JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHILATELY Volume 56 Fall 2017 Number 1 d: ove pr es ap gel an los 8 202 VOLUME 56 NUMBER 1 FALL 2017 OFFICERS & BOARD OF TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTORS (2016-18) President’s Message Mark Maestrone 1 It's a done deal: Los Angeles gets the Mark Maestrone 2 President the 2028 Olympic Games! Mark C. Maestrone Paris 1924, I Owe You Manfred Bergman 4 2824 Curie Place, San Diego, CA 92122 [email protected] Paris to host the Olympic Games in 2024 Mark Maestrone 14 23rd World Olympic Collectors’ Fair Bratislava 2017 Mark Maestrone 15 Vice-President Los Angeles 1932 – A Collector’s Files Thomas Lippert 18 Norman F. Jacobs, Jr. Are Never Closed [email protected] 1939 Baseball Machine Postmarked FDC: Norman Rushefsky 22 Secretary-Treasurer the Parted Date Variety Andrew Urushima Triple Crown Winners – Basketball's Royalty Mark Maestrone 24 1510 Los Altos Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 Canada's Sesquicentennial Sports Stamps Kon Sokolyk 26 [email protected] Collecting and Exhibiting Golf Picture Postcards Patricia Loehr 28 Directors The Other America's Cup Clemens Reiss 30 Charles V. Covell, Jr. News of our Members Mark Maestrone 31 207 NE 9th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601 New Stamp Issues John La Porta 33 [email protected] Commemorative Cancels Mark Maestrone 36 John La Porta 17612 Sean Dr., Orland Park, IL 60467 On the cover: The iconic peristyle of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum [email protected] decked out in “Festive Federalism” for the Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad on 28 July Patricia Ann Loehr st 2603 Wauwatosa Ave., Apt. 2 1984. On 13 September 2017, the International Olympic Committee, at its 131 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 Session in Lima, Peru, selected Los Angeles to again host the Olympic Games. The Coliseum will figure prominently in the ceremonies and athletic events during Joseph O. Lopreiato the Games of the XXXIVth Olympiad from 21 July through 6 August 2028. 1105 Bettstrail Way, Potomac, MD 20854 [email protected] Norman Rushefsky 9215 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910 [email protected] JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHILATELY Robert J. Wilcock Publisher: John La Porta,17612 Sean Dr., Orland Park, IL 60467 24 Hamilton Crescent, Brentwood, Essex Editor: Mark C. Maestrone, 2824 Curie Place, San Diego, CA 92122 CM14 5ES England Columnists: John La Porta,17612 Sean Dr., Orland Park, IL 60467 [email protected] Ad Manager: Norman F. Jacobs, Jr. – email only: [email protected] Circulation: Jerome Wachholz, 1320 Bridget Lane, Twinsburg, OH 44087 Membership Jerome Wachholz The Journal of Sports Philately is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December. 1320 Bridget Lane, Twinsburg, OH 44087 Advertising Rates: Covers $50.00; Full Page $45.00; Half Page $25.00; Quarter Page $15.00. [email protected] Advance payment required. Digital copy must be supplied by the advertiser. Publishing deadlines: January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 for the following issue. Single copy price (postpaid): Sales Department: John La Porta $5.00 (US/Canada), $10.00 (overseas). Webmaster: Mark C. Maestrone 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 Sports Philatelists International is an inde- numbers quoted in this publication are from Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue unless pendent, non-profit 501(c) (3) organization specifically stated otherwise. SPI and JSP do not guarantee advertisements, but accept copy in good dedicated to the study and collecting of post- faith, reserving the right to reject objectionable material. age stamps and related collateral material dealing with sports (including Olympics) and American Philatelic Society (APS), Affiliate Member #39 recreation and to the promotion of interna- Association Internationale des Collectionneurs Olympiques (AICO), Charter Member tional understanding and goodwill through American Topical Association (ATA), Study Unit Member mutual interest in philately and sports. Its ac- ISSN 0447-953X tivities are planned and carried on entirely by the unpaid, volunteer services of its members. Annual dues (Print & Digital) $31 U.S./Canada $43 overseas (Digital Only) $15.00 worldwide www.sportstamps.org PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Mark Maestrone New SPI Branding! IOC Awards Two Olympic Games For over five decades, our dis- Unless, like Rip Van Winkle, you’ve been tinctive blue logo with the “SPI” napping under a tree for the past year, it has not acronym embracing the eastern passed your notice that the International Olympic and western hemispheres of the Committee, on September 13, elected not one, but globe, represented our society’s two, Olympic host cities. Paris will present the 2024 membership around the world. Olympics, while Los Angeles, California welcomes However, with the emergence of the Games in 2028. Coincidentally, this will be the modern new communication plat- third time the Olympic Games has visited each city: forms – computers, smartphones and tablets – Paris in 1900 and 1924, and Los Angeles in 1932 and reproduction of our logo was no longer limited to 1984. just the printed page. Digital versions of the logo An article on page 2 of this issue reviews the appeared muddy and ill-defined. In short, we lost chronology of how Los Angeles rose from just the ability to adequately express our identity. It was another USOC bid city applicant for 2024, to be the time for a change! sole candidate for the 2028 Olympic Games. Working with graphic artist and stamp collec- tor, Jim Sulsona, of Laughing Palm, Inc., the board 2017 World Olympic Collectors Fair approved a new logo which we believe will provide Bratislava, Slovakia a modern, more effective visual identity for SPI. In combining a simplified represen- September was a busy month as we tation of the world with a framework of also celebrated the 23rd World Olympic stamp perforations, it is clear we are a Collectors Fair in Bratislava, Slovakia. The global philatelic organization. The green 3-day event was held at the NH Bratislava laurel branch at the center of the image Gate One Hotel from 8-10 September. symbolizes our Olympic heritage, while The Fair is an annual event for Olym- the color gold is the embodiment of ex- pic collectors of all stripes – stamps, cellence in sports – and philately! coins, pins and memorabilia. In coopera- There are two versions of the logo which we tion with AICO (the International Association of will be using. In the larger of the two, our name is Olympic Collectors) and the IOC’s Culture and spelled out in italic characters – perfect for the Olympic Heritage Commission, Bratislava 2017, was banner of our journal’s title page (see the inside organized by the Slovak Society of Olympic and front cover of the journal on the facing page). A Sports Collectors, with the support of the Slovak more compact version, shown above, will be Olympic Committee and the Slovak Olympic and available for situations with limited space require- Sports Museum. A full report begins on page 15. ments. The laurel branch is our stand-alone em- blem featured on our website’s favicon (the small SPI 2024 Olympic Covers icon in your web browser’s address bar or book- mark list). The recent “Have a Ball” stamps issued by the We hope that our members approve of our new U.S. Postal Service on 14 June presented a perfect branding, and we encourage those of you with your opportunity to celebrate the Los Angeles bid for the own websites to display our new logo (available (then) 2024 Olympic Games. A limited number of shortly from our website’s banner page). six different cacheted covers were created match- Speaking of our SPI website, that, too, is under- ing a ball stamp with its proposed Olympic venue, going a complete makeover (as I have time to work and cancelled with the USPS’s color laser FD post- on it). Stay tuned! mark. Visit page 32 for ordering instructions. Journal of Sports Philately Fall 2017 1 It’s a done deal: Los Angeles gets the 2028 Olympic Games! by Mark Maestrone 16 February 2016: LA 2024 introduces its slogan, “Follow the Sun,” and bid logo. ho would have thought that after the collapse of Boston’s campaign to win 11 October 2016: Rome suspends bid; eventually the 2024 Olympic Games that Los withdraws. W Angeles, California would step into the breach – AGAIN – with the sole bid for the 2028 8 December 2016: IOC president Thomas Bach event? doesn't rule out awarding both the 2024 and It wasn’t so long ago – well in fact 1978 – that 2028 Olympics in 2017, saying the current Los Angeles bailed out the International Olympic bidding process produces “too many losers.” Committee as the only city willing to host the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad! The 1984 Olympics turned 22 February 2017: Budapest withdraws, leaving only out be a game changer for the Olympic Movement Paris and Los Angeles. by proving that it was possible to self-finance the mega-event without public money. By using existing February-March 2017: Paris 2024 co-bid chief Tony facilities, leveraging the Olympic brand through Estanguet says Paris will only accept the 2024 corporate sponsorships, and maximizing revenue Olympics. Los Angeles leaves its options open. from the sale of television rights around the world, the Los Angeles Games not only paid for them- 4 May 2017: LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman selves, but turned a handsome $250 million profit. says city will not renew bid if it does not receive Los Angeles took a most circuitous path in an Olympic Games this summer.