OLYMPIC GAMES Stamps, Covers & Memorabilia with The Loaring Collection - Part 2 TENNIS Objects & Memorabilia SECTIONS LOTS SECTIONS LOTS Comprehensive Collection 30000 1932 Los Angeles - 1930s Trials 30248-30276 Forerunners & de Coubertin 30001-30004 1936 Berlin 30277-30439 1896 Athens 30005-30026 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 30440-30473 1900 Athens & Paris 30027-30035 1936-1944 30474-30512 1904 St. Louis 30036-30046 1948 London & St. Moritz 30513-30539 1906 Athens, 1908 London, etc. 30047-30065 1952 Helsinki & Oslo 30540-30557 1912 Stockholm 30066-30122 1956 Melbourne & Cortina 30558-30578 1916 Berlin 30123-30129 1960 Rome - 1964 Innsbruck 30579-30587 1920 Antwerp 30130-30136 1968-1996 30588-30636 1924 Paris & Chamonix, etc. 30137-30179 Collections & Lots 30636A-30642A 1928 Amsterdam / St. Moritz, 1930 30180-30241 SPORTS THEMATICS 30643-30646 1932 Lake Placid 30241A-30247 TENNIS Objects & Memorabilia 30649-30700 Public Auction under the ministry of Me. 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If you need help in any way during the sale please contact our auction secretariat by telephone at: +41.22.727.0770, which will connect you with the appropriate person. Autumn 2010 Auctions Public Auctions under the ministry of Me. René Pantet at Feldman Galleries in Geneva and relayed live via the Internet Feldman Galleries 175, route de Chancy, Geneva, Switzerland; Tel: +41 (0)22 727 0777, Fax: +41 (0)22 727 0778 Direct line to auction room: tel. +41 (0)22 727 0770 or +41 (0)22 727 0771 From USA: direct line to auction room tel: 011 41 22 727 0770 or 011 41 22 727 0771 Auction Programme Wednesday, November 17 Lot Nos. 10h00 Olympic Philately & Memorabilia - (this catalogue) 30000-30276 13h00 Olympic Philately & Memorabilia (cont.), Tennis (this catalogue) 30277-30700 16h00 Rarities of the World & Important Collections, Choice Classics 60000-60147 Thursday, November 18 10h00 Great Britain: Victorian Registered Mail - “Severn” part 2 40000-40278 13h00 Great Britain: 1840 Penny Black & Two Pence Blue 40279-40612 16h00 Great Britain plus British Empire (including Collections & Large Lots) 40612-40966 Friday, November 19 10h00 Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse + Liechtenstein 10000-10382 (including Collections & Large Lots) 14h00 France & French Colonies (including Collections & Large Lots) 20000-20422 Saturday, November 20 10h00 ALL WORLD Collections & Large Lots 50000-50179 12h00 Europe & Overseas Collections + Select Single Lots 50180-50705 18h00 MEXICO Specialised 50706-50913 Note the “Collections” sections of the Great Britain, Switzerland & France catalogues are repeated in this catalogue for reference Viewing Arrangements Feldman Galleries, 175, route de Chancy, 1213 Onex, Geneva, Switzerland From November 8 By appointment: for reservations contact tel.: +41 (0)22 727 07 77 (Evening and weekend viewing by appointment only) From November 15 General viewing: 09h00-19h00 daily Prices Realised Available by logging onto our web site at: www.davidfeldman.com Please contact us if you would like a copy, enclosing Euro 10 or equivalent for postage. David Feldman SA w P.O.Box 81, 1213 Onex, Geneva, Switzerland w E-mail: [email protected] Catalogues & Sections: • Rarities of the World A limited number of rare stamps, covers and important specialised collections. A Feldman feature, held twice a year. • Special France et Colonies Important offer of stamps, covers and collections, highlighted by superb classics with numerous rarities. • Mexico Specialised Stamps and covers by district and can- cel, district lots, revolution period in depth and much more. • Great Britain & Colonies An impressive offer of the issues and their uses on cover from the reign of Queen Victoria until today. • Schweiz / Suisse / Switzerland Superb classics to intact collections, plus Liechtenstein. • Olympics Including the Loaring Collection, part II. • All World Hundreds of large lots, collections and estates with occasional single items, a gold mine for dealers and definitely for collectors as well ! Postage for Catalogues Each at CHF30 (e20 / US$30 / GB£15) or download the pdf files online Bid on-line LIVE Autumn Auctions: November 17-20, 2010 FELDMAN GALLERIES, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND View the catalogues, and BID LIVE, via www.davidfeldman.com David Feldman SA, 175 route de Chancy, Box 81, CH-1213 Onex, Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 727 07 77, Fax: +41 22 727 07 78, Email: [email protected], Website: www.davidfeldman.com Representation in 25 cities on all 5 continents International press reported that officials huddled about the obvious In 1942, while serving as Senior Technical Instructor for Radar Officers foul, but ultimately decided not to disqualify the USA team, because the in Portsmouth, England, Loaring competed in track meets. For one of Canadian team hadn't protested. Such was the gentlemanly "roll-with- these, the local press hyped his 440yd hurdles World Record attempt, the-punches" sportsmanship and politics of that earlier time. but Loaring had another focus: a 440yd run, giving a British Olympian The popular German weekly, Fussball, selected Loaring as: “The a chance to avenge defeat by Loaring weeks earlier. This time, Loaring toughest competitor of 1936...” The noted Olympic authors, Ross and was only second, but, 45 minutes later, he won the 440yd hurdles, Norris McWhirter, commented: “Loaring's competitive record at the 9/10ths of a second off the World Record. This was amid wartime 1936 Olympics...must just about represent the most severe test to training restrictions, and 15 months after he had been put ashore in which any Olympic athlete has ever been subjected.” Loaring is still Africa after the Battle for Crete. the only athlete to compete in all three Olympic male finals involving the 400m distance in any combination of Olympic Games, and he did In 1943, Loaring was transferred to Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, to head so as he turned age 21, with World War II depriving him of two Olympic Canada's Radar Training School until the end of the War. In 1946-47, Games during his prime years. as a Lieutenant-Commander, he was Commanding Officer of H.M.C.S. Hunter, Windsor. POST-OLYMPIC PERFORMANCES SPORTS SERVICE, AWARDS, AND LEGACY Immediately after Olympic Athletics events, Loaring competed in a British Empire vs USA Meet in London, England, on August 15th, 1936. Loaring served in a broad variety of roles in Athletics, Road Running, -1JOHN WILFRID LOARING In a four-by-two-lap steeplechase relay, Loaring ran the anchor leg Swimming, and Water Polo, as well as other sports through his general A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH in a World Best Time, winning gold for the British Empire Team. He positions with the Canadian Olympic Association, the British Empire overcame a 12yd lead of USA's anchorman, who had held the 3,000m & Commonwealth Games Association, the Amateur Athletic Union of PRE-OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENTAL YEARS steeplechase World Record until one week prior.