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JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHILATELY VOLUME 38 MARCH-APRIL 2000 NUMBER 4 2006 Olympic Winter Games Part II: The Bid Cities of Turin & Sion First Day Cover of the Sion 2006 Bid Stamp TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLES The Davis Cup, the Legend Valeriano Genovese 3 2006 Olympic Winter Games: Part II Thomas Lippert 9 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Ship Covers Thomas D’Arcy 18 1996 US Olympic Discobulus Stamp Booklets Mark Maestrone 20 New Olympic Postal Stationery from the PRC Kwok-Yiu Kwan 21 1960 Olympic Telegram from Senator John F. Kennedy Conrad Klinkner 22 REGULAR FEATURES & COLUMNS President's Message Mark Maestrone 1 2000 Sydney Olympics Brian Hammond 23 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics Robert Farley 26 Reviews of Periodicals Mark Maestrone 31 News of Our Members Margaret Jones 34 New Stamp Issues Dennis Dengel 35 Commemorative Stamp Cancels Mark Maestrone 36 SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: Mark C. Maestrone, 2824 Curie Place, San Diego, CA 92122 TENNIS VICE-PRESIDENT: Charles V. Covell, Jr., 2333 Brighton Drive, Louisville, KY 40205 SECRETARY-TREASURER: Andrew Urushima, 906 S. Idaho Street, San Mateo, CA 94402 p. 3 DIRECTORS: Glenn A. Estus, P.O. Box 451, Westport, NY 12993 Norman F. Jacobs, Jr., 2712 N. Decatur Rd., Decatur, GA 30033 John La Porta, P.O. Box 2286, La Grange, IL 60525 Sherwin Podolsky, 3074 Sapphire Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93063 Jeffrey R. Tishman, 37 Griswold Place, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 Robert J. Wilcock, 24 Hamilton Cres., Brentwood, Essex, CM14 5ES, England AUCTIONS: Glenn A. Estus, P.O. Box 451, Westport, NY 12993 MEMBERSHIP: Margaret A. Jones, 5310 Lindenwood Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109 2006 WINTER SALES DEPARTMENT: Cora B. Collins, P.O. 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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 Vol. 38, No. 4 copy in good faith, reserving the right to reject objectionable material. March-April 2000 APS Affiliate Number 39 ISSN 0447-953X PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Mark Maestrone What do you think? An organization is only as good as the qual- ity and desirability of the services it offers its 2. Do you find the Auction useful either as a members. We, your officers and board of means of adding to your collection or selling directors, are committed to making your mem- material? Do you find the quality of material, bership in Sports Philatelists International an prices, frequency of the auction, and cata- interesting and rewarding experience. But log adequate? 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Are there specific columns you’d Here are some questions you may want to ask like to see introduced or certain subjects yourselves: covered? 1. We’ve not had a convention in a few years. I hope that these few questions will provoke Have you attended and enjoyed previous some thought and compel you to send in your conventions? What kinds of activities would comments and suggestions to either myself or you like included? Would you prefer our any other officer or board member. Our e-mail convention be held as part of a large show addresses are listed below; regular mailing such as an APS Stampshow, or under the addresses are on the facing page. I look for- umbrella of a medium-sized national level ward to hearing from many of you in the next exhibition? few weeks! The SPI web site is located at: http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/track/6279 Mark Maestrone: [email protected] Norman Jacobs: [email protected] Charles Covell: [email protected] John La Porta: [email protected] Andrew Urushima: [email protected] Sherwin Podolsky: [email protected] Glenn Estus: [email protected] Margaret Jones: [email protected] Journal of Sports Philately March/April 2000 1 2 March/April 2000 Journal of Sports Philately The Davis Cup, the Legend by Valeriano Genovese Figure 2. The French post translated by Richard Taglieri office introduced a stan- dard cancel depicting the [Part 1 of this article appeared in the November/ Davis Cup in 1978 (left). In December 1999 issue of JSP.] 1979, the French won a quarterfinal regional com- e Italians seem to have a capacity for petition in Paris (below downplaying the significance of our left), while the Italians accomplishments particularly in recog- won in Palermo. Wnizing the importance of making the 1976 Davis Cup finals. Our players at that time were truly some of the best so it’s not surprising that in 1977 we appeared again at the finals. Unfortunately, we had to play on Australian turf and were defeated 3-1 by the “kangaroos” after a lengthy match. There appeared in those days in the world of tennis another extraordinary personality, the Ameri- can John McEnroe (Figure 1). With the arrival of that congenial left-hander, the Americans took control of the two tournaments of 1978 and 1979. In the first of these events we made a bad show- ing, being eliminated at the beginning by the medio- European Region at Paris, France was beaten 3-2 by cre Hungarians. Meanwhile in the semifinals of the Great Britain, certainly the better team considering that the two points of Yannick Noah (Figure 1) were not enough against the performance of Mottram and the Lloyd brothers. To commemorate this match, a hand cancel (Figure 2)depicting the Davis Cup was used at Ro- land Garros. This cancel was reintroduced by the French post office with meticulous regularity at later matches held in France. The Cup finals played in the California desert at Palm Springs, in freezing weather and with few spectators, saw the USA defeat Great Britain 4-1, thanks mostly to John McEnroe, winner of the two singles, and the Lutz-Smith doubles. In 1979, in the quarterfinals for European Region A played in Paris, the match was between France and Great Britain. This time the tables were turned Figure 1. Prominent ten- and the French (Figure 2), led by the great Yannick nis personalities of the Noah, upset Great Britain, 5-0. 1980s (clockwise from The European finals saw the success of a still above): John McEnroe very great Italian team with victories over Denmark (USA), Yannick Noah in a match in Palermo (Figure 2), Poland, Hungary (France), and Ivan Lendl and Great Britain. For no apparent reason, they fell (Czechoslovakia). apart in the finals against the USA in San Francisco. On that occasion, Panatta, Barazzuti, Bertolucci and Zugarelli did not succeed in winning a single point against Gerulaitis, John McEnroe, Lutz and Smith. Journal of Sports Philately March/April 2000 3 such weak resistance, that the outcome was 4-1, with McEnroe taking home three points. For this occasion, too, the French post office used the usual cancel depicting the Cup (Figure 4). However, because of the importance of the event, a machine cancellation was also used (Figure 4). There are many cancels dedicated to various preliminary competitions of the Cup during the 1980s.