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/// Number 1 & 2 September & October, 1967 Volume 6 THE FUN'S IN THE CHASE by Ira Seebacher The collecting of sports stamps has been a preoccupation of this collector for a greater number of years than would be unashamedly acknowledged. In this period, if there has been any particular nug­ get of knowledge above all else that we have absorbed, it is that the most interesting material most often is not that which is readily obtained. By this, we do not mean that the most interesting material is so expensive, so far out of reach of the average collector as to be a museum piece. What we do mean is that sports stamps themselves are basic to a collection but sooner or later each collector must come to realize that there are worlds and worlds of collecting fields beyond that which is embraced by Scott's Catalogue. This, then is the theme of a planned series of articles which will appear in future issues. These will explore some of these collecting areas, untouched by most and, we suspect, even unknown to more than just a few. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Barbara Williams, 6601 White Oak Avenue, Reseda, California, 91335 - I am disposing of a complete collection of Gymnastics, Fencing, Wrestling, Boxing and Weight Lifting sets and covers. Let me know what you are missing. 30/6 off Scott. Antonio Zappala, Via Colle del Pino, 1 Catania, Italy: Olympic Games, sports, all world, 1896-196'+; have covers, seals, proofs, vignettes and cancellations in best condition. *•* George Aulbach, P.O. Box 23176, San Antonio, Texas 78223: Wanted—golf on stamps, golf cancellations, or golf meters. ,,, Robert M. Bruce, 1^57 Cleveland Road, Wooster, Ohio ^4691: For disposal—collection of recreational sports (non-competitive boating, cycling and touring, fishing and hunting, hik­ ing and camping, mountain climbing, riding, shooting, swimming, and winter sports-. Corre­ spondence invited. ,,, Ernest Trory, 57 Tivoli Crescent, Brighton 5, England: "Olympic Philatelist" (monthly) subscription for 1967 (January to December) 12.25 by surface mail or S3.75 by airmail. Specialized articles on old and new Olympic issues of stamps, vignettes, cancellations, etc. Edited by Ernest Trory (SPI 1*J8). Personal checks to Crabtree Press Ltd., 57 Tivoli Crescent, Brighton 5, England. Copyright, Sports Philatelists International, 1967 » Jj, For examrle, there is material to be found which might loosely be categorized under any of the 20 philatelic subjects listed at random here and, we stress, all non-Scott: 1: Sports Cancellations 11: SportC Propaganda Cachets 2: Sports Meters 12: Sports Propaganda Stationery 3: Sports Corner Cards 13: Sports Post Cards k: Sports Mpximum and TCV C-rds Ik: Pioneer Aviation (competitive events) Jl Sports Post Cards 15: Sports Revenue Issues 6: Sports Serai-officials 16: Pre-cancelled Sports Stamps 7: Sports Locals 17: Sports Naval Covers 8: Forged Sports Stamps and Covers 18: Sports Autographed Material 9: Sports Vignettes and Seals 19: Sports Stamps Used Commercially 10: First Flight Sports Cachets 20: Sports Curiosa We suppose we could go on and on naming categories, all of interest to the general body of phil­ ately and containing, of course, material that is also of a sports nature. To name others, there are bi-sected sports stamps, stamps beanng sports advertising labels, town place name cancels with mean­ ings of a sporting connotation, proofs, essays, original drawings, etc. In other words, what we are saying is simply that any branch of philately, no matter how seemingly distant from sports philately, is most certainly a rich field of inquiry for the far-roaming philat­ elist. It is because these areas produce unexpected and certainly unlisted finds that we regard collect­ ing such material as not only more challenging, and more interesting, but more exciting. To do this immediately takes one out of the class of space filler and into a new world which does not necessar­ ily need a label but, for lack of a better, is called philately. We want to get into print in this journal, over the coming months, some description of these vari­ ous and exciting areas of collecting. You will find most of them require more time than money, more seeking than shelling out. We hope each reader will seriously weigh the number of areas in which he can augment his collection instead of merely sitting down and sending off a want list together with a check for an X-number of missing stamps and sets. This is fine, as we said, for a basic collection but for those of you—and there must be many—who feel a continued pursuit of sports philately must be accompanied by the risk of being "suckered" by a flood of meaningless issues, then take a chance. Take the chance of exploring new fields. Take the chance both to prove your collecting tastes and your native acumen while, at the same time, affording yourself the opportunity of owning material no one else, quite possibly, can match. You are truly being invited over into the world of the unex­ plored, out into the open spaces where the opportunities are great and the cost far from prohibitive FRED HOWARD The Company Thats SPORT and OLYMPIC STAMPS on the Move! For the Beginner — For the Specialist FRED HOWARD NEW ISSUE SERVICE SPORT STAMPS 10613 Rochester Avenue WANT LIST SERVICE Los Angeles 24, California In so venturing, the opportunity exists, as well, for .a greater chance at self-expression, a larger personal choice of that which is collectible and of that which you personally reject. We think that if you weigh these articles coming up, you will find renewed interest in sports philately, as sell as a boost to perhaps jaded appetites and tired pocketbooks. Proposed Area of Exploration No. 1—Postal Stationery First, postal stationery means a card or an envelope on which has been imprinteda stamp which can carry it through the mails. In all instances, the stamp is printed by the Government or its proper printer, In some few cases, the card or envelope is of private origin 2nd by arrangement with the Government, and for a proper fee, the stamp was imprinted on the private stationery. Thus we have straight Government issued stationery and stationery of private origin, Goreriiinent imprinted by virtue of permissive existing rules. Next we make a number of divisions of Government issued stationery. First there is stationery for specific sporting events. This is commemorative stationery. It is issued in intimate connection with a specific event. Quite often such stationery can found also bearing a special cancellation prepar­ ed for the same event for which the stationery appeared. Next there is regular stationery which we collect because it is the stamp which is sporting, either in design or in original purpose of issue A third and very large division includes the many view cards from various countries who seek to at­ tract tourists. These cards usually show scenes on the left half of the card, below which there is a caption describing the place shown, perhaps as ideal for skiing, sunbathing, hunting, etc. Some­ times the scene will be sporting, others it will not, but it will be the caption beaneath, with its sports connotation that causes it to be included by you. Of older vintage, a fourth division— the picture card—has the picture on one side, the postage and room for address on the reverse. Usually it is the picture, with a sports scene, that brings this item to our collection but, more rarely it is the sports stamp that is imprinted on the reverse that adds it to our collection. These two divisions may, in turn, bring about sub-divisions. The deeper you explore stationery of the world, the more any presentation of such material in an orderly fashion will demand more divi­ sional and sub-divisional breakdowns. As an example, some of the view cards referred to are issued in booklets, each card bound in and separated by means of a perforated line. Obviously cards show­ ing a perforated side have come from such a booklet and differ from an otherwise identical specimen without the perfs. We have also seen a strip of view cards, folded like an accordion pleat so as to form a folder. The user is privileged to mail all within a single outside folding cover or else de­ tach the cards and mail them individually. Such booklets and folders are sub-divisions but aise of great interest and difficult to find entire. Another sub-division we have found necessary is var­ ious of these items punched or overprinted "Specimen." While stationery is often fairly common the Specimen overprints are not. Other breakdowns include used stationery, stationery used first day t£ issue. Moreover, there are aerograms which can be variously classified among some of the main div­ isions above, that is commemorative and non-commemorative but having sports stamps. This can all be fun accompanied by the comfortable feeling that material is not scarce and that as of now, at least, wasn't issued at high prices designed to mulct collectors. This may account for why one may not sit down and write a dealer to supply missing items by the number. Next we can consider the area of non-Government postal stationery or that which is privately B- sued after having been properly imprinted for special fees under Government rules. These fees are usally a quite modest extra over face. This privilege is granted usually to sponsors of some sort of worthy event, such as aviation meetings, balloon flights and the like. Again, this type issue can be broken into commemorative and non-commemorative.

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