By Gerald Gurney - ITTF
By Gerald Gurney - ITTF By Gerald Gurney - ITTF
In this issue… THE TABLE TENNIS The Journal of the Table Tennis Collectors’ Society 31 Spring 2003 A selection of early boxed sets from Chuck Hoey’s collection—items such as these will form a part of the new ITTF museum in Switzerland—see page 3. Photograph © Table Tennis Heritage Museum and may not be used without the express permission of Chuck Hoey. · The ITTF Museum—A Special Announcement (p3) by Chuck Hoey · The Story of a Rare and Unusual Sale on Ebay (p4) by Michael Thomson · The Music of Table Tennis (addendum) (p5) by Chuck Hoey · Britain’s Only Table Tennis Stamp (p6) from Alan Duke · Latest from Ebay (p8) · Günther’s Pins: Part 4 World Championships (p10) by Günther Angenendt · Philatelic Pages (p12) by Anton Zwiebel · 21 Up: Test Your Knowledge (p14) by Gerald Gurney · Membership List 2003 (p16) The infamous Pole Alex Ehrlich as caricatured in the programme English Open 1950 No. 31 The Table Tennis Collector Page 1
- Page 2 and 3: THE HE TABLE TABLE TENNIS ENNIS COL
- Page 4 and 5: The Story of a Rare and Unusual Sal
- Page 6 and 7: Britain’s Only Table Tennis Stamp
- Page 8 and 9: Latest from Ebay One of the best so
- Page 10 and 11: Günther’s Pins Günther Angenend
- Page 12 and 13: Philatelic Pages Please Anton Zwieb
- Page 14 and 15: 21-Up: Test Your Knowledge There ar
- Page 16: Gunther Angenendt Langacker 10a, 44
In this issue…<br />
THE TABLE TENNIS<br />
The Journal of the Table Tennis Collectors’ Society<br />
31<br />
Spring<br />
2003<br />
A selection of early boxed sets from Chuck Hoey’s collection—items such as these will form a part of the new<br />
<strong>ITTF</strong> museum in Switzerland—see page 3.<br />
Photograph © Table Tennis Heritage Museum and may not<br />
be used without the express permission of Chuck Hoey.<br />
· The <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum—A Special Announcement<br />
(p3) by Chuck Hoey<br />
· The Story of a Rare and Unusual<br />
Sale on Ebay (p4) by Michael Thomson<br />
· The Music of Table Tennis<br />
(addendum) (p5) by Chuck Hoey<br />
· Britain’s Only Table Tennis Stamp<br />
(p6) from Alan Duke<br />
· Latest from Ebay (p8)<br />
· Günther’s Pins: Part 4 World Championships<br />
(p10) by Günther Angenendt<br />
· Philatelic Pages (p12) by Anton Zwiebel<br />
· 21 Up: Test Your Knowledge (p14) by<br />
<strong>Gerald</strong> <strong>Gurney</strong><br />
· Membership List 2003 (p16)<br />
The infamous Pole Alex Ehrlich as caricatured<br />
in the programme English Open 1950<br />
No. 31 The Table Tennis Collector Page 1
THE HE TABLE TABLE<br />
TENNIS ENNIS<br />
COLLECTOR<br />
OLLECTOR<br />
31<br />
Spring 2003<br />
Editor:<br />
Graham Trimming<br />
17 Gwendale, Pinkneys Green<br />
Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6SH<br />
England<br />
Tel: +44 (0)1628 636978<br />
email: graham.trimming@virgin.net<br />
Paul Nichols<br />
50 Newton Road, Duston, Northampton,<br />
Northants, NN5 6TL, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1604 457896<br />
Email: paul.nichols3@ntlworld.com<br />
Interests: All TT items.<br />
Acquire: Postcards complete 1900s set.<br />
Robert Op de Beeck<br />
Jan Frans Willemsstraat 66, B-2530<br />
Boechout, Belgium.<br />
Tel: +32 (0) 3455 4159<br />
Interests: TT museum.<br />
Jeong Kye Park<br />
PO Box 1028, Busan 600-610, South<br />
Korea.<br />
Email: fifaball@hanmail.net<br />
Interests: Philatelic TT, football & other<br />
sport stamps.<br />
Robin Radford<br />
16 St. Edmund Cr, Tawa, Wellington<br />
6006, New Zealand.<br />
Tel: +64 (0) 4232 5672<br />
Fax: +64 (0) 4232 9172<br />
Email: rradford@paradise.net.nz<br />
Web site:<br />
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/rradford/<br />
Interests: TT cartoons & clip art';TTNZ<br />
web site maintenance.<br />
Sale/Exchange: TT cartoons & clip art.<br />
Acquire: TT cartoons; clip art; cards; old<br />
adverts etc - electronically.<br />
Jose Ransome<br />
Conifers, Church Lane, Ormesby,<br />
Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS7 9AU,<br />
W<br />
England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1642 322223<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1642 700872<br />
Email: ajransome@aol.com<br />
Interests: General.<br />
Acquire: Old TT set.<br />
Mike Rhodes<br />
57 Rochford Gardens, Slough, Berks,<br />
SL2 5XA, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 676122<br />
Email: mrhodesmiker@aol.com<br />
Lutz Schoenfeld<br />
Karl-Kellner-Str. 27b, 30853<br />
Langenhagen, Germany.<br />
Email: webmaster@tt-domain.de<br />
Web site: www.tt-domain.de<br />
Sale/Exchange: Philatelic items;<br />
postcards; pins.<br />
Acquire: as above.<br />
Michael Thomson<br />
Craigievar, 1 Kinnoull Terrace, Perth, PH2<br />
7DJ, Scotland.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1738 622052<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1738 445690<br />
Email: msm_thomson@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Interests: Origins and story of PP and<br />
TT and all items made by Jaques & Son<br />
and their association with Hamleys<br />
and Parker Brothers, USA.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Numerous surplus PP or TT<br />
items inc. postcards, books (UK &<br />
USA), balls, boxed sets.<br />
From the Editor<br />
elcome to the first issue of my<br />
second year as Editor of The<br />
Table Tennis Collector. The final<br />
membership figure from 2002 was 50<br />
and I am pleased that as many as 43<br />
have subscribed so far for the forthcoming<br />
year. I hope that some of the<br />
“stragglers” will respond to my recent<br />
reminder letter.<br />
In Europe we are coming<br />
to the end of our domestic<br />
seasons—how has<br />
your been? Perhaps the<br />
summer will enable you<br />
to get out to even more<br />
antique/postcard/stamp<br />
fairs and give you the<br />
opportunity to enhance<br />
your collections further. Conversely,<br />
perhaps the warmer weather will entice<br />
you out of doors and away from<br />
Ebay and other electronic delights.<br />
How do you store your collections?<br />
Recently I decided that the floor corner<br />
of my dining room and the tops of<br />
cupboards may not be the best place<br />
to store a collection of highly desirable<br />
table tennis antiques. So I took<br />
the bold step of throwing out the third<br />
bed in the house (only one is in regular<br />
use anyway) and converting that<br />
Membership List 2003 (continued from page 16)<br />
Acquire: Jaques or Hamleys early<br />
catalogues and rule books or ephemera<br />
for any of their games but preferably<br />
for PP and TT; any Jaques games.<br />
Hans-Peter Trautman<br />
Siegfriedstr. 17, D-64385 Reichelsheim,<br />
Germany.<br />
Interests: Stamps mint perforated and<br />
imperforated; artist-sheets;<br />
minister-sheets; colour-proofs; all kind<br />
of postmarks.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Stamps mint<br />
perforated and all kinds of postmarks -<br />
ask for list of duplicates.<br />
Acquire: Postmarks - ask for want list.<br />
Graham Trimming<br />
17 Gwendale, Pinkneys Green,<br />
Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6SH, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1628 636978<br />
Email: graham.trimming@virgin.net<br />
Web site:<br />
http://freespace.virgin.net/graham.<br />
trimming/index.htm<br />
Interests: All TT related items pre-1939<br />
especially 1900s<br />
Sale/Exchange: Book "TT and how to<br />
play it" 1902 Ritchie/Harrison; book<br />
"Table Tennis" Symons 1935; book "A<br />
manual of PP" Schaad 1929.<br />
Acquire: Gossima 1891; early unusual<br />
bats, sets and other items.<br />
room into a dedicated storage area,<br />
with a proper cabinet to shield the<br />
100 years old boxes from the ravages<br />
that dust and sunlight can bring.<br />
<strong>By</strong> the time you read this the work<br />
should be complete.<br />
I recently had the unfortunate task of<br />
having to come to terms with the<br />
passing of the years, fifty<br />
to be exact. That makes<br />
me about half as old as<br />
the objects that I collect.<br />
What a frightening<br />
thought! My mother,<br />
bless her, decorated a<br />
cake (actually, she is<br />
very expert at it) with<br />
scans of pictures from<br />
my collection and Nita (my girlfriend)<br />
and I hosted a party at my table tennis<br />
club (Cippenham) with Society<br />
member (and team-mate) Mike Rhodes<br />
one of the principal guests.<br />
This edition of the Journal includes<br />
some fine submissions by members<br />
including a quiz from <strong>Gerald</strong> and the<br />
exciting and important news about a<br />
new museum to be created in Switzerland<br />
by the <strong>ITTF</strong> and Chuck Hoey.<br />
I am sure we all look forward to that!<br />
Russ Walker<br />
4316 Irving Ave N, Mpls, MN 55412,<br />
Tel: +01 612 522 7905<br />
Email: RJ_WAL@msn.com<br />
Interests: c. 1902 paddles/sets.<br />
Acquire: Milton Bradley "Royal Game".<br />
Next issue - publication July 2003 - copy date 1 June 2003<br />
Roy Williams<br />
Robroy, 24 The Mall, Prestatyn,<br />
Denbighshire, LL79 7LS, Wales.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1745 888780<br />
Interests: Stamp collecting; TT items.<br />
Sale/Exchange: English & Welsh TT<br />
magazines 1960s onwards; pin badges;<br />
cloth badges.<br />
Acquire: Wales cloth international and<br />
county badges; TT postage stamps;<br />
programmes; 1930s magazines; any<br />
results etc. re: Welsh internationals.<br />
Anton Zwiebel<br />
Kerkweg 30, 9439 PG Witteveen, The<br />
Netherlands.<br />
Tel: +31 593 552788<br />
Email: azet.tt@wanadoo.nl<br />
Interests: Stamps; cancellations; picture<br />
postcards.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Stamps; cancellations;<br />
picture postcards.<br />
Acquire: Picture postcards.<br />
No. 31 The Table Tennis Collector Page 2
The <strong>ITTF</strong> Museum—A Special Announcement<br />
he <strong>ITTF</strong> will be forming a mu-<br />
T seum at their new headquarters<br />
in Lausanne, Switzerland. The museum,<br />
which will occupy the entire<br />
ground floor of a 17th century chateau,<br />
will be initially based on my Table<br />
Tennis Heritage Collection.<br />
Renovations are expected to be completed<br />
by late summer.<br />
The website which I have created will<br />
be a key component of the museum,<br />
as it is our portal to the world, enabling<br />
table tennis enthusiasts from<br />
around the globe to enjoy the museum<br />
from the comfort of their home,<br />
library or school. Plans are in progress<br />
to expand the website well beyond<br />
the current 33 sections, to include<br />
histories of table tennis, the<br />
<strong>ITTF</strong> and the great legends. The<br />
website can be viewed at:<br />
http://tabletennismuseum.com<br />
Answers to Quiz on page 14<br />
though this link will likely be renamed<br />
once the museum is formally opened.<br />
I will be relocating to Switzerland to<br />
serve as the Curator in a volunteer<br />
capacity. While my collection begins<br />
the process, I view the job as a team<br />
effort, with advice and assistance<br />
expected from my fellow collectors,<br />
veteran players, journalists/authors,<br />
historians and all lovers of the great<br />
sport of Table Tennis.<br />
Among the initiatives I want to implement<br />
is a Museum Advisory Panel,<br />
which will meet periodically to discuss<br />
issues, new acquisitions, and<br />
future plans. I would also like to host<br />
an annual meeting of Table Tennis<br />
collectors at the museum, to cultivate<br />
an active relationship with the collector<br />
community.<br />
Donations are an important aspect of<br />
1. The Vulliamy, but do not ask what this means. Retailed by Wootton & Sons, Ipswich, England, c.1900.<br />
2. Pyrography. The blade and handle have been burnt by the owner using a hot iron. He (or she) has added the initials<br />
LLS.<br />
3. The game of battledore & shuttlecock. Two players simply hit the shuttlecock to one another and tried to achieve a<br />
high "score". The reverse has an ink inscription on the vellum: 1st FEB. ‘89. PIPPA & MARY 1500.<br />
4. John Jaques, easily recognised by the shape of the grip.<br />
5. When the bat is held by the blade it becomes a ball-retriever, the ball being picked up by the "cup". This was made<br />
in the 1980s to the design of Patent 20452, 19 September, 1902, registered by Edward Samuel Peck. It may well<br />
never have been in production.<br />
6. It is hollow. It was promoted by the well-known tennis (and table tennis?) player C.G. Eames. He is remembered for<br />
saying, "Glad!' rather than "Sorry!" when he played a lucky shot, arguing that it was dishonest to do otherwise. The<br />
bat is also impressed PAT. APP. FOR (Patent applied for).<br />
7. It was, no doubt, painted by a young Victorian lady as an exercise in artwork.<br />
8. J.R. Mally. It was called the BULLDOG and has fierce image of one stamped on the blade with the Patent number<br />
94272 indicating 1902. The handle is impressed THE CLUB.<br />
9. A template (or pattern) used by the Grays Company and with an inscription PATT 1919. The hole allowed it to be<br />
hung on a nail in the workshop.<br />
10. Probably, but your guess is as good as mine. Very heavy.<br />
11. Identical netting was used during the war and was stuck on windows to prevent shattering by bombs.<br />
12. According to the Royal Archivist, Windsor, this may be from the Royal Household or simply a souvenir item.<br />
13. Theoretically to improve the aerodynamics, but in fact the holes increase resistance. It was called the FORMOZA<br />
WIZARD and dates from 1946 - see Issue 29.<br />
14. Certainly earlier, 1920s or before, and of German origin. It is impressed EDAM GES. GESCH. More information<br />
needed, please.<br />
15. Fretwork. The pattern was cut with a drill and a fretsaw via a template. There are, at least, three different patterns.<br />
16. Battledore & shuttlecock. This bat is about 30 years older than the earliest table tennis bat.<br />
17. Probably, judging by the shape, Ayres, but this is a prototype and it was very possibly never in production.<br />
18. Louis Wain. He lived 1860-1939 and is famous for his thousands of illustrations of cats - who are often shown engaged<br />
in human activities (including playing table tennis). There are many fakes but this example is 100% genuine.<br />
The bat dates from c.1900. See Issues 1 and 2.<br />
19. £1000 - or more. It is one of only two known examples (and the other one is not identical).<br />
20. These presentation bats are covered with a special, expensive material lacquer (or japanning) and were made in Narakawa,<br />
Japan, for presentation at the World Championships, Chiba City, 1991. Only four pairs were made.<br />
21. An easy question to finish! J.R. Mally. These bats are a very special rarity.<br />
How did you get on? A score of 15 (with or without the bonus) is very good.<br />
<strong>By</strong> Chuck Hoey<br />
all museums, and official recognition<br />
(+other perquisites) will be provided<br />
to those who help in a meaningful<br />
way.<br />
Currently we are hoping to complete<br />
the section of World Championship<br />
programmes, as well as strengthening<br />
the sections on classic vintage<br />
bats (e.g., we need to find some examples<br />
of Barna hardbats). Perhaps<br />
now you all can appreciate why I<br />
have been so aggressive on eBay of<br />
late!<br />
I look forward to this formidable challenge,<br />
and hope very much to meet<br />
all of my distinguished colleagues at<br />
the museum someday. A huge<br />
amount of work lies ahead, and miles<br />
to go before I sleep (R.Frost).<br />
No. 31 The Table Tennis Collector Page 3
The Story of a Rare and Unusual Sale on eBay<br />
Michael Thomson takes up the story of an item sold on Ebay for a<br />
staggering price.<br />
An early SPALDING’S Table Tennis boxed set recently sold on eBay for a stunning price of $887.77.<br />
<strong>By</strong> Michael Thomson<br />
It was offered by seller in the United States with an item title of “Old 1896 Spalding Table Tennis Ping Pong Set”. This<br />
was supplemented by a detailed Item Description and it had some good supporting pictures which I show below.<br />
ome damage to the top left and<br />
S top right of the box lid will be<br />
noted but the pair of bamboo rackets<br />
with single vellum surfaces had very<br />
good impressed marks and were in<br />
superb mint condition. There were<br />
no balls but the net and the posts<br />
were also good and it had the original<br />
Spalding “Rules and Directions for<br />
Table Tennis”.<br />
The attribution of the date to 1896<br />
was supported by a letter from A. G.<br />
Spalding, from their Massachusetts<br />
USA address, written to a previous<br />
owner in 1967. Intriguingly, they provided<br />
a copy of their 1896 Fall/Winter<br />
Catalogue saying that it gave “the<br />
necessary information about your<br />
antique Ping Pong set”. All this was<br />
included in the sale. Prima facie,<br />
this meant that it pre-dated the development<br />
of Ping Ping/Table Tennis in<br />
the early 20 th Century by some five<br />
years thus provoking some healthy<br />
correspondence between members<br />
of The Table Tennis Collector’s Society<br />
and the seller.<br />
After some preliminary exchanges,<br />
the seller provided some additional<br />
pictures which showed the text of his<br />
documents, the writer of the article<br />
wrote to say that he was:<br />
“worried about the 1896 date and the<br />
wording of these Rules confirm that<br />
there is an error somewhere and<br />
somehow. The Rules and Directions<br />
were almost an exact copy of the<br />
Rules and Directions for Ping Pong<br />
or Gossima by J. Jaques & Son, Ltd<br />
and Hamley Brothers. The only material<br />
difference was that “Table Tennis”<br />
had been substituted for "Ping<br />
Pong or Gossima". The very same<br />
illustration has been used on the front<br />
covers of both. Elsewhere, they were<br />
verbatim the same. The Jaques/<br />
Hamleys version is definitely<br />
1901/02. I can give you many reasons<br />
why but can prove more easily<br />
that it was issued after 1899 because<br />
this was the date when Jaques be-<br />
No. 31 The Table Tennis Collector Page 4
came a limited company and they<br />
could not have put Ltd after their<br />
name before this. Ergo, they could<br />
not have issued their rules in 1896.<br />
You may say that the copying was<br />
the other way round - i.e., by Jaques<br />
from Spalding. Again there are rea-<br />
Perhaps predictably, the seller responded<br />
to say that he wondered<br />
“whether there could be a common<br />
earlier source than what you mention,<br />
even whether J. Jaques & Sons<br />
could have used the same before<br />
they were Ltd.”<br />
The writer then used information<br />
gleaned from earlier editions of The<br />
Table Tennis Collector to write:<br />
“you will note that the wording in the<br />
Table Tennis leaflet begins "Table<br />
Tennis during the past year has<br />
made a perfect furore in England so<br />
much so that "Punch" (The English<br />
satirical magazine) has made it a<br />
subject of caricature on its front<br />
sons why this is not the case. I can<br />
comment on this if you wish. But,<br />
looking at it simplistically, you will see<br />
that the very last line reads "service<br />
after five points scored, like "overs" at<br />
Cricket. This would have made<br />
sense in London, England, but<br />
hardly in the USA. These rules by<br />
page." It is very well documented<br />
that all this happened in<br />
1901/02. The furore was of course<br />
with the Ping Pong craze and later<br />
the Table Tennis name was used to<br />
circumvent Trade Mark protection of<br />
the name Ping Pong. Ping Pong was<br />
registered in England on 20th September<br />
1900 and in the USA on 6 th<br />
August 1901. I attach a copy of a<br />
short article which appeared in the<br />
magazine "The Table Tennis Collector"<br />
in February 1993. You will see<br />
that it refers to the "Punch" cartoons<br />
and that the earliest was published<br />
on 24 April 1901.”<br />
The seller wrote politely to concede:<br />
The Music of Table Tennis (addendum)<br />
Spalding are marked New York, Denver<br />
and Chicago!<br />
To let your readers see the evidence,<br />
here are pictures of the two sets of<br />
Rules and Directions. It is clear that<br />
the Spalding version on the left is a<br />
“dead ringer” for the Jaques on the<br />
right.<br />
“Thanks for taking the time to write. I<br />
have to agree that the 1896 date<br />
doesn't fit.”<br />
He did not this time update his eBay<br />
Item Description!<br />
Members of the Table Tennis Collectors’<br />
Society, who were bidding for<br />
this item, would all have been aware<br />
of the anachronistic date. However,<br />
in spite of this error, it remained a<br />
very fine example of a rare early Table<br />
Tennis boxed set and it was<br />
bought by a specialist collector of<br />
Spalding memorabilia in America for<br />
the extremely high price of $887 or<br />
almost £600.<br />
Following the major listing by Alan Duke of music titles referencing table tennis or ping-pong in issue 29,<br />
Chuck Hoey has recently discovered another nine titles.<br />
1. Ping Pong Waltzes, by W. L. Bingaman,<br />
"Dedicated to Mrs Estella Armleder"<br />
publ. by Puntenney & Eutsler<br />
(Ohio, USA) 1902.<br />
2. Ping-Pong Polka, by W. P. Chambers,<br />
publ. Carl Fischer (NY) 1902—<br />
illustrated cover, parlour scene inset<br />
into battledore head.<br />
3. Ping Pong March-Two Step by Harry<br />
P. Wilkins "The Latest Society Fad”<br />
published by Hugo Worch, Washington<br />
DC 1902.<br />
4. Ping Pong March and Two Step, by L.<br />
Ferrari published by Emporio-Italo-<br />
Americano (NY) 1902<br />
5. Ping Pong March and Two Step, by<br />
Herbert D. Fry published by H. D. Fry,<br />
Connecticut (USA) 1902.<br />
6. The Ping-Pong Girl Song, words &<br />
music by Gustav Huth, arranged by A.<br />
Van Hoesen, published in 1902<br />
(publisher name not mentioned on<br />
cover).<br />
7. Pong-Ping Z-Zzipp Walkee-Backee<br />
Milee, by E. Remler Hoogs published<br />
by The Dominion Original Song Bureau,<br />
Toronto, 1903.<br />
8. Ping Pong! by Theo Ward, publ. Francis,<br />
Day & Hunter, London 1901.<br />
9. Ping-Pong by Heniot Levy, 1935,<br />
Dedicated to Stell Andersen & Silvio<br />
Scionti, for two pianos.<br />
Note: No. 7 may be a dubious entry, as<br />
there is no suggestion on the cover about<br />
any connection to the game of ping<br />
pong—what a bizarre title!<br />
Other versions of music already listed:<br />
1. Ping-Pong, Percy Greenbank & Ivan<br />
Caryll 1901 USA (different cover)—<br />
English edition, publ. Francis, Day &<br />
Hunter, London.<br />
2. Ping-Pong on the Brain, Will Fieldhouse,<br />
1902 - a 1-page version by<br />
Francis, Day & Hunter.<br />
3. Ping-Pong (A Crazy Song), Joseph<br />
Gillott, 1-page version with 4 verses,<br />
Francis, Day & Hunter 1901.<br />
4. The Ping-Pong Girl, Woodward &<br />
Sanford, a Professional Copy publ. by<br />
Shapiro, Bernstein & VonTilzer,<br />
1902—"This copy is intended for the<br />
use of PROFESSIONAL SINGERS<br />
ONLY, and anyone found selling or<br />
exposing it for sale is liable to a fine or<br />
imprisonment, or both, and will be<br />
prosecuted under the copyright law by<br />
THE PUBLISHER".<br />
No. 31 The Table Tennis Collector Page 5
Britain’s Only Table Tennis Stamp<br />
Alan found this article recently in a presentation pack of the Racket Sports set of<br />
stamps issued in 1977. Not only does it describe the only table tennis stamp issued<br />
in Great Britain, but the accompanying text is by our guru Ivor Montagu.<br />
History<br />
A<br />
From Alan Duke<br />
ll the four most popular and widespread sports of today – Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton and Squash – originated<br />
substantially in their present form in Britain during the latter part of the 19th Century. So far as is possible to trace in<br />
their ancestry, the hand, bare or gloved, came before the racket. Strings were stretched across the glove some time in the<br />
Middle Ages. Wooden blades, and later strings on a frame, followed.<br />
The common ancestor of the first three, the original Tennis – now often called Real Tennis – was, like its offshoots, played<br />
across a net. Popular during late medieval times, in 1600 there were said to be more than 1000 courts in Paris alone.<br />
Shakespeare mentions it often. Henry VIII was good at it. Four Kings died because of it. Now fewer than 30 courts in all<br />
are still in use.<br />
This old Tennis was played typically among or inside buildings, eventually within four walls making use of their features –<br />
projecting buttresses and slanting penthouses – but it was also played in open fields. In 1874 a Major Wingfield saw the<br />
chance to exploit tennis outdoors as a social pastime for both sexes, making use of the croquet<br />
lawns then popular, and he patented a version with softer balls of wool-covered rubber, air-filled, a<br />
court of hour-glass shape and the outlandish name Sphairistiké. This initiative roused others and<br />
soon, with help of the MCC, rules were framed and the first Wimbledon Championships held in<br />
1877 under the name LAWN TENNIS, with the court settled as a rectangle and 200 persons present.<br />
Modern tactics – volley, lob and smash – gradually developed. Nets became lower, balls faster<br />
with higher air-compression, the racket frame improved. Now the game demands high athleticism<br />
and has become a spectator sport with thousands watching tournaments and league matches, the<br />
greatest players being professionals. The ILTF numbers 103 countries as members and associates,<br />
play being strongest in depth in USA and Australia.<br />
About a decade after Wingfield, undergraduates and British Army officers carried tennis into mess and common room as a<br />
parlour game. They used tables as courts, any convenient balls or rackets and books stretched across in place of a net.<br />
At first called TABLE TENNIS or Table Lawn Tennis the game became a late Victorian rage, especially in the nineties under<br />
the name Ping-Pong, taken from the sound of celluloid balls on hollow vellum rackets and patented by John Jaques of<br />
Croydon.<br />
Diversity of rule, and a gulf between expert and tyro created by the discovery that a pimpled rubber cover to a wooden<br />
racket blade enormously increased control of spin and speed, led to almost total collapse of the game at the start of the<br />
20th century. Revived after the First World War with standard rules devised in England, its relative cheapness and moderate<br />
space demands speedily made it a mass sport; it spread everywhere and a sponge underlay to the pimpled rubber<br />
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cover has markedly increased its speed and agility. The <strong>ITTF</strong> affiliates 124 members, several<br />
of which count their organised players in hundreds of thousands – two, USSR and China, in<br />
millions. 33 world championships have been held in 14 different countries. The level of play is<br />
strongest in the Far East; in Europe, perhaps, in Hungary and Sweden. In international competition<br />
no distinction is made between professionals and amateurs.<br />
BADMINTON, an obvious marriage of tennis principles and the ancient pastime of battledore<br />
and shuttlecock, is thought to have originated about 1870 at the Duke of Beaufort's seat of that<br />
name near Bristol. Instead of a ball the object hit is a cork base set with feathers, though a<br />
modern version exists made with nylon. An hour-glass shape for the court was retained right<br />
up to 1901. The aero-dynamics of the shuttle obligate indoor play, away from wind, and air<br />
resistance so rapidly slows flight that attack is basically by smash or drop; all strokes must perforce<br />
be volleys, rewarding speed of foot and mind. The IBF includes 70 members; Indonesia<br />
– and probably China – lead in skill; in Europe, England and Denmark are specially strong.<br />
The most recent in development is SQUASH RACK-<br />
ETS, though its origins are equally ancient. Unlike the Tennis family of games it is<br />
played not by rivals across a net, but standing side by side and striking against a<br />
front wall. The distant ancestor is the hand-game still played at some English public-schools<br />
as Fives, using 3 walls or within a 4-wall box. The direct parent is the<br />
now rare Rackets – described by Dickens as played in the courtyard of the Fleet<br />
Prison by men held for debt – a harder, sharper game than Squash, played with<br />
mainly fast up-and-down strokes in a long box with a hard ball covered in white kid.<br />
Squash is said to have been originated at Harrow public school around 1850 by<br />
boys waiting in a smaller ante-room to take part in the senior game.<br />
Squash takes its name from the softer ball, hollow, with thick exterior of rubber or similar synthetic, dictating subtler tactics,<br />
longer rallies and use of ricochet from all 4 walls of the smaller box. A commercial handicap has been the difficulty of turning<br />
the game into a spectator sport, though attempts have been made both with a glass backwall and with TV. Progress in<br />
popularity was slow and at first the squash court was largely a rich man's private amenity, in country house, hotel or club.<br />
Only since the Second World War has the sport been appreciated as an ideal means of concentrated all-weather exercise<br />
in compact space and time for busy adults, and courts come into being on a large scale, promoted, in hundreds and even<br />
thousands, in several countries by military establishments as well as civic authorities. The ISRF, founded as recently as<br />
1967, already counts 14 members and 6 associate members. Professionals play a role as teachers and exemplars, the<br />
strongest coming from Pakistan, Australia and the UAR.<br />
IVOR MONTAGU<br />
The stamps, issued on 12 January 1977, were designed by Andrew Restall DA MSIA MSTD and printed in photogravure<br />
by Harrison and Sons Limited. This pack number 89 was designed by Andrew Restall and made and printed in Great Britain<br />
by Moore and Matthew (Printers) Limited.<br />
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Latest from Ebay<br />
One of the best sources of items to augment collections of any sort is<br />
the internet auction giant Ebay. He is a selection of some of the better<br />
items that have been traded on Ebay since the last issue of this journal.<br />
ou don’t see one for ages, then two come along in<br />
Y a short space of time. Two or three weeks after<br />
the fabulous Spalding set featured in Michael Thomson’s<br />
article (see page 4) another one appeared. This<br />
one sold for the (comparatively) lower price of $502 but<br />
only at the second time of asking—it initially failed to<br />
reach its reserve. For the second attempt the reserve<br />
was obviously lowered. This set now graces the Editor’s<br />
collection and represents by far the highest price<br />
he has paid for any acquisition. This example does not<br />
feature the beautiful colour lithographed box lid of the<br />
first set but does benefit from a box of original balls.<br />
The racquets are in wonderful condition and are the<br />
first single sheet examples in the Editor’s collection.<br />
We were not furnished with a picture of the top side of<br />
the box lid of this set so I can’t verify that it was called<br />
“Ping-Pong or Table Tennis” as suggested by the laws<br />
produced on the inside lid. However, the set bears<br />
the makers label for Frank Sugg of Liverpool and the<br />
turned wooden net supports are similarly marked with<br />
impressed lettering. But the posts do look as if they<br />
have borrowed a design from Jaques! It sold for £75.<br />
www.ebay.com<br />
Another member of the Society parted with £104 for this boxed<br />
Parlour Tennis set. Inside the lid was stamped “Thornton & Co.<br />
Ltd, Belfast”— reference, no doubt, to the original vendor. The<br />
grips on the handle slide off and would not have been original<br />
but added by the owner to facilitate his grip. The makers of<br />
Parlour Tennis were British firm T. Ordish & Co.<br />
This is another example of the American Parker Bros. Ping-<br />
Pong. This one made $124 for its owner. These Parker sets<br />
come up fairly often on Ebay and without first hand visual examination<br />
are sometimes quite difficult to date. No doubt Chuck<br />
would know the difference, perhaps the box design changed<br />
over time, but I am unable to comment!<br />
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This poorly focussed photograph is of an F.H. Ayres bat described as being<br />
in fantastic condition. The wooden bulbous handle has the initials L.M. impressed<br />
just below the hasp, presumable identifying the original owner. This<br />
bat is unusual for the length of the handle—much shorter than one normally<br />
associates with vellum drum racquets. AUS$350 made it an expensive, but<br />
most visibly appealing, addition to the collection of a Society member.<br />
Maybe it was because the<br />
seller restricted his market to<br />
the USA and Canada, or<br />
maybe this 1920s set just did<br />
not appeal—but $27 was all it<br />
made for its owner. It did have<br />
four bats and five balls but, I<br />
guess, 1920s fare is just not as<br />
collectible as that from twenty<br />
years earlier.<br />
Restricting bidding to the USA<br />
stopped the Editor from entering<br />
the fray for this pyrographic<br />
portrait of Sitting Bull. Plenty<br />
of others did bid, though, and<br />
pushed the eventual acquisition<br />
price to a member of the<br />
Society to $160. Described as<br />
an early souvenir from York<br />
Beach, ME.<br />
Values placed by collectors on Royal Bayreuth seem to be very<br />
fickle. Some of these items attract very high prices—as reported<br />
in previous issues of the Collector. Perhaps it was because the<br />
seller admitted a 0.5 inch hairline on the top edge (I have to look<br />
hard to find it!) but, for whatever reason, the Editor was able to<br />
add this creamer jug as his first piece of Bayreuth for the paltry<br />
sum of $32.<br />
That the sport impinged upon many aspects of life in<br />
the early days of the last century was never more<br />
demonstrated than with this tin of cigars. Marketing<br />
must have been more professional then than we<br />
might imagine, This was made in Holland for the<br />
American market and measures 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5<br />
inches. A member of the Society parted with $304 to<br />
add this to his collection despite the fact that the cigars<br />
had gone and the tin was empty!<br />
<strong>By</strong> the look of the players, who are wearing shorts, this must be a later piece<br />
than most items reviewed in these pages. Described as an English lighter and<br />
marked on the base “Mosda Streamline 500”. The measurements given 1.75<br />
inches tall by 2 inches long. A member added to his collection for only $29.<br />
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Günther’s Pins<br />
Günther Angenendt shares more of<br />
his 130-page catalogue of table tennis<br />
pins. These are the fifth and<br />
sixth pages on the subject of the<br />
World Championships and cover the<br />
years 1975, 1981 to 1995.<br />
Key:<br />
c = common; uc = uncommon;<br />
r = rare; vr = very rare; u = unique.<br />
p = pins (butterflies); n = needles;<br />
b = brooches; screw p = screw pins.<br />
Nets and Edges<br />
Commonwealth History<br />
Jose Ransome writes to say that<br />
although the Commonwealth History<br />
(reviewed last issue) was intended<br />
primarily for member associations,<br />
there are spare copies available if<br />
anyone is interested. The cost is<br />
£12 plus £3 postage. Contact Jose if<br />
you are interested (see members’<br />
details elsewhere in this issue).<br />
Marg Walden<br />
Jose also writes to tell of sad news<br />
concerning the passing of Marg Walden,<br />
a member of the Society, who<br />
died in February. Marg made a large<br />
contribution to the Commonwealth<br />
Federation and the Canadian Association.<br />
In particular Marg was also<br />
the driving force behind the Commonwealth<br />
History book.<br />
1903 photographs/cartoons?<br />
New member Pat Archdale of England<br />
needs some help finding photographs<br />
and/or cartoons of tournaments<br />
from 1903 to augment her<br />
collection of 1901 and 1902 items.<br />
Does anyone have any to sell? Pat’s<br />
details can be found elsewhere in<br />
this issue.<br />
The Early Years<br />
A few copies of <strong>Gerald</strong> <strong>Gurney</strong>’s<br />
fabulous book Table Tennis—The<br />
Early Years are still available from<br />
him priced £6 (or $10 or €10) inc.<br />
postage. <strong>Gerald</strong>’s details can be<br />
found elsewhere in this issue.<br />
1975<br />
Calcutta<br />
India<br />
(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
Team Leader<br />
(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c,n)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c.n)<br />
1983<br />
Tokyo<br />
Japan<br />
(r,b)<br />
1987<br />
New Delhi<br />
India<br />
(r,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1995<br />
Tianjin<br />
China<br />
Porcelain<br />
(r,b)<br />
1975<br />
Calcutta<br />
India<br />
1983<br />
Tokyo<br />
Japan<br />
Part 4:<br />
World<br />
Championships<br />
(contd.)<br />
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(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
Guest<br />
(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c.n)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c.n)<br />
(c,b)<br />
1987<br />
New Delhi<br />
India<br />
All India Umpires<br />
Association<br />
(r,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1995<br />
Tianjin<br />
China<br />
Porcelain<br />
(r,b)<br />
1975<br />
Calcutta<br />
India<br />
Given by Korea<br />
delegation<br />
(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
Committee<br />
(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c,n)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c.n)<br />
1985<br />
Gothenburg<br />
Sweden<br />
(r,b)<br />
1989<br />
Dortmund<br />
Germany<br />
(uc,n)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1995<br />
Tianjin<br />
China<br />
(r,p)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c,n)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
Steward<br />
(vr,b)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
Given by Korean<br />
delegation<br />
(r,n)<br />
1981<br />
Novi Sad<br />
Yugoslavia<br />
(c.n)<br />
1987<br />
New Delhi<br />
India<br />
(r,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1991<br />
Chiba<br />
Japan<br />
Given by united<br />
Korean team<br />
(uc,b)<br />
1993<br />
Gothenburg<br />
Sweden<br />
(uc,p)<br />
1995<br />
Tianjin<br />
China<br />
(r,p)
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Philatelic Pages Please<br />
Anton Zwiebel continues his regular contribution about table tennis<br />
stamps, post-marks and other items of philatelic interest.<br />
Rumours are getting stronger and<br />
stronger that a representative of an<br />
Eastern European printing industry<br />
is travelling around. In a number of<br />
countries he/she is offering money<br />
to decision-makers. In that way<br />
obtaining orders to print stampissues.<br />
Those issues could easily be<br />
called false and will, most probably,<br />
not be getting permission for display<br />
in FIP-exhibitions. This could also be<br />
the reason that prices for such issues<br />
are outrageous. It is a pity that the<br />
world’s leading catalogues are often<br />
two or more years late in printing<br />
data on such issues. In the<br />
meantime we, foolish and greedy<br />
collectors, have drawn our purse and<br />
Olkusz1 cancellation is a handstamp in black on<br />
mail from the venue where on 18th May 2002 the<br />
70th Polish Senior Championships were held.<br />
2002.10.31 is a cancellation from Ji Nan (P.R.<br />
China) to commemorate the 2002 <strong>ITTF</strong> Men’s<br />
World Cup.<br />
send your contributions for<br />
the philatelic pages to:<br />
Anton Zwiebel<br />
Kerkweg 30<br />
9439 PG WITTEVEEN<br />
The Netherlands<br />
azet.tt@wanadoo.nl<br />
purchased these “rogue” issues.<br />
This way of doing business could<br />
also explain why often the same<br />
pictures appear in different countries.<br />
I give you one example here. An<br />
Angola issue this time (at 50%).<br />
You see this player also in<br />
Kyrgyzstan and Guinea Bissau<br />
issues. Mozambique used the same<br />
picture of a doubles pair, and so<br />
on. Check for yourself whether the<br />
player(s) shown are really the ones<br />
named on the stamps. So, my<br />
advice is to be careful in what you<br />
buy, but follow your own taste and<br />
purse.<br />
2002.9.29—a handstamp in black from a<br />
tournament held in Busan South Korea, at the<br />
occasion of the 8th Busan FESTIC Games.<br />
Winners: women’s team - North Korea; men’s<br />
team - P.R. China.<br />
2001.07.28—LuNeng Cup match, held in<br />
the City of XuZhou.<br />
2002.6.29—Lu Neng Cup match in JinHai.<br />
2002.9 The New Rule of the <strong>ITTF</strong> – Uncover Service<br />
2002.9.29 14th Asian Games Table Tennis<br />
2002.10.28 Taishan Sport Cup for University Students, held in Jinan<br />
2002.12.22 50th Anniversary of The Chinese Table Tennis Team (1952-2002 under the stylized number 50). (type B)<br />
2002.12.21 ditto, but without the 1952-2002 under the stylized 50 (type A) (not shown).<br />
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Rumania brought us again a series of cancellations. I think that this long running and very extensive series gets far more<br />
attention than it should. I would like to hear from you (readers of this magazine) whether you agree that only cancellations<br />
should be shown here when they are from the cities/countries that really held the various events. These Rumanian<br />
cancellations, how artistic they may be, only represent events held in other countries. So-called “touristic souvenirs”. So,<br />
unless you tell me otherwise, here is the last bunch of them:<br />
Here is an issue from the Ivory Coast<br />
issue dated 06-11-2002 shown at 50%,<br />
also imperforated available.<br />
22-06-2002 El Salvador issued a vertical<br />
strip of 4 stamps. At the occasion of the<br />
19th Central-American and Caribbean<br />
Games. 4 x 0.11 cent. The top stamp<br />
contains table tennis. No picture available<br />
yet, sorry.<br />
For their information and support my<br />
thanks go to Mrs. Katharina Barth,<br />
Hans-Peter Trautmann, Tang Gan Xian,<br />
Wolfgang Zajitschek, Jeong Kye Park,<br />
Winfried Engelbrecht, Lutz Schönfeld ,<br />
Bob OpdeBeeck and Yao Zhenxu.—AZ.<br />
For the final part of the Philatelic Pages please go to page 15.<br />
08.11.2001 The 2nd<br />
cancellation for the<br />
World Cup Men in<br />
Yangzhou P.R.China<br />
30.3 – 07.04.2002 The<br />
23rd European<br />
Championships in<br />
Zagreb Croatia<br />
10-16.6.2002 The 1st<br />
Cadets World<br />
Championships in<br />
Tiszaujvaros Hungary<br />
13-16.6.2002 The 4th<br />
World Juniors Festival<br />
in Tiszaujvaros<br />
Hungary<br />
24-29.06.2002 The<br />
Veterans World<br />
Championships In<br />
Lucerne Switzerland<br />
03-07.07.2002 US<br />
Open in Fort<br />
Lauderdale USA<br />
12-21.07.2002<br />
European Youth<br />
Championships in<br />
Moscow Russia<br />
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21-Up: Test Your Knowledge<br />
There are many table tennis bats which were not intended for inclusion in a boxed set; they sometimes turn up<br />
in pairs. Only one of the following was found in a box. Here are a few from my collection - with questions to<br />
test your knowledge. The answers will be found on page 3. For the sake of simplicity, I have used "bat"<br />
throughout.<br />
6. Can you guess what is unique about this (entirely<br />
wooden) bat? It makes an unusual sound in play.<br />
7. This bat (16.5 inches) may be for ping-pong or for<br />
the game of battledore & shuttlecock. Why is it<br />
hand-painted with flowers?<br />
8. Which company made this bat - the only one with a<br />
circular head? You have a bonus point if you can<br />
say what it was called.<br />
12. This (probably unique) bat is hand-painted with a<br />
floral design with the words EDWARD VII<br />
CROWN’D 1902 added. The reverse shows Saint<br />
George killing the dragon. How did this bat originate?<br />
13. Why does the blade of this bat - aluminium covered<br />
with rubber - have holes all the way through?<br />
14. Is this bat (entirely wood), designed on the same<br />
principle, earlier or later?<br />
<strong>By</strong> <strong>Gerald</strong> <strong>Gurney</strong><br />
1. Not at all easy, but what name was given to this very<br />
attractively designed bat?<br />
2. What is the technical name of the artwork on this bat?<br />
3. What game was this handsome vellum bat (22.5<br />
inches) used for?<br />
4. Which company made this well-known bat?<br />
5. Why does this bat have a "cup" at the end of the grip?<br />
9. This - in very thin plywood - is not a bat, so what is it?<br />
10. Is this (14 inches) a table tennis bat?<br />
11. This bat, made by Villa and marked WAR GRADE, is<br />
covered with lightweight netting. Where did the netting<br />
originate?<br />
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18. This bat has an ink drawing of a monocled cat on<br />
the surface. What was the name of the artist who<br />
drew it?<br />
20. In what country were these bats made?<br />
Philatelic Pages (contd.)<br />
Attached the picture of a meter cancel in blue referring to<br />
the European Top 12 Tournament. To be held in<br />
Saarbrucken Germany on 1st and 2nd February 2003.<br />
15. What is the technical name of the artwork here?<br />
16. What game is this bat (19 inches) for? The horizontal<br />
strings are turned round the vertical strings at every<br />
juncture.<br />
17. This immensely rare (or unique) bat has only one vellum<br />
face - set in a wire frame held by pins to the<br />
wooden head. Which company made it?<br />
19. This spectacular Art Nouveau presentation bat has a<br />
wooden blade mounted in silver (hallmarked for Birmingham,<br />
c. 1902). It is not known to whom it was<br />
awarded or for what event. It is surely the most valuable<br />
bat known - but what value? £500? £750?<br />
£1000? £1250? More?<br />
21. Which company made these bats? They have a single<br />
sheet of vellum set in a bamboo frame.<br />
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Gunther Angenendt<br />
Langacker 10a, 44869 Bochum, Germany<br />
Tel: +49 2327 77117<br />
Fax: +49 2327 77117<br />
Email: ttanpp@gmx.de<br />
Interests: Pins & badges; old books;<br />
bats & boxed sets; WC programmes.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Lot of pins; books; WC<br />
& EC programmes.<br />
Acquire: Pre-WW2 WC programmes<br />
1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934,<br />
1936.<br />
Pat Archdale<br />
26 West View Road, Keynsham, Bristol,<br />
Avon, BS31 2UA, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1179 830706<br />
Juan Barcelo<br />
CC 3463, 1000 Buenos Aires, Argentina.<br />
Email: barcelo_juan@hotmail.com<br />
Keith Bowler<br />
14 Ewell Street, Balmain, NSW 2041,<br />
Australia.<br />
Tel: +61 (02) 9810 4128<br />
Interests: General.<br />
Ron Crayden<br />
7 Grennell Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1<br />
3DW, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 208 644 5004<br />
Interests: Photography; music; book<br />
collection<br />
Sale/Exchange: A number of books and<br />
duplicate photographs<br />
Acquire: A record of Dinah Shore<br />
singing "Do you know what it means to<br />
miss New Orleans"<br />
Luciano de Castris<br />
Via G.B. Vico 9, 83100 Avellino, Italy.<br />
Email: lucdecastris@tiscali.it<br />
Interests: TT philatelic items esp. covers<br />
or card (mailed) with TT stamps or<br />
postmarks.<br />
Sale/Exchange: as above.<br />
Acquire: as above.<br />
Andre Demeure<br />
Place de Mai, 10, B-1200 Brussels,<br />
Belgium.<br />
Tel: +32 (0) 2770 5529<br />
Email: a.m.demeure@skynet.be<br />
Interests: Cancellations; red meter,<br />
postal stationeries, stamps (perforated,<br />
imperforated); colour proof; artist sheet;<br />
postcards; phonecards.<br />
Sale/Exchange: as above<br />
Acquire: as above<br />
Jean Devys<br />
La Petit Vigne, 20 Rue Edgar Quinet,<br />
59100 Roubaix, France.<br />
Tel: +33 3208 28444<br />
Fax: +33 3206 60849<br />
Interests: Table tennis; cyclism.<br />
Axel Dickhaus<br />
Atzlenbacher Str. 88, D-51381<br />
Leverkusen, Germany.<br />
Tel: +49 (0) 2171 32108<br />
Fax: +49 (0) 2171 731478<br />
Membership List 2003<br />
This list of members is correct as at 10th March and includes notes of members’ particular interests as well as<br />
any items they may wish to acquire or have available for sale/exchange.<br />
Email: Axel.Dickhaus@t-online.de<br />
Interests: TT balls; TT phonecards.<br />
Sale/Exchange: TT balls; TT phonecards.<br />
Alan Duke<br />
2 Shapwick Close, Swindon, Wiltshire,<br />
SN3 3RQ, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1793 531234<br />
Email: alan-duke@zoom.co.uk<br />
Interests: TT music; photo record of<br />
collectibles, etc.<br />
Sergio Durrazzano<br />
Via Girardini 8, 33100 Udine, Italy.<br />
Tel: +39 0432 21105<br />
Fax: +39 0432 21105<br />
Email: durazzano@ten.it<br />
Web site: www.durazzanotraduzioni.it<br />
Interests: TT stamps and books.<br />
Winfried Engelbrecht<br />
Virgiliastr. 21, D-45131 Essen, Germany.<br />
Tel: +49 2017 86795<br />
Interests: Stamps perforated &<br />
imperforated; FDCs; all postal<br />
cancellations; postcards especially very<br />
old; tickets and stickers.<br />
Sale/Exchange: as above<br />
Acquire: as above<br />
Dick Frost<br />
Gerona, Church Road, Grandborough,<br />
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 8DH, England.<br />
Tel: 01788 810867<br />
Fax: 01788 810867<br />
Email: dickfrost@lineone.com<br />
Siegfried Furchert<br />
Goldbachstrasse 17E, 37269 Eschwege,<br />
Germany.<br />
Tel: +49 (0) 565 111 3138<br />
Email: masifu@t-online.de<br />
Interests: TT: stamps, letters, postcards.<br />
David George<br />
No. 1 Kingshill Cottages, Coatbridge<br />
Road, Gartcosh, G69 8DS, Scotland.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1236 872350<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1236 872350<br />
Interests: TT badges/pins;<br />
medallions/fobs; keyrings; YMCA items;<br />
football badges.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Programmes; postal<br />
items; bats; battledores; net posts; sets;<br />
books; magazines; balls; 100s misc.<br />
items; badges; etc.<br />
Acquire: As per interests; Bedlington<br />
Terrier/Dandie Dinmont Terrier items.<br />
David Good<br />
710 N. Waverley, Dearborn, MI, 48128,<br />
USA.<br />
Tel: +1 313 278 5271<br />
Email: dgood42@yahoo.com<br />
Interests: Pre-1905 TT sets; bats; other<br />
items.<br />
Sale/Exchange: 1901-04 Punch<br />
cartoons, articles on TT; post-1920 TT<br />
Acquire: Pre-1905 TT sets, bats, other<br />
items.<br />
Scott Gordon<br />
93 45th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95819,<br />
USA.<br />
Tel: +1 916 457 8482<br />
Email: sgordon@hardbat.com<br />
Web site: www.hardbat.com<br />
Interests: Books; hard-rubber paddles;<br />
films.<br />
Acquire: Films; paddles; books.<br />
<strong>Gerald</strong> <strong>Gurney</strong><br />
Guildhall Orchard, Mary Lane North,<br />
Great Bromley, Colchester, Essex, CO7<br />
7TU, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1206 230330<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1206 230330<br />
Interests: All racket games, especially<br />
table tennis, tennis and badminton; all<br />
equipment, ephemera. Historian and<br />
author. Worldwide exhibitions. Also all<br />
swimming items.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Boxed sets; postcards;<br />
books; rackets.<br />
Acquire: Ball retriever.<br />
Rex Haggett<br />
27 Meadow Close, Stratford-upon-Avon,<br />
Warwickshire, CV37 9PJ, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1789 269352<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1789 269352<br />
Email: rex@stratford94.fsnet.co.uk<br />
Web site:<br />
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/R<br />
exHaggett<br />
Interests: Philately.<br />
Larry Hodges<br />
13403 Demetrias Way, Germantown, MD<br />
20874, USA.<br />
Tel: +1 240 686 0127<br />
Fax: +1 240 686 0128<br />
Email: larry@larrytt.com<br />
Web site: www.larrytt.com<br />
Interests: TT books in English<br />
Sale/Exchange: TT ball collection (249<br />
distrinct types)<br />
Acquire: TT books in English<br />
Chuck Hoey<br />
605 Regina Drive, Elizabeth, PA, 15037,<br />
USA.<br />
Tel: +1 412 384 2636<br />
Email: tennis@monriver.com<br />
Web site: www.tabletennismuseum.com<br />
Interests: Early bat variations; Royal<br />
Bayreuth & English Foley porcelain;<br />
early lawn tennis advertising &<br />
lithography (for a book I am working on).<br />
Sale/Exchange: Large inventory<br />
available; early boxed sets; bats;<br />
greetings cards; pins/medals from WC &<br />
major continental events; sheet music;<br />
porcelain; early books; programmes.<br />
Acquire: Tension adjustable battledore;<br />
WC prpgrammes 1926 thru 1934,<br />
1936, 1937, 1939 thru 1948, 1950 thru<br />
1952, 1955 thru 1963, 1967, 1971<br />
thru 1975; gold/silver vintage jewellery<br />
with TT motif.<br />
Ray Hogg<br />
100 School Road, Drayton, Norwich,<br />
Norfolk, NR8 6EN, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 867160<br />
Jan Kleeven<br />
Margrietstraat 63, 6373 NN Landgraaf,<br />
The Netherlands.<br />
Email: sjang.kleeven@planet.nl<br />
Interests: TT on stamps; TT pins<br />
(national associations); TT<br />
pendants/flags (national associations)<br />
Sale/Exchange: TT stamps, pins.<br />
Randy Koo<br />
Torenwacht 37, 2353 DB Leiderdorp,<br />
The Netherlands.<br />
Email: rkoo@haarlem.nl<br />
Acquire: Mint stamps; special<br />
cancellations; FDCs; franking machine<br />
cancellations.<br />
Hans Kreischer<br />
Hollandiahof 126, 3119 ZD Schiedam,<br />
The Netherlands.<br />
Tel: +31 1024 69140<br />
Fax: +31 1024 69139<br />
Email: hanskreischer@hotmail.com<br />
Web site: www.ttmuseum.nl<br />
Interests: Books; postcards; boxed<br />
sets; stamps; programmes WC etc.<br />
Sale/Exchange: Books.<br />
Kevin Lau<br />
7544 N. Claremont Avenue, Chicago, IL,<br />
60645, USA.<br />
Tel: +1 773 719 0860<br />
Fax: +1 773 338 1831<br />
Email: KevinTennis@yahoo.com<br />
Interests: TT philatelic items; pins;<br />
coins; souvenir items; memorabilia;<br />
decorative items.<br />
Acquire: as above.<br />
Jorgen Lindh<br />
Brages Grand 78, Varberg, SE-43231,<br />
Sweden.<br />
Email: joli@mbox303.swipnet.se<br />
Peter Longhurst<br />
18 Woodlands Crescent, Buckingham,<br />
Buckinghamshire, MK18 1PH, England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1280 813356<br />
Interests: TT items; lawn tennis.<br />
Acquire: Any of the plays written by Bill<br />
Tilden.<br />
Simeoni Luigi<br />
Via Ponte, S. Pancrazio 2/A, 37133<br />
Verona, Italy.<br />
Tel: +39 045 532033<br />
Email: luigi.simeoni@tin.it<br />
Interests: Balls.<br />
Ken Muhr<br />
c/o English Table Tennis Association,<br />
Queensbury House, Havelock Road,<br />
Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1HF,<br />
England.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1424 722525<br />
Email: kenmuhr.etta@talk21.com<br />
Interests: History of TT; books;<br />
magazines.<br />
Contd. on p2<br />
Published by Graham Trimming on behalf of the Table Tennis Collectors’ Society, March 2003<br />
17 Gwendale, Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6SH, England<br />
Tel: +44 (0)1628 636978; email: graham.trimming@virgin.net<br />
© Graham Trimming—no part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior consent of the publisher.<br />
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