimming). 40 cor (we i ght1i ft i ng). NIGER: 3/29/88--CALGARY OLYMPIC MEDALISTS--85fr (overprinted "Medaille d'Or URSS). lOOfr (overprinted "Medaille d'Or 5,000-10,000 Gustafson Suede), 250fr (overprinted "Meoaiiie d Or C. Gordeeva S. Grlnkov). PARAGUAY: 12/31/87--CALGARY OLYMPICS—lg (Maria Waliiser), 2g (Erlka Hess). 3g (Plrmln Zurbriggen). 5g (Joel Gaspoz), 6g (Peter Mueller), 60g s/s (Maria Walllser and Plrmln Zurbriggen with trophies). 1/18/88--SE0UL OLYMPICS—lOOg s/s (athlete carrying Olympic Torch). 4/13/88—CALGARY OLYMPICS--12/31/87 stamps overprinted "Calgary 1988/OLYMPEX and Olympic r1ngs". : 3/1/88—1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS—50c (1936 Peruvian team and Olympic poster). ROMANIA: 12/28/87 -CALGARY OLYMPICS —50b (biathlon) , 1 leu (slalom), 1.50 lei (ice hockey), 2 lei (luge). 3 lei (speed skating), 3.50 lei (figure skating), 4 lei (ski jumping), 5 lei (bobsled), 10 lei s/s (sk1 jump i ng).

U.S.S.R.: 1/4/88—CALGARY 0LYMPICS--5kop (biathlon). lOkop (skiing), 15 kop (slalom), 20kop (figure skating), 30kop (ski Jumping), 50k s/s (Ice hockey). 3/5/88--W0RLD SPEED-SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS—15 kop (speed skater) with label. 3/24/88—100th Anniversary of Russian Track and Field—15 kop (athletes).

226 UGANDA: 10/5/87—OLYMPICS—5/- (torch bearer), 10/- (swlmming), 50/- (cycling), 100/- (gymnastic rings). 150/- (boxing). SPAIN: 2/15/88—CALGARY OLYMPICS—45pta (speed skater). SWEDEN: 3/29/88-NEW,SWEDEN—book 1et of six 3.60 kr stamps (Including Swedish ice hockey players rn. NafionaJ, »% • Hockey League). USA: 6/13/88: FRANCIS OUIMET—25c (full face picture of Oulmet and In a golfing stroke) YEMAN ARAB REPUBLIC: 3/1/88—SCOUTING—25f (skin diving). 30f (ping pong), 40f (tennis). 50f (game with flag). 60f (volleyball), lOOf (tug-of-war), 150f (basketball), 425f (archery), plus 425f s/s (emblem, and President In scout uniform).

YUGOSLAVIA: 2/13/88--CALGARY OLYMPICS—350d (skiing). 1200d (ice hockey). 3/21/88--SE0UL OLYMPICS--106d (basketball). 450d (high jumper), 500d (gymnast on horse), 1200d (boxers), 1500d s/s (landscape with birds, pagoda and lake).

SUPER BOWL XXI Officially Licensee NFL Commemorative Covert USPS Superbowl Cancel Pas- adena, CA 1/25/87 Original Art work by Watt Sprtzmilier, Including 22K Gold Players Assoc Logo and NFL Shield. SCver. $25.00 Bowl, Giants Defense, .lee Morris, PM Slrnms, John Elwav CWO, Subject to prior saiel Reserve your Super Bowl XXII cover* today. E. JOSEPH McCONNELL, Inc. P.O. Box 8668, Coral Springs, FL 33075

227 SIP I MAIL AUCTION REGULATIONS TERMS OF SALE. Please read carefully. 1. All lots are sold to the highest bidder at one bidding Interval over the second highest bid. Bidding will be in »0.50 lnvervals. On Identical bids, the earlier postmark will govern. If only one bid Is received on a V lot, then the lot is sold at that bid. ^J 2. The right Is reserved to withdraw any lot prior to the sale. SPI reserves the right to reject any bid believed not to have been made in good faith. Any bid not commensurate with the value of the offering may be rejected. 3. Terms of sale are cash and successful bidders will be notified of lots purchased and must remit before lots are sent. 4. NO BUYER'S PERMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE SALES PRICE. No charges will be made for executing bids. SPI Is not responsible for bidder errors or omissions. CHECK YOUR BID SHEETS CAREFULLY BEFORE SENDING. 5. Postage and handling charges are payable by the purchaser. A minimum charge of SI.50 will be made for postage, insurance, and handling. Proof of sending to the advised address shall constitute delivery. 6. Should a claim for error of description arise, such claim should be made within three (3) days of receipt of lot. Claims made after that time cannot be considered. Lots described as collections, mixtures, etc. are not "returnable under any circumstances. 7. The placing of a bid shall constitute full acceptance of the foregoing terms. CONSIGNOR INFORMATION 1. Consignments of sports and Olympics material is now being accepted for Mall Auction 022. Material will be accepted until August 15, 1988. All material received after that date will be held for Mall Auction »23.

2. SPI mall auction commissions' are 10*i for members, 15% for non-members. 3. Packaging: Each lot should be packaged in a separate clean envelope or glasslne.

4. ALL MATERIAL SUBMITTED MUST HAVE A DETAILED INVENTORY OF THE MATERIAL SENT along with an estimated price or minimum bid. The auction manager will not set estimated prices or minimum bids. Material without Inventory will be returned to the sender at the sender's expense. 5. The auction manager reserves the right to reject any consignment. A written explanation for such rejection will be given the owner.

228 6. Unsold lots will be returned to the owner following the close of the auction. Payment will follow after all payments from buyers have been received.

MAIL ALL BIDS AND CONSIGNMENTS TO:

Glenn A. Estus P.O. Box 451 -1. •\"v- Westport, NY 12993-0451 * }*>' ' 1

SPI MAIL AUCTION «21 CLOSING DATE FOR BIDS: Sept. 15, 1988 Abbreviations Used ** Mint Never Hinged MB Minimum Bid * Mint Hinged PC Post Card C Cover PMK Postmark E Estimated Market Value PS Postal Stationary FDC First Day Cover U Used M Meter Cancel V Vignette Unless stated otherwise, all lots are in F-VF condition with covers being unaddressed.

1 —- 4 different self-stick labels HB 7.50 with Olynpic theses, Interna­ tional Olyarpic Acadeay, Barcelona 92, Albertvllle 92, Cortina 92 2—- AJHAN, 4 ainiature sheets, for HB 2.00 1972—each sheet with 16 different stamps, CTO 3 »* ALGERIA, Tennis, 1987 3v Mediterranean HB 3.50 Canes (one value is Tennis). 4C ARGENTINA, Chess, 1985 PanAaerican HB 2.00 Chanrps on cacheted unaddressed envelope 5PS AUSTRALIA 50c Postal Stationery, Illustrated HB 1.00 for Africa's Cup. Postal ly used, 1987. fine 6PS AUSTRALIA Postal Stationery for America's HB 3.00 Cup, 2 different Official Hail 7 FDC CANADA. »490 FDC (Curling) and EST 2.00 •559 FDC (World Figure Skating / Championships), both unaddressed cacheted 8 FDC CANADA, #642 FDCof World EST 1.50 Cycling Chansionsips—Canada Post official cachet

229 9— CANADA, 1988, two Alberta Gov't HB 1.00 Telephone Envelopes with printed indicia 'Official Supplier XV Olynpic Winter Gases', diff colors 10 H CANADA, 4 strips with bilingual HB 2.00 red Olynpic meters each iron a different city. 11 Lit CANADA, copy of OLYKPILR '88 HB 3.00 Exhibition catalog, Calgary 12 H,C CANADA, Montreal 1962 meter HB 2.50 'Bowl for Recreation and Health' on addr. cover 13 H,C CANADA, Skier meter. 1949, HB 4.00 'Recreation Pay Dividend* and skier on window-front envelope 14 PHI CANADA, special Curling cancel HB 1.50 from , Ontario (Har. 81) on Curling and Lacrosse Stamp with special Air Canada vignette, addressed 15 FDC CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1972 Olympics 4 values HB 2.00 of April 7 on two cacheted addressed covers 16 FDC CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1973 pair on HB 2.00 cacheted cover with pictorial pnk, unaddressed 17 C CZECHfJSLOVAKIA, 1987 21s Bowling x3 HB 2.00 and 6Kss cyclineye g x2 on postally used cover 18 Lit CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Team handbook from HB 6.00 I960 Lake Placid 19 C CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Tennis, Soccer, 1985 HB 1.50 tennis x2 and 1982 4K Espana '82 x2 on neat postally used airmail cover to USA 20 U EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 1972 Olympics HB 1.00 (5v) CT0 21 C.FDC FINLAND, 1983, World Chaapionships in HB 4.00 Athletics, 2 unaddressed FDCs and 2 addressed special cancels. 22C FRANCE 1987. 2 illustrated addressed HB 3.00 covers with different cancels with tennis these, Roland Garros 23 PC FRANCE, 1980 Roland Garros HB 1.50 pict on post card 24 PC FRANCE, 1992 Olwlcs, 1986 color HB 1.00 post card promoting Albertvllle postally used to USA 230 25 PC FRANCE, Tennis, 1986 Roland Garros HB 1.50 slogan on addr post card 26 PS FRANCE, Tennis, 1987 Asleres sur Seine MB 1.50 slogan on post card 27 Germany (DDR). 1980 Winter Olympic s/s HB 2.00 with 1984 Fairy-tale se-tenant block on registered airmail cover GERMANY (DDR), 1986—44th World Sport Shooting HB 4.00 28 FDC Championships, 3 cossems on registered cacheted airmail cover with special reg. label, also postal receipt. Germany (DDR), Olympic Flight to MB 2.25 29 PHI Lake Placid, special cancel Mnterflug' with Lake Placid arrival cancel GERMANY (W), 1972 Olympics, semi- MB 6.00 30 FDC postal s/s of July 5 on over­ sized cacheted cover. 1988 Scott $11 GERHANY (W), 2 large cacheted HB 1.50 31 envelopes for 50th Ann. of Olympics in Germany (1936) and for 1984 Winter Olympics, addr. GERMANY (W). Munich 1972 Olympic Stadium HB 2.50 32-— Pass to Soccer Event, August 31 33 PS GERMANY (W), private cachet for HB 3.50 1962 World Soccer Chavionships, and 1984 Winter Olympics, IHOS cachets 2 envelopes 34 PC, H GERMANY (W), Tennis, Hannover 1986 HB 1.50 meter 'Tennis 1st Toll' on addr p/c to USA 35 V GERMANY, 1936 01 ic Bell seal used on MB 5.00 1935 domestic cover from Buffalo to Cleveland 36 FDC GREAT BRITAIN, 1981 FDC HB 1.50 Duke of Endiburgh's Award (Hiking, Hurdles, etc) unaddressed cacheted 37 PS GREAT BRITAIN, 1987 Alrletter with HB 1.00 special cancel for Lawn Tennis Museum Fine 38 PHI GREAT BRITAIN, machine slogan cancel for HB .50 1st World Water Ski Trophy for Disabled 1987, on addressed airmail cover

231 39 PC GREAT BRITAIN, Tennis, 1987 Wimbledon MB 1.00 on unaddr post card. 40 PHK GREECE Nov. 15. 1987 Torch Cancel from MB 1.00 Athens for Calgary Olympics—postally used with USPS purple marking 'DAMAGED IN HANDLING IN THE POSTAL SERVICE....' 41 FDC GREECE, 16th European Indoor Championship HB 3.00 FDC on official committee envelope, addressed. 42 FDC GREECE, 1987, 25th European HB 3.00 Basketball Championships. UA 43 PHI, PC HUNGARY, 1926 History of Sport HB 13.00 special picture postcard with special cancel, Discus Thrower scarce, addressed 44 FDC HUNGARY, 1972 Olympics, 10ft s/s HB 8.00 of June 10 on reg'd addressed cacheted cover. Scott used $17.50 45 FDC IRAN, 1972 Olympics, 6v set and s/s HB 15.00 on two cacheted envelopes. 1988 Scott $30 used 46 PHI ISLE OF MAN, 3 different covers HB 2.50 with special postmarks (Hanx Grand prix, Swimming, and Chess), all cacheted, 2 unaddressed 47 PHI Israel, 6 covers (Amerlpex, John lennedy, EST 1.50 etc.) non-sports, special cancels 48 PS, FDC ITALY, 1978 World Baseball HB 3.00 Aerogjamme, one unused and one with Ft postmark (2 items) 49 PHI ITALY, 1987 cancel from World Atheletic HB 1.00 Championships, Roma with cornaemorative stamp, addressed cacheted cover

50 PC, PHK ITALY, 1987-88 'Winter Pastimes HB 4.00 of Youth' five different pmks on picture side of special post cards, used. 51 H,C ITALY, 1987-88, four addressed HB 3.00 covers each with a diff. meter used by the Italian Nat. Olympic Committee (CONI). 52 C ITALY-BasebalI, 5 items, 1985-88 HB 4.00 special cancels on addressed covers etc. VF

232 53 PHK, PC ITALY. 1967 Messina and Roma HB 2.00 Prati paks on two diff color post cards postally used, stamped on picture side 54—- JAPAN •HIHON'overprint on B27a HB 1.00 1964 Olympics . . ^ 55 CPMK JAPAN, 1983-Natlonal Athletic Meet HB Y.OO special commemorative and cancel on special card, addressed 56 PHK LITHUANIA, 1938 National Olympiad HB 40.00 official picture postcard with 30*10 National 01ympiarf semi-postal stamp Addressed, some wear, research info 57 FDC HONACO, 1987 fete pair of stamps MB 2.00 for 2nd Small States of Europe Games, cacheted, addressed 58 PHI Netherlands, 1964 slogan machine HB .50 cancel for Netherlands Olympic Committee, addressed 59 FDC NIUE, Tennis, 1987 Graf (4v> HB 11.00 and Becker (4v) each on official each cover (2) 60 Lit NORWAY, 1980 Media Guide to MB 3.50 Norwegian Team—Lake Placid 32 pages 61 *# 0HAN—Volleyball stamp from 1968 HB 1.00 Olympics set 62 FDC PERU, 1982 World Volleyball HB 2.00 Championships, cacheted 63 FDC PERU, 1984 Olympics FDC with HB 2.50 torch pmk, cacheted 64 FDC PERU, Argentina '78 (Soccer) on HB 4.00 two cacheted covers 65 FDC PERU, Bspana 82 (Soccer) HB 2.00 cacheted 66 FDC PHILIPPINES, 1380-2, 1943 Far HB 2.50 Eastern Championships, registered to US, withPost Official Official Cachet, usual star cancel 67 C POLAND, Olymphilex 87 s/s, HB 3.§0 198tJ Olympics s/s plus 4 other stamps on reg'd airmail cover to USA 68 PS P0LAND-4 postal cards (3 mint, 1 with HB 1.00 special cancel) and USSR (mint postal card for Moscow Olympics) condition varies 233 69 FDC, PHI PORTUGAL, 1952 Hockey Haximum Card HB 18.00 FD cancel, VF 70 FDC RUSSIA, 15106, 1982 Ht.Everest HB 2.00 Souvenir Sheet, cacheted 8, unaddressed

71 H.PC SAN HARINO 1986-P/c with red meter HB 1:75' v" *6 Gran Presio) World Speed Hotor- cycling, Switzerland—1984, addressed slogan cancel Cycle & Hotorcycle Expo 72 H SAN HARINO, 3 meters, see July/Aug. 87 EST 3.00 JSP p. 229 (Fig. 1,2,3) cycles plus meter from Tourism office and 1 specimen (?) meter with skier 73 PS SOLOMON IS. 25c South HB 2.00 Pacific Games, Track. 74 PS SOLOMON IS. 25c unused aerogram HB 2.00 showing runner 75 FDC SPAIN, 11266-1268, short set HB 1.50 of 1964 Olympic stamps cacheted and unaddressed 76 PHI SPAIN, 1957 2nd National Bullfighting HB 2.50 Congree, illustrated cancel of Bull and Bullfighter, addressed cacheted cover, hinge marks on reverse 77 FDC ST. VINCENT, Tennis, 1987 8v HB 9.00 plus s/s each on cacheted cover (2 items) 78 PC SWEDEN 1994 Olympics, 1987 special HB 1.00 pak on color pc from Ostersund, postally used to USA 79 PHI, PC TURKEY, 1956, International Wrestling HB 10.00 Championships, special picture postcard with special cancels on front and back unaddressed 80 PHI, PC TURKEY, 1957 International Wrestling MB 15.00 Championships, special picture post­ card, with purple special cancels on reverse, unaddressed VF 81 PMC TURKEY, B103 with special postmark MB 1.00 for XXVI Balken Games, cacheted 82 C USA Cover front of Organizing Committee MB .75 for , Indlanpolis 83 PC USA '32 colorful picture post card HB 2.00 'I lympk Village, Los Angeles Calif No. 39Z392,, Novelty Distributors, unaddressed with cancel but no stamp 234 84 FDC USA, 1932 Los Angeles 3c and 5c HB 10.00 stamp, cachet (J21) addressed 85 FDC USA, 1932 Los Angeles 5c fdc HB 5.00 cacheted (Al) addressed 86 — USA, 1932 Olympics, special HB . k00 blue Long Beach cachet (F6) - Vy 15 mm tear at top 87 H,C USA, 1935 New Orleans meter 'Annual HB 6.00 Sugar Bowl Classic Every New Year's Day' football meter on window- front envelope 86 H,C USA, 1946 Cincinnati meter 'Official HB 5.00 X5L Football' and player on window- front envelope 89H.C USA, 1954 Philadelphia meter'Eagles HB 4.00 vs. Lions August 19 Municipal Stadium' on addressed cover 90 PHK USA, 1960 Winter Olympics, machine HB 4.00 slogan cancels, Los Angeles 14 & Los Angeles 24, commercial covers. 2 covers, very good strikes. 91 PHK USA, 1969 6c Football stamp, 11 diff. HB 5.00 precancels, scarce group 92 H,C USA, 1970 Golden, Colorado skier HB 3.00 meter. 'Jefferson County Gateway to Ski—Colorado' and skier meter on airmail window-front envelope 93 FDC USA. 1977 golf stamp on Babe HB 2.50 Didrikson Zaharias on FDC with N.O.W. cachet, numbered and with enclosure. UA 94 PHK USA, I960 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. HB 10,00 SPI cachet no. 67 plus original 1936 multicolored vignette showing skier 15d ski stamp tied by Intervale cancel aslo with 1980 Official Label

95 FDC USA, 1980 Olympics Sc 11975-8 EST 3.00 singles on 4 matched SPI cachets (bobsledder), 1 set made unaddressed 96 FDC USA, 1980 Olympics, Sc t 1791-4 EST 3.00 singles on four matched covers SPI cachet $60 (equestrian) unaddressed (one set made)

235 97 FDC USA. 1980 Olympics, Sc 11791-4 EST 2.00 Block of 4 on cacheted SPI cover ( blue rowing design) unaddressed 98 PHK USA. 1984 Los Angeles Host handcancel MB 1.25 Dec. 31, 1984 on 13c Torch Runner postal card, UA 99 PS USA, 1986 Colorado Springs World HB 1.00 Cycling Championships on unaddress postal card 100 PHK, FX USA. 1987 Pan Ao-1 FDC with Official HB 1.00 Cachet, 2 special cancels (Boxing and Equestrian), one not cacheted 101 PHK USA, 1987 pictorial postmark (non-sport) HB 1.00 with Alaska and Speed skater stamps on illustrated cover for Anchorage 1994 $10 envelope. 102 PHK USA. 1987 slogan from South Bend, IN HB .75 'VI1/ INTERNATIONAL/ SUMMER SPECIAL/ OLYMPIC GAMES', addressed 103 PHK USA, 2.7c postal stationery, special HB 4.00 cancel saluting 1980 Olympic Games, athlete lighting torch, SPI cachet •61, UN 8. ROC rubberstasrp cachets 104 FDC USA, 28c Soccer Player 1984 EST 2.50 (1) cancelled Laredo, TX with '52 Hexican Olympic label, (2) weak cancel from Neuvo Laredo 105 — USA. 50th anniversary of EST 2.50 Nenana-Noae Diphtheria Serum Run, cancels from Anchorage Nome, Nenana and local post stamp 106 PS USA, Baseball, 1986-88, 21 diff. MB 12.00 special postmarks on unaddressed postal cards 10? C USA, Basketball, 1986, NJCAA HB 1.50 Hutchinson, IS pictorial postmark on addr. cacheted cover 108 PHI USA. BOWLING, Pictorial Hailer's HB 5.00 Postmark, bowler hitting strike, 1971 on 8c Bowling postal envelope also Florex '71 handcancel 109 M,C USA. Columbus, Neb. 1971 meter HB 3.00 'Nebraska II Go Big Red!' on window-front envelope 110— USA Iditarod Dog Race, 1975 EST 2.50 large sized envelope (cacheted) (1) Anchorage and Nome cancels 236 111 PHK USA, machine cancellation for MB .75 PAN AM 6ames 1959 (Chicago 101, III.) overstrike on meter (non-sports) 112 C USA, NJCAA Basketball special cancels HB 2.00 on cacheted covers, 1986, 87, 88 addressed, VF . .. •\. w•*y' 113 H.C USA, Olney, Illinois, 1965 meter HB 2.50 'Bowling Hakes You Feel Like You'd Like to" on window front cover 114 Lit USA, results of 1932 World Championships HB 6.00 Speed Skating, Lake Placid, 8 pages folded once 115 FDC USA. Scott 1716 FDC, Ioor HB 8.50 Cachet, unaddressed with unusual 10:00 AH postmark 116 H,C USA, Ski, (a) 1938 red specimen meter HB 7.00 (.00); (b) 1947 'Ski New Hampshire' (.03) (c) cacheted cover for 30th National Ski Heet, Connecticut, 1933 117 PHI USA, slogans (1) 'Brattleboro VT EST 2.00 Winter Carnival' (2) 1975 Speed Skating Championsips Champaign Urbana, IL 118 FDC USA, Special Olympics stamp EST 1.50 Sctl?88, SPI cachet 151 (gold imprint) only 2 made 119 PHI, C USA, Tennis, Cincinnati 1986 ATP HB 2.50 Championships pictorial pmk on cacheted unaddr cover 120 PMK USA, Tennis, Pan American Game MB 1.00 pict on post card 121 M.C USA, University Park. PA football HB 3.00 1983 meter 'Penn State National Champs' on addressed envelope 122— WORLD WIDE accumulation of 15 MB 1.50 envelopes and post card with Sports and Olympics 123 — WORLD WIDE Accumulation of covers, HB 3.00 folder, pieces, p/c with cancels and cachets, sports and Olympics 22 items 124— World-Wide, lot of 13 covers EST 1.50 p/cs, meters, varied condition 125 — World Wide, mixture of on piece stamps from EST. 5.00 mailings to SPI — many cements, definitives

237 MEMBERS BOURSE

Members Bourse ads are free to members. A member may place up to 12 typed lines, including name and address of items they wish to buy, sell, • or trade. You must provide camera ready copy. Each line must by typed single spaced on white paper, 6 inches or 15 centimeters wide. Ads will be placed on a space-available basis only and may be placed with editor John La Porta. Members may place two ads a year, illustrations and commercial type ads are not accepted in the Members Bourse.

WANTED—MEMORABILIA OF ALL TYPES & NUANCES CONCERNING 1916, 1936, 1940 & 1944 OLYMPIADS, 1937 FORERUNNER PAN-AMERICAN GAMES, 1938 BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES, 1966 BRITISH EMPIRE & COMMONWEALTH GAMES; Canadian memo­ rabilia concerning 1976 Olympic Games & 1978 Commonwealth Games; nota­ ble representative items for such games of all other years, for example, first issue of philatelic material by any nation in respect of each of these sports movements (Olympic, Pan American and British Errrpire/Common- wealth), and memorabilia concerning CREECE; related OFFICIAL REPORTS & OTHER LITERATURE INCLUDING 1st ELEVEN VOLUMES OF JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHILATELY. Write or call John Loaring, 5231 Riverside Dr.E..Windsor, Ontario, Canada N8S lAl (res tel:519-944-5200; bus tel: 519-258-5200; tax: 519-258-4833; membership numbers: SPI 1622 R; ATA 45056-9;SOC 377).

I have a few of the scarce Feb. 21, 1986 Anchorage, AK APEX STATION cancel with Olympic Rings. These were issued for publicity for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games for Anchorage. The covers have a JLP Cachet with a downhill skier printed in red. Price is $2 each plus a 1710 SASE. John La Porta, PO Box 2286, La Grange, IL 60525-8386. ^ELP WANTED

Margaret A. Jones, 3715 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30319 is in the process of compiling a complete index to JSP and needs a bit of help. Who has the original Seebacher's Handbook of Sport Stamps in the JSP Issue that it was printed in? Peg needs a photocopy of these sections and wants verification in which issues they were printed in.

M. Bostrom, Klovjevagen 4, S-703 58 OREBRO, SWEDEN, wants to correspond with collectors in Australia and New Zealand. He is interested in FRAMA labels from these two countries and Is willing to trade sport cancels from Scandinavia. He also services covers with sport cancels from Scandinavia for 80c each or 3 different for $2. Please write dirrectly to him for additional details.

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238 CZECHOSLOVAKIA by Joe Lacko Postal Stationary: XXII European Basketball Championships for men 1981 in Bratislava - Havirov - Prague

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Ha have produced 50 Olynpic Proof lilrer dollar PNCovers for each year of 1983 & 1984. The cachet cover was produced by Arlcraft. They both have a block of 4 Olympic stamps and cancelled oo the First Day of Issue.

The niuais Is a 1983 or 1964 U.S. Olympic Proof Silver dollar. Original price of these coins were $32.00 froa the U.S. Mint.

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240 SPI CONVENTION PLANS

There appears to be a growing Interest from our members to attend a Sport* Philatelist convention particularly if it is-tiec|"in with va , major stamp show. This requires advance planning and additional' < volunteers to make it a mean ingful convention. Ue would like members to use the below -form to express their interest in this project. It can be returned with your dues envelope enclosed in this issue.

Morris Rosen has volunteered hotel, exhibition and meeting room space at Balpex '8?, to be held in the Baltimore, Maryland area on Labor Day weekend. If we have some hotel reservation interest we are assured of a major discount in hotel rates.

Topex '89, will be held in Spokane, Washington June 17-19, 1989. It has always been helpful to study units that wish to have meetings during its annual convention.

1f our response is positive we could make such meetings a regular planned event and move the location to accommodate as many members as possible.

Please take the time to express your -feelings on this subject and we will let you know the results and future plans.

SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERACTIONAL CONVENTION SURVEY

I would like to attend BEPEX 1989 SPI convention in Baltimore, MD Labor Day weekend 1989. 1 would rather attend TOPEX 1989 June 17-19 in Spokane, Washington if it includes a SPI meeting. _ Neither location or date is convenient for me to attend but I would likely attend as a possible future site.

Recommended activies: talk on sports collecting topics auction talk on a particular collection exhibits _ planned lucheon or dinner other, please explain hotel special discount rates tour information on local area business meeting to include future plans meeting to include open discussion _ social gathering to get to know fellow members

1 will volunteer to assist with: pre-convention activities assist at the convention specific area of interest, please explain mail reply to Clem Reiss, SPI sec, 15415 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107 or enclose in dues envelope.

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322 84 x 11" pages. Pages 12 to 605 printed reduced, two pages per side. Punched for a three ring binder, and provided in presaboard report covers.

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243 CLOSE-OUT OFFER OF K-LINE'S SPORTS PAGES OLYMPIC GAMES PAGES Due to circumstances beyond our 1 Price Post. control—the change in collectors' Ml thru 15th 5.90 (1.25) habits—we must close out these 16th Games (1956) 5.00 (1.25) pages. Original Retail Price 17th Games (I960) 7.55 11^251 18th Games (1964) 20.40(2.00) $67.30 plus postoge < » 19th Games (1968) 3 parts 22.50 (2.45) 1 19th imp., 3 parts 4.35 (0.95) For Only «5 19th Games part 4 17.50 (1.50) $ 00 includin ,1 Part 4 is for non-Olympic members only. 30 o*«!« 20th Games (1972) Part 1 6.00 (1.25) w *' -^Shipping+U.O Part 1A non-I.O.C 4.00 (1.25) We hove approx^tf complete sets Port 2 10.00 (1.25) on hand. Also, we can fill-in your Part 2A (unlisted) .... 1.10(0.95) Part 3 11.60 (1.50) incomplete set at 50% off if you Part 3A (unlisted) 10.10 (1.25) wish to do so. — Blank Pages will Part 4A (unlisted) FINAL 109,0 (1.25) remain available and other blank 21st Gomes (1976) Part 1 18.25 (1.75] Part 2 MAO Ci: pages will be designed for indi­ Part 3 fr?*. fi-50 C*\ vidual Sports. 22nd Games (1980) Part 1 10.00 (2.00) Now being printed K-LINE PUBLISHING

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