Fine album of signed First Day Covers and philatelic items relating to the 2nd edition of the American Cup International Soccer Tournament in 1961,the neatly compiled album commences with an introduction page that has been autographed by the President of the New York International Soccer League William D. Cox; it then continues with a beautiful set of signatures of overall champions Dukla Prague, the page also hinge mounted with Czech football postage stamps, there follows a page with the autographs of the Prague and Everton teams that played in the American Challenge Cup Final, from thence onwards the album contains a team-signed FDC for each competing team and with the sole exception of Karlsrue a photograph of the team, the signed FDCs comprise Dukla Prague (Czechoslovakia), Everton (England), Bangu (Brazil), Kilmarnock (Scotland), Besiktas (Turkey), Karlsrue (West Germany), New York Americans (USA), Dinamo Bucuresti (Romania), Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia), A.C. Monaco (Monaco), Shamrock Rovers (Republic of Ireland), Montreal Concordia (Canada), Petah Tikva (Israel), Third Lanark (Scotland), Birmingham City (England), Espanol de Barcelona (Spain), Rapid Vienna (Austria) and Eintract Frankfurt (West Germany), the album concludes with an unsigned United Nations FDC for the tournament In a complicated format Everton and Dukla Prague received trophies for finishing first in the table for Sections 1 & 2 of the competition. Prague then proved the superior team defeating Eveton 2-0 in the League Championship and 7-2 in the American Challenge Cup. There was also a MVP trophy that was awarded to the Bangu (Brazil) player Valter Santos. This attempt in the USA in the early 1960s to create a Club World Cup was eventually usurped by the UEFA/CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup which had been launched concurrently.Provenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.
£800 - £1,200
Fine album of signed First Day Covers and philatelic items relating to the 2nd edition of the American Cup International Soccer Tournament in 1961,the neatly compiled album commences with an introduction page that has been autographed by the President of the New York International Soccer League William D. Cox; it then continues with a beautiful set of signatures of overall champions Dukla Prague, the page also hinge mounted with Czech football postage stamps, there follows a page with the autographs of the Prague and Everton teams that played in the American Challenge Cup Final, from thence onwards the album contains a team-signed FDC for each competing team and with the sole exception of Karlsrue a photograph of the team, the signed FDCs comprise Dukla Prague (Czechoslovakia), Everton (England), Bangu (Brazil), Kilmarnock (Scotland), Besiktas (Turkey), Karlsrue (West Germany), New York Americans (USA), Dinamo Bucuresti (Romania), Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia), A.C. Monaco (Monaco), Shamrock Rovers (Republic of Ireland), Montreal Concordia (Canada), Petah Tikva (Israel), Third Lanark (Scotland), Birmingham City (England), Espanol de Barcelona (Spain), Rapid Vienna (Austria) and Eintract Frankfurt (West Germany), the album concludes with an unsigned United Nations FDC for the tournament In a complicated format Everton and Dukla Prague received trophies for finishing first in the table for Sections 1 & 2 of the competition. Prague then proved the superior team defeating Eveton 2-0 in the League Championship and 7-2 in the American Challenge Cup. There was also a MVP trophy that was awarded to the Bangu (Brazil) player Valter Santos. This attempt in the USA in the early 1960s to create a Club World Cup was eventually usurped by the UEFA/CONMEBOL Intercontinental Cup which had been launched concurrently.Provenance:Originally from the collection of Ronald Landy Antinoris ('Scot Landy'), the renowned Glasgow collector of autographed football philately.