The 1994 Winter Olympics: Postal Activities During the Games
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V • J JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHILATELY VOLUME 33 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1994 NUMBER 1 The 1994 Winter Olympics: Postal Activities During the Games Utgitt av Posten. 2800 Gjovik NOIKiFJSO Q£>0 Mai 1993 099 Lillrhammer 'M 'ftrkcfviniT ixiuqct @ post lI'OUui, {{Hxoil 7 " MCfiQ- 'fcWmr^ 2J- 01-4*4 Billettor til arrange mont i Fjellhallen far du pa I'nslen. CONTENTS Articles The 1994 Winter Olympics: Postal Activities During The Games Thomas Lippert 4 Australia's 1994 Sports Postal Stationery Robert Budge 19 Averoff Stadium Otello Bortolato 22 Is This The Rarest Equestrian Stamp? Sherwin Podolsky 23 Citius, Altius, Fortius: My Experience With Olympic Philately Wei Xu 25 SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL Regular Features & Columns President's Message Mark Maestrone 1 Letters Mark Maestrone 2 SPI 3rd International Convention Announcement 3 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Norman Jacobs 28 On Sports & Olympic Exhibiting James Bowman 30 News of Our Members R. Mummert & D. Weihrauch 33 Commemorative Sports Cancels Mark Maestrone 34 SPORTS PHILATELISTS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: Mark C. Maestrone. 2824 Curie Place. San Diego. CA 92122 VICE-PRESIDENT: Sherwin D. Podolsky. 299 Whitworth Street. Thousand Oaks. CA 91360 SEC.-TREASURER: Robert L. Mummert. 601 Greendale Road. York. PA 17403 DIRECTORS: Edward B. Epstein. 570 Fort Washington Avenue. New York. NY 10033 Glenn A. lustus. 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 Dorothy E. Weihrauch. P.O. Box 5955. Scottsdale. AZ 85261 Robert E Wilcock. 24 Hamilton Cres.. Brentwood. Essex. CM14 5ES. ENGLAND SPECIAL REP TO ACOG: Norman F. Jacobs. Jr.. 2712 N. Decatur Rd.. Decatur. GA 30033 AUCTIONS: Glenn A. Estus, P.O. Box 451. Westport. NY 12993 MEMBERSIIir Margaret A. Jones. 5310 Lindenwood Ave.. St. Louis. MO 63109 SALES DEPT.: Cora B. Collins. P.O. Box 2183. Norfolk. VA 23501 Spoils Philatelists International is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and collecting of postage stamps and related collateral material dealing with sports (including Olympics) and recreation and to the promotion of International understanding and goodwill through mutual interest in philately and sports. Its activities arc planned and carried on entirely by the unpaid, volunteer services of iLs members. All members in good standing receive the bi-monthly issue of the Journal of Sports Philately. Annual dues: $12.00 U.S. membership. $18.00 foreign (Surface Mail). $24.00 foreign (Airmail). JOURNAL of SPORTS PHILATELY PUBLISHER: John U Porta. PO. Box 2286. U Grange. IL 60525 EDITOR: Mark C. Maestrone. 2824 Curie Place. San Diego. CA 92122 ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Brian Bjorgo. 3220 Forest Drive. Bremerton. WA 98310 James Bowman. 3459 Township Avenue. Simi Valley. CA 93063 Glenn A. Estus. P.O. Box 451. Westport. NY 12993 S!ierwin D. Podolsky. 299 Whitworth Street. Thousand Oaks. CA 9136(1 Dorothy E. Weihrauch. P.O. Box 5955. Scottsdale. AZ 85261 AD MANAGER: Stephen Rock. 3300 Waterman Rd.. Virginia Beach. VA 23452 CIRCULATION: Robert L. Mummert. 601 Greendale Road. York. PA 17403 PUBLICITY: Glenn A. Estus. P O. Box 451. Westport. NY 12993 TYPISTS: B. Stahl. B. Tomkins. J. Trgovac. C. Vokoun ADVERTISING RATES: COVER $35.0(1; FULL PAGE $32.00; HALF PAGES IS'.00;QUARTER PAGE $10.00. Advance payment for all advertising must accompany copy. Camera ready copy must be supplied by the advertiser. Publishing deadlines: Jan. 15. Mar. 15. May 15. July 15. Sept. 15. Nov. 15 for the following issue. Single copy price $2.50 postpaid. A1*S Arfiliiitc Number 39. ISSN 0447-953X. VOL. 33 NO. 1 The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and they do not necessarily represent SEPT-OCT 1994 those of tile 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 suited otherwise. SPI and JSP do not guarantee advertiscmenLs. but accept copy in good faith, reserving the right to reject objectionable material. President's Message by Mark Maestrone Rapid Notification Service Approved By Board For One-Year Trial The Board of Directors of SPI have approved a Rapid The new chairman, Nancy Clark, has asked me to Notification Service (RNS) for sports and Olympic cancels. convey to the membership of SPI that she "welcomes and Patterned after similar programs conducted by other socie encourages their volunteer involvement" in Olymphilex '96. ties, the RNS is designed to provide timely publicity of The address for Olymphilex '96 is P.O. Box 1996, Lexing commemorative USPS cancels to participants. ton, GA 30648-1996, U.S.A. (Phone 706/743-5044; FAX An inherent problem of publishing our journal bimonth 706/743-3845.) ly is that time-sensitive announcements quickly become "old news." This is especially true for commemorative Later this month (September), the membership of SPI cancels — the USPS's general policy is that requests for convenes for their 3rd International Convention at SESCAL cancels must be postmarked no later than 30 days following in Los Angeles. A total of nine sports or Olympic exhibits a special cancel's date. Often, the philatelic press is not have been entered in competition, including one from notified until this deadline has nearly expired. Only rarely overseas. SESCAL is recognizing the 100th anniversary of is the 30-day deadline extended. the International Olympic Committee on a special cancel An RNS operates as follows: participants mail in a and cacheted cover. Our general meeting, which will be specified quantity of self-addressed stamped envelopes to held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning (October 1), is privi the manager of the service. Periodically, the manager mails leged to have as its speaker the Vice President of the out notification of new cancels. The USPS typically publish Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. I look for es notices of new cancels biweekly, so participants in an ward to seeing as many of you as possible at the show! RNS could be expected to learn of cancels far more quickly than they would by reading the philatelic press. Member Bill Fraleigh has volunteered to operate the program during its one-year trial period. To begin with, Bill SPI Election Results would like to determine the degree of interest in an RNS. If you think that this might appeal to you, please drop him a postcard. Likewise, he would like members' suggestions The membership of SPI has reelected the and ideas. His address is: William E. Fraleigh, RD #3, Box incumbent officers and members of the 176, Red Hook, NY 12571-9418. board of directors to the two-year term of At least initially, only U.S. cancels will be reported on office beginning September 1, 1994. Fifty- through the RNS. one ballots were cast with all ballots Some words of caution. Participants will not be able to marked for the following candidates (there designate special interests such as specific sports or Olym were no write-ins): pics. Everyone receives identical mailings at the same time. For those whose collections comprise sports for which special U.S. cancels proliferate (e.g. football, baseball, President Mark C. Maestrone basketball), then this service is for you. If you collect less Vice President Sherwin D. Podolsky popular sports, then you will probably not benefit greatly Secretary/Treasurer Robert L. Mummert from participating. We will continue to publish the "Com Board of Directors Edward B. Epstein memorative Sports Cancels" column in JSP. Glenn A. Estus Norman F. Jacobs, Jr. My "President's Message" in the last issue of the John La Porta journal has certainly stirred up quite a bit of controversy. Dorothy E. Weihrauch Many of you have contacted me expressing your surprise Robert E. Wilcock over the major changes involving Olymphilex '96. In subsequent communications with the new Olymphilex I would like to thank all those who voted. '96 Organizing Committee, I have been assured that every thing is being done to make this exhibition a success, A special thanks goes to our Nominations despite the limited funding. Further, I have agreed to accept Chairman, Bernie McGovern. a position as an advisor to the executive committee. Journal of Sports Philately September/October 1994 1 Letters by Mark Maestrone Soccer Questions Asked... of any kind used by any Canada Poste facility to commem orate any of the World Games events held in Canada. Reference the "Soccer Philately in a World Cup Year" article in the Journal of Sports Philately, Volume 32, John T. Slater Number 5 [May-June 1994]. Niagara Falls, NY I read this article with interest and found it gave me some new information in parts but it has also left me with Thanks for the update, John. I think that finally puts the a query. question to rest! Charles V. Covell, Jr. states in an early part of the article: "the oldest stamp picturing soccer is a semi-postal Harlem Globetrotters Stamp? issued by the Netherlands for the 1928 Olympic Games." I did assume he meant showing a soccer player. I have been corresponding with George Killian lately My query is why Charles (and also the ATA checklist) relative to basketball items and the possibility of trying to overlook the Hungary 1925 issue (SG #458, SC #B86) get a U.S. stamp issued for Abe Saperstein and the Harlem depicting soccer players action revolving around the goal Globetrotters. If such a stamp seems worthwhile, I wonder keeper. if SPI would go on record of backing such an issue. Also, can you or the readers of the Journal help me with the following query. Uruguay issued, in 1945, SG Lawrence R.