April - June 2011
Volume 16 Number 2
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One Can - One Country Chapter Newsletter
The cone top
Gruner Bock
on the left is a
fantastic find
from the photo
files of Chris
Neunzig,
OC/OC #102.
Also included
was a nice carry bag!
Inside this issue: new stuff; old
stuff: 5-liter barrels; articles by
Gene Fiscalini, Pete Childress,
Mark Rodgers, Jim Friesen, Bruno Bianco & D. J. Hack; Hamm,
Germany Trade Meet
Photos, and much more!!
OC/OC
is published quarterly by the One Can/One
Country at large chapter of the Brewery
Collectibles Club of America. Our mailing
address is: 1181 Edgcumbe Road #1411,
St.Paul, Minnesota 55105 USA. Email
address: ococjfriesen@juno.com.
Telephone: 651-698-3216.
PRES’s PRESS
Revel in the respect, admiration, & praise of our august membership…
VOLUNTEER to be THE EDITOR
OC/OC is the foremost worldwide chapter of the BCCA. Over half our
members hale from outside the USA. I certainly do not want to thwart
any member’s aspirations to be Editor, Co-Editor, or European/South
American/or South Pacific/etc Bureau Editor… but likely we need a US
The opinions appearing in this newsletter resident member to organize the mailings of the newsletter
are those of the author, or the chapter, and
not necessarily of the BCCA.
really
… and I really – really - ever so
need someone to step forward for at least a year or two to carry forward
The newsletter is published four times a
the newsletter. Jim has served more than his fair share. I know Jim will
year in March,
June, August and
help whoever volunteers to get up to speed without losing a single
November.
dangling participle.
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EDITOR: Jim Friesen #2
PRESIDENT: Mark Rodgers #34
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Volume 16
In the last issue I denied any aspirations to be our webmaster. But I also
admit I got curious … and so set out to see what I might be able to
start… and now we have a fledgling website:
www.OCOCsite.info
I am experimenting with having the newsletters be accessible to
members only, so right now there is a login:
Login: OCOCmember
Password: OC0C
the second “O” is a “0” aka zero
Jim is going to bring a storage drive with all of the newsletters on it in
format that hopefully I can convert to Word so that members can run a
translation program on the text they download. Currently I have only
tried to put up a pdf file of the first one. I also hope to get “first” can
images up, the listing of first cans, etc… I am not going to attempt a
blog/forum anytime soon, just no time for me to figure that step out. I
am hoping to do some polling of the membership such as what the
healthy variety of criteria for choosing what cans go on our shelves. I
am using a company that offered lots of storage space, and a supposedly
“easy” website creating program, but I am having to learn a whole new
process than what I became used to on my own website. Please know
though that even with some great technological advantages, as long as I
am President, there will always be an option to have a newsletter printed
and mailed to you.
Scott Manga’s suggestion that we organize a chapter display for next
year’s CANvention in Covington, Kentucky has its first volunteer in
Carey Williams. Carey lives very close to this year’s CANvention site
and is willing to help put together a display of cans from around the
world, but he needs help… if you are willing to add a bit to the effort
and help our chapter thrive, please contact us. As I said last issue,
having done two displays of my own, while a bit of a logistical
challenge, it is really a lot of fun AND it amplifies interest in collecting
cans from around the world.
Yours… and yes I really want to hear from you on how to serve you all
best… Mark
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Bits & Pieces
By OC/OC Editor, Jim Friesen
My wife and I have just returned from two major driving adventures; one to Eugene,
Oregon, and a second one to several National Parks in the US Southwest area. We had a
good time, but had to cut the second adventure short due to the death of my father.
As usual, there are many members who contributed to this newsletter: Chris Neunzig,
Wolfgang Riech, Wolfgang Unsel, Stefan Jansson, Saul Jampolsky, Bruno Bianco, Dave
Osborne, Ibel Prinsen, John de Widt, Norbert Walter, Pete Childress, Mark Rodgers,
Gene Fiscalini, Piero Concas, Owen Evans, Andre Marques, Shane McCallum, D. J.
Hack, Vaclav Soukup, Fabio Dantas de Oliveira, Marcos Marabotto, & Bob Terray.
I would like to extend a hearty welcome to new member Alain Houbrechts, OC/OC #250
from Tongeren, Belgium. I hope you enjoy being a member of our chapter.
There is a lot of coverage of the Hamm, Germany Trade Meet in this issue. I would like
to thank, Jaap Bolwijn, Ibel Prinsen, Klasines Nijmeijer, Alain Houbrechts, & Chris
Neunzig for their great hospitality while Dave Vogl and I were in Europe. I also would
like to thank the other OC/OC Members whom we visited with during our time there. It
was great to meet, and spend some time with some of my friends that I had written to for
many years. For me, this was a great adventure.
It is already time to start thinking about attending Canvention 41 in Covington,
Kentucky. I shall be attending my 15th Canvention in a row, and urge any of you who
have considered attending this great event to make the trip and enjoy this area of the US.
Until next time… Happy collecting!!
A scene from Cascade, Idaho 1941
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Top row: Czech Rep (5). 2nd row: Czech Rep (3); Slovenia (1); Switzerland (1).
3rd row: Germany (2); Austria (2 views); Austria. 4th Row: Germany
(3 barrel set); Russia (2 views). The barrel photos on this page are from
the photo files of Chris Neunzig, OC/OC #102.
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The 1st, 2nd & 3rd rows above are beer photos from Brazil. 4th Row: Brazil (2); alum
bottle = Brazil import; Argentina (1); Paraguay 269ml (1); Paraguay (2); last can =
cachaca can (made from sugar cane and stronger than beer.) The can photos
on this page are from the photo files of Saul Jampolsky, OC/OC #141.
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Jordan
(2 views)
Top Row: Cape Verde (1); Sweden (5); Egypt (1). 2nd Row: India (4 with 2 views).
3rd Row: India (3 with 2 views); Jordan (1 with 2 views). 4th Row: Syria (3 with 2
views). Photos on this page from the photo files of Stefan Jansson, OC/OC #21.
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Japan New Stuff
Sapporo
The can photos above,
right and left are
courtesy of Dave
Osborne, OC/OC #185.
Above are two views of a
Yebisu 120th anniversary
can and two views of a
six-pack carry tote for
the same celebration.
Cans for the Cherry
Blossom Festival.
The can
photos in
this area are
courtesy of
Wolfgang
Unsel,
OC/OC #220.
1st Row: Mongolia (4); Slovakia (4); Ukraine (1).
2nd Row: India (3); Thailand (2 views); Vietnam (2 views).
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One Can/One Man - Notable people by Bruno Bianco, OC/OC #104.
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One Can/One Man - Notable people by Bruno Bianco, OC/OC #104.
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Top Row: Denmark (8); Cyprus (1). 2nd Row: Brazil (5); Germany (4).
3rd Row: Finland (8); Egypt (1). 4th Row: France (6); Austria (3).
Photos on this page courtesy of Wolfgang Unsel, OC/OC #220.
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Top Row: Japan (9). 2nd Row: Romania (9). 3rd Row: Norway (9).
4th Row: Norway (2); Italy (3); Estonia (1); Serbia (2).
Thanks to Wolfgang Unsel, OC/OC #220, for the can photos on this page.
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2011 Hamm Trade Show in Germany
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Photos of OC/OC Members & other trade events at Hamm (pages 12 to 15).
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Stefan Jansson, Scott Oglesby, Ibel Prinsen, Jeff Lebo & non-member Ronny Olsson.
Dave Vogl, Scott Oglesby, Wolfgang Riech, Wolfgang Unsel & Frank Westphal.
Mirco Busi, Jim Friesen & Zanati Celso.
Dave Vogl & Lars-Goran Nilsson.
Stefan Jansson & Jim Friesen
John de Widt.
Jim Friesen, Ibel Prinsen, Chris Neunzig, Klasines Nijmeijer, Jeff Lebo, Ibes
Pacheco, Dave Vogl & John de Widt.
Photos are from
8. Jim Friesen & Alain Houbrechts.
the files of
9. Ibes Pacheco.
Stefan Jansson,
10. Jim Friesen & Jaap Bolwijn.
Wolfgang
Riech,
11. Chris Neunzig & Lars-Goran Nilsson.
Chris
Neunzig,
12. Igor Nespurek.
Ibel Prinsen,
13. Wolfgang Riech, Jim Friesen & Wolfgang Unsel.
John
de Widt,
14. Collectors looking through new issues from Stefan Jansson.
Norbert Walter,
15. Collectors in the parking lot.
& Jim Friesen.
16. Lech vehicle from Poland.
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photos from
the 2011
Trade Show
in
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Germany.
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17. Trading in the lot.
18. Jim Friesen & Dave Vogl.
19. The inside trade floor.
20. Stefan Jansson cans.
21. Jim Friesen with newsletter.
22. Stefan Jansson & Jim Friesen.
23. Nice train with beer cars display.
24. Stefan Jansson making a deal.
The Hamm Trade
Show officially started
at 9:00 AM on
Saturday, April 2,
however, most of the
day on Friday, April
1,there was a lot of
trading in the parking
lot going on. The trading continued in the lot before daylight
on Friday, April 2. Anyone who arrived after 7:00 AM
Saturday had a difficult time finding a parking spot. People
came from: Russia, USA, France, Lithuania, Belgium, Italy,
Germany, Brazil, Hungary, Sweden, Netherlands, Brazil,
Luxembourg, Poland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Romania,
and perhaps other places, as well.
Jim Friesen, OC/OC #2
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THE CANNING LINE
by Mark Rodgers, OC/OC #34
A bit of a gamble…
Recently a couple of Taybeh ca-bottles showed up on ebay. The story of how they got there
involves family friends attesting that they bought them in a market in Palestine. A few of our
members have contacts with the brewery who have indicated that these were not made by the
brewery. A “first”-grade nut I decided to take a chance and acquire one. Pictured are a few
other paper-label cans. Some are corroborated by period advertisements as having been made,
but truly there is almost always a chance that any particular paper-label can was handmade.
The Dutch one for instance was made from a period label that matches one from an advertisement, so while such a can was made, the one I have on the shelves is a replica. I wish someone
had taken a picture of the S.Jorge being purchased, but that would not have been a common
“tourist” moment in the 1950’s. A hope is that in the future, with the prevalence of digital
picture taking devices, we can hope folks will take a moment to picture the at point of purchase
as well as maybe even the moment of enjoyment of its contents. Yes, even such digital pictures
can be manipulated… but life is always filled with some degree of uncertainty… it makes it all
a bit fantastic!
Onto a bit more fanciful
thoughts, a cartoonish red eyed
Paper label examples.
bison charging forth from the
midst of white hot flames is an
obvious way to get folks ready to
drink an 8.8% “SUPER
STRONG” malt beverage? Asia
Pacific Brewery (Lanka) Ltd. in
Mawathagama is behind this
marketing marvel for our
shelves.
Vive la différence!
Jeff Lebo has an eye for detail
and pointed out that not all
Champigneulles are created
equal. These
are not grade A1+ cans, and there may be some fading, but they do show
differences worth pondering. The one I think is earliest is the one w/o
“MODÉLE DÉPOSÉ” below the shield and it has a different FerEmbal
canning number of 54 N 1036 (the second and third have 54 N 1143). The
third one has shading on the yellow band of the shield and the second one
has more green in the coloring of the movie reel pictures. There are many
who say a difference has to be visible from some distance from a shelf to
consider adding it to the shelves. I have wondered though is this a “first
glance” criteria, as now that Jeff has pointed out the differences, most can
pick them out from across a collection room? (see photos on next page.)
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Example 1
Close-up of 2
Example 2
Front of 2
Close-up of 2
Example 3
Close-up of 3
Front of 3
Close-up of 3
Finally another intriguing difference, Wadadli is being canned closer to its home and the can
design has changed. The first one was made in Denmark by Royal Unibrew. The second was
canned in the Domincan Republic by Cerveceria Nacional Dominicans, S.A.. So not yet a
“brewed and canned” country, civilization is closing in on Antigua.
This is the 48th “CANNING LINE” I suppose
there is a parallel to draw … but I guess all I
will type is Thank You for letting me ramble
along a zone of uncertainty.
Cheers,
Mark
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The barrels in the photos on this page are from Germany.
Top Row: #4 & #5 = 2 views; Bottom Row: #1 & #2, #4 & #5 = 2 views.
These photos are from the photo files of Chris Neunzig, OC/OC #102.
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Top Row: Cambodia (4); India (4).
2nd Row: India (1); Indonesia (2) 2 views; Indonesia (1);
Malaysia (1); Morocco 250ml (1). 3rd Row: Morocco 250ml (2);
Sarawak (2 views); Singapore (2); Thailand (1); Turkey (1).
4th Row: Vietnam (2). 5th Row: Tenerife 3 alum bottle set;
India (1); Morocco (1); Germany (1); Sri Lanka (2 views).
Photos on this page courtesy of Chris Neunzig, OC/OC #102.
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Looking @ eBay
by Gene Fiscalini, OC/OC #44
Islamic countries have sometimes gotten a bad rap as places where you can‟t get a beer. Most can
collectors know better but just to prove a point I‟m trying to bring a new slant to the glamour can of the
moment, Hipo/Biere de Luxe Premium. The beer, as you know, is from Mayotte, an island in the
Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is from the capital city of Mamoudrou. Big
demand for this can. There were 12 bids and a final price of $83 (+$12). No more to say except notice
the mosque in the background in
this picture of Sada, Mayotte.
Which brings us to two (or three,
depending…) other cans from
primarily Islamic nations. Barada
Beer/Syrian Arab Republic made
in Damascus. The can brought
$17.49 (+$20).
I haven‟t seen many cans from Lebanon recently but here is a new
brand and a strong one at that. Rex
Strong Beer is brought to us by the local branch of the Heineken behemoth, Brasserie Almaza in
Beirut. (They also own Laziza.) There was a $20 shipping charge for this $5.99 can. There was only
one bidder who paid $26.
The problematical can is Taybeh
Beer/Golden/The Finest in the
Middle East. This appears to be a
canottle from the Taybeh Brewing
Co. in Ramallah, Palestine. There
were six bidders, finishing at
$220.21. I wish the story ended there,
but no. I was envious, of course, and
hoped to get one of my own so I
wrote to an Israeli guy who lists cans
Above: label from
on eBay, who has helped me in the
Barada (Syria).
past. He wrote to the brewery and
this was the reply:
Right: Syria & Lebanon
Hello ***,
Thank you for your email and interest in Taybeh Beer.
We do not package in Aluminum bottles, never have only in glass bottles.
Cheers!
Madees Khoury
Taybeh Brewing Company
Is this a case where “buyer beware” applies I don‟t know. Does anybody have any insights?
Comments?
In case you would like to see the lovely and charming Madees Khoury go here: http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxjE3RR2vM where she describes organizing the first Palestinian Oktoberfest. If you want to see Nadim Khoury go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxjE3RR2vM
or go to page 8 of the last issue.
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Some time back I decided to almost stop showing cans that got no bids. Occasionally I deviate and here
are two examples. Brahma from Cerveceria Brahma Argentina in Lujan: This “edecion limitada” can
just looks too good not to show.
Likewise this Colt 45/Strong Beer/8% Malt Liquor/Great Horse Great
Beer. I like the way it looks and it piqued my curiosity. I wondered how a brewery in Poland is making
our old favorite Colt 45. As I do, I tried to figure this out. I found out that (A.) apparently the name is
owned by Pabst and (B.) the beer is apparently a product of (and this took some detective work)
Browary Polskie Brok in Koszalin which is part of the Danish company, Royal Unibrew. How did we
get from A to B? Quien sabe? Can anybody help?
A favorite kind of can for me is one that looks just
exactly like a can from that country should look. It
is the can that, if you only have one can from that
country, that is the can you should have. Such is
this Everest Premium Lager Beer from the Mt.
Everest Brewery Pvt. Ltd. in the exotic sounding
city of Katmandu. The only cans I‟ve seen from
Nepal up to now are International Brands. Would
you rather have another San Miguel or this beauty? It received 14 bids and somebody paid $57.78
(+$18).
Similarly, this Casablanca Premium Lager Beer from Brasseries
Du Moroc in the exotic sounding city of Casablanca fills the bill. I
had to go to Casablanca to get mine but now it‟s sold in
Spain. Probably it will be in my local supermarket soon. Be that as
it may, I‟ll tell you that the first can said “The Original Beer From
CASABLANCA” The new one says MOROCCO. And the verbiage
below the brand name is now in Spanish rather than French. There
were three bids finishing at $4.25 (+$8.50).
Now to the real top shelf cans, without much comment they are: Husky/Younger Of Alloa/Heave
Export Ale from Scotland.
The can received 17 bids and garnering $1,136.11 (+$20). Also from
Scotland is McEwan’s Red Label/Sparkling Beer/Edinburgh. Thirteen bids with a final price of
$1,225 (+shipping from Australia). Mew’s Ale/Brewed At Royal Brewery/Newport (England). There
were 36 bids and the can garnered $1410.33 (+shipping from Australia).
This can is from the Faroe
Islands. We have had the first can
made for the Faroes, the first
gallon, the first canottle and now
the first “regular” can, actually
brewed and canned in the Faroes.Now we can all relax. Föroya Bjór/Pilsner from
Föroya Bjór Bryggjarí og Mineralvatnsvirki. Did you know that
Föroya Bjór means black sheep? I
didn‟t. The can had one bid which
was $7.99 (+$7.99).
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I‟m showing the next one just because it made a bit of money. It‟s a Busch “mistake can”. When I was a novice collector I understood that mistake cans were more or less worthless. This can sold for $306 (+$7) with 12 bids. Huh?
Last time I started showing cans from the Brazilian club‟s
auction so here are a few more:
Brahma‟s not just Brazilian anymore. A-B InBev seems to be
making it all over Latin America now, and for some reason it is
cans from other countries that have caught my eye. First a
three-can Brahma set from Paraguay put out for Carnival 2006
which brought $19.94. Another colorful party set from Argentina netted only $6.06. Now a six-can set
of Brahva from Guatemala. Thanks to DJ Hack for the following explanation, as well as for sending me
all this info. “I recently learned that Brahma, in Guatemala, means „bitch in heat.' AmBev didn‟t think
this was a good name for their product (though it is a great name for a beer!) and made a change by
knocking the verticals off of the M” Some lucky buyer paid $36.36 for this set. Money well spent I say.
Here‟s a “genuine rarity” from Brazil,
Cerveja Alterosa.
Here I will
blatantly crib from DJ again.
Alterosa was filled by Cervejaria
Alterosa in Vespasiano, Minas
Gerais.
The company was
purchased by Antarctica in 1980 and
it is believed the cans were
produced just after this. (Whether
they were filled by Antarctica
elsewhere or by Alterosa is not
known, but it says the latter on the
can. And note the ring tab with
instructions for use.)
Having
been marketed in a limited area out
in country, their existence was
forgotten by the time Brazilian
collectors began to appear. A collector turned up one of these around 2003 and several others
have been found since (a guess on my part would be that there are about 6 known to date). I'm
told that a photo was located showing people drinking this brand, so they were definitely
production cans and not a test can of some sort. So this is a genuine rarity. Again, to my limited
knowledge, this is the highest price paid for any Brazilian can.
(That price was $2,237.) Just before sending this to Jimmie I’ll show a couple of
non-beer cans that I can‟t resist.
Glamm Sparkling Wine/vinho branco frisante
demi-sec in a beautiful can! $7.05.
Beatriz Cok Dog/Refrigerante Para
Caes. Soda for dogs. Who knew? Laugh if you
want but this can brought in $35.29.
I‟m still at gfiscalini@charter.net.
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Top Row: Germany (2);
Norway (6).
2nd Row: Denmark (2);
Norway (3).
3rd Row: Norway (5);
Cuba (1); Norway (1 liter).
Can photos courtesy of
Wolfgang Reich, OC/OC #200.
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Below: two different beer cartons from southern Africa. The beer has a
very short shelf life and was made for the use of local tribes in the area.
According to former OC/OC President, Vern Hastings, the beer tastes really bad. Photos courtesy of Fabio Dantas de Oliveira, OC/OC #249.
Right:
Brazil 5-Lt
barrel from
the photo
files of Saul
Jampolsky,
OC/OC
#141.
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25. Norbert Walter (center), chatting with friends.
26. Isenbeck sign in front of the Trade Hall.
27. 5-liter gallons displayed in the parking lot.
28. Jeff Lebo and John de Widt at the Friday night dinner.
29. John de Widt and Jim Friesen during Friday night dinner.
30. Another nice 5-liter gallon display in the parking lot.
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Top Row: Hungary (9). 2nd Row: Hungary (1); Iceland (4); Greece (1): Georgia (1);
Guadeloupe (1). 3rd Row: Lithuania (4); Indonesia (1); Israel (1); Latvia (1); Serbia (1).
4th Row: Slovenia (2); Switzerland (1); Syria - made in Germany (5).
Photos on this page courtesy of Wolfgang Unsel, OC/OC #220.
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An European Holiday
By Jim Friesen, OC/OC #2
On March 29, Dave Vogl & I boarded an airplane in the late afternoon and flew to Brussels, Belgium.
We arrived about 8:00 AM, retrieved our luggage, went through customs and picked up our rental car.
Neither of us slept much on the airplane, so we were both fairly tired. We drove to a place outside of
Brussels, where Dave had made arrangements to stop and see a collectors’ soda & beer can collection
that was listed on Craigs’ List. We viewed the collection, but the guy had decided to keep the cans. He
was quite hospitable and gave us a few soda & beer cans that we liked.
From there we traveled on to the Netherlands, and with the help of Dave’s GPS, drove to Jaap
Bolwijn’s home in Rolde. We had a good visit with Jaap & his really nice dog, viewed his impressive
collection, then he took us to a nearby motel, where he had arranged rooms for us. A little later, Jaap
picked us up and drove to Klasines Nijmeijer’s home in nearby Grolloo. We picked up Klasines and
Jeff Lebo, who had just arrived from the USA, and went to a nice restaurant for dinner. After a great
dinner, Jaap dropped Dave & I off at the motel for much-needed rest.
The next morning, Jaap picked us up again and we took the short drive to Ibel Prinsen’s home in
Schoonoord, and met his family and viewed his great Tennent’s girls collection. We were all impressed
with the nice cans on the shelves, and a number of photos were taken. (See photos below.)
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Later in the morning, we headed back to Grolloo and viewed the very nice collection of Klasines.
Klasines has a number of really tough cans that I had only seen in books, and also some really nice
Tennents scenes. We had lunch with Klasines, went outside to his pastures and saw his horses. We also
met his dog, which is part of the family, and looked through some of his many traders.
A few photos of cans from the Klasines
collection. He has some really nice USA
FT sets, as well as, many other nice cans
from around the world.
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After taking a number of photos, we traveled back to Jaap’s home and took more photos of his
collection before we headed south to Dortmund, Germany for the night.
The excellent collection of Jaap Bolwijn.
The beautiful can he is holding is quite rare
and seldom seen.
On mid-morning Friday, we drove to Hamm, where there was a parking lot almost full of people from
all over Europe trading, selling & buying cans. It was great fun, and we met a lot of OC/OC Members
and other happy collectors. The weather was good, and we stayed until about 7:00 PM. We drove to a
restaurant and enjoyed a delicious dinner and a lot of conversation with about a dozen friends. A great
time was had by everyone!!
Dave and I slept in until 6:00 AM on Saturday, and got to the trade show about 7:00 AM, where we
were surprised to have difficulty finding a parking place. (The first people arrive there before 5:00 AM,
and were trading with flashlights.) The place was jam-packed with collectors. At 9:00 AM the hall
opened and we went inside to see the many tables filled with beer steins, glasses and all kinds of
breweriana, as well as some cans, too. This was another sunny day, so many photos were taken of
OC/OC Members.
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In the mid-afternoon, Dave and I headed off to Koeln, Germany, where we were invited to visit Chris
Neunzig & his family. Jaap, Klasines, Jeff Lebo and Wolfgang Riech were also in attendance. We
enjoyed a nice dinner with the family and spent quite some time viewing the collection and taking more
photos. After the other collectors left, Chris took us on a late evening, really nice tour of Koeln. It is a
beautiful city with a lot of history, and the cathedral is quite amazing.
Above: photos of OC/OC Members viewing
the excellent collection of Chris & at dinner.
Left: view of the beautiful cathedral across
the river in Koeln, & close up (above).
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The next morning we were off to Tongeren, Belgium, where we met Alain Houbrechts and his friend,
Stefan. They drove us to several places where we watched the bikers as they rode through the various
small villages in the Tour of Flanders bicycle race. This was a new thing for me, as I had never seen the
excitement by the crowds who were cheering for their favorite riders from around Europe. It was a very
interesting day for me. After a nice dinner, Dave & spent the night in Hasselt, Belgium.
The next day, we did some shopping and walking in Hasselt, then drove back to Alain’s home in
Tongeren in the afternoon. We toured Alain’s business, then enjoyed viewing his excellent collection.
He has an impressive 5-liter collection, as well as, many other really nice cans. Later in the day, Alain
took us to downtown Tongeren, where we took a walking tour and visited an old church museum, plus
many nice buildings and also the remains of the old city wall & city gates.
Above: part of the excellent 5
-liter collection of new
OC/
OC Member, Alain
Houbrechts, OC/OC #250.
Left: The “Tour of Flanders”
bicycle riders, as they race
through one of the small
villages in Belgium.
Above: one of the very old
Tongeren city gates.
After dinner, we left for our hotel in Brussels. We had quite a time getting to the hotel, because a
bridge over the main highway was closed for repair, and the GPS kept trying to make us use the bridge.
Thanks to Dave’s good ideas and driving abilities, we managed to find a way to get to our hotel.
We flew home the next morning without any problems, except jet lag. Many thanks to Chris Neunzig,
Jaap Bolwijn, Klasines Nijmeijer, Ibel Prinsen and Alain Houbrechts for being excellent hosts for us on
our visit. I also owe great thanks to Dave Vogl, who made all the travel arrangements for he & me along
the way, and drove us around, too. I highly recommend seeing this part of the world, and attending the
Hamm, Germany Trade Meet. It was a great experience.
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Top Row: Moretti can changes (8).
2nd Row: Moretti can changes (2);
1996 to 1999 Valentino Rossi racing
Champion commemorative cans (6).
Left: 3-can set from Germany. Right:
single 50cl rugby can for Italy.
Below: 6-can country set for rugby.
These can photos courtesy of Piero
Concas, OC/OC #243.
The Cascade Pale Ale photo
above is from the photo files
of Owen Evans, OC/OC #14.
The Faroe Islands photos on
the right are from the photo
files of Andre Marques,
OC/OC #166.
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Top Row: Sweden (3); Cayman Islands (1); Faroe Islands (1);
Sri Lanka (1); Jordan (1). 2nd Row: India (4 with 2 views).
3rd Row: Vietnam (3 with 2 views); Sri Lanka 500ml (2).
Sri Lanka
The can photos above are
courtesy of Stefan Jansson,
OC/OC #21.
Photos on the right and below
are from New Zealand and are
courtesy of Shane McCallum,
OC/OC #192.
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Shadrack Shagnasty – Beer Can Collector of Some Renown
by D.J. Hack, OC/OC #52
May ah see yah passport an‟ visa?” the dark man in the shiny uniform asked Shadrack. Shad handed
over his documents, which were scrutinized for several moments. “What is the pahpose of yah visit to
Nigeria?” the man asked sternly.
“Well, I‟m a beer can collector and I‟ve come to look for a beer can,” Shad answered.
“Yah came all the way heah to get a cahn of Stah Lagah?” the customs agent asked incredulously.
“Oh, no,” said Shad. “Well, yes…” he added after a moment, “I suppose I‟ll pick up some currents while
I‟m here. But what I‟m really looking for is this.” He whipped a photo out of his pocket and showed it to
the officer. “Rippenkroeger Cream Beer, filled by the Baekellandt Brewery for export to the Republic of
Biafra. When Biafra declared its independence, it was decided that, in order to be taken seriously, the
country needed to have its own beer. Baekellandt were contracted to provide the product and several
shipments of Rippenkroeger were made during 1968 and early 1969. As fighting with federal troops became
more intense, the need for a beer brand became less and less of a priority. The example in the photo, the
only one currently known, was air-sealed at the brewery for the brewmaster‟s collection. I‟ve come to see if
I can find one for my collection.”
The fellow looked at the picture for longer than he had examined Shadrack‟s passport. After a time, he
shook his head and said, “Ah nevah seen one ah these.” He stamped Shad‟s passport, closed the photo
inside, and handed them back to Shad. “Welcome to Nigeria,” he concluded, “Good luck.”
Shadrack made his way to the Lagos train station and caught a train to Enugu. The train, as he had imagined, was packed with people, objects and barnyard animals. Vendors moved through the crowd hawking
all manner of things: clothing, household items and foodstuffs. Shad bought a sack of kokoro
(a corn
and manioc snack) and offered some to the folks sitting around him. They, in turn, unwrapped a stack of
funkaso (millet pancakes) and shared them with him. Shad bought some suyas and akaras and was soon
fast friends with his neighbors, who all proved to members of the Udechukwu extended family. He showed
the photo to them, but they all shook their heads gravely. The father of the group took the photo and
showed it around to the other people in the car. He even went into the next car with it, but the
responses were all the same: a uniform no.
Eventually they arrived at the once-upon-a-time Biafran capital where Shad and the various
Odechukwus bid a heartfelt farewell to one another. They suggested that he apply to the local tourist office
for guidance on his quest.
The town was nothing much to look at, consisting or a single dusty main street, fronted by non-descript
concrete buildings with chipped and faded paint and roofs of rusting corrugated steel. The unpaved side
streets were almost entirely sided by small concrete huts set in yards bounded by low concrete walls. Almost
every yard had several children in it, who stopped what they were doing to stare silently at Shadrack as he
passed. In twenty minutes he had made a circuit of the entire town and was back on the main street again.
Even here, there was nothing of note: A shop that sold live chickens and Guinea fowl, a fabric and sewing
notions store, a hotel that even he wouldn‟t consider staying at, a grocery, a hardware and a filthy corner
café.
Shad found the tourist office on the second floor above an auto repair shop. The mechanic, Shad noted, had
virtually no modern equipment, not even lifts or creepers.
Cars were driven up a homemade ramp, allowing the mechanic to crawl underneath. The tourist office
was so dark that Shad at first thought it was closed. However a broad white smile appeared from the
murky interior. As she got up and came toward him, Shad found the smile belonged to a young woman with
close-cropped hair. She was wearing a smart suit with slacks that accentuated her long legs.
She spoke a form of English that was delightful to listen to. Shadrack explained his mission and drew out
his photo. When she saw the photo, her previously sleepy-looking eyes got big and round. “Mah village is
celebrating the end of plantin‟ tahnight. Perhaps it would be best if ya came with me.”
“Have you seen a can like this,” asked Shad anxiously, “Do you know where I can find one?” But she would
say no more on the subject. Shad learned that her name was Chinenye Ozoigwe and that she would be
closing the office and setting out at five p.m. This left the latter part of the afternoon to be passed in the
moribund little city. Shad left his rucksack in Chinenye‟s care and went out for a second look around town.
He wondered about the girl‟s odd reaction at seeing the photo, and her unbidden invitation. At least it
would spare him trying to spend the night in Enugu.
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He asked people in several of the stores about the can. Most people looked blankly at the photo, and said
they had never seen or heard of such a thing. A few older folks remembered the can from when it was
current, but no one could give him any leads.
He stopped into the grocery, hoping to find some truly odd foodstuffs like rhinoceros steaks or curried
giraffe, but the strangest things he found were canned boiled peanuts and okra in mustard sauce. While he
was rummaging around in the dark corners of a bottom shelf and muttering to himself, much to the
consternation of the market‟s employees, he came across several beer cans of uncertain age. None proved to
be his quarry, but he was delighted to find that they were some of the few cans to have been filled in Guinea
-Bissau. One was old enough that it used the country‟s colonial name of Portuguese Guinea.
There were no prices marked on the cans and the manager, a small bony man – also of uncertain age,
couldn‟t recall what they might ever have been. In an effort to jump-start negotiations, Shadrack reached
into his pocket and pulled out a handful of the assorted coins that he had accumulated on the European leg
of his trip. The gleaming pile of pence, pfennigs centimes, lire, leptae, and agorots proved to be the wonder
of the hour and, in the end, both parties felt that they had gotten the better end of the bargain.
Returning again to the tourist office, he rejoined Chinenye. Shad packed his cans in his rucksack while
she locked up the office. Together, they took a bus out into the hinterlands. Like the train, the bus was
packed with people, parcels and farm animals. The bus wound into the hills, going deep into the jungle
along an unpaved track. Eventually, the land flattened out and the jungle thinned into savanna.
Chinenye and Shadrack got off at a spot marked only by an unpainted post at the side of the road. Once
the bus had gone, Chinneye led Shad cross the road and into the bush, walking for some distance into the
setting sun. Just as the stunning African sunset reached the horizon, they stepped, rather abruptly, into a
clearing filled with circular huts, woven of sticks, with charming domed roofs.
Whatever was taking place stopped as the tribal members rushed over to affectionately greet Chinenye.
Once she introduced Shad as their honored guest, they all greeted him warmly as well.
moss
“This is the chief of our tribe,” Chinenye said, introducing an ancient man with white hair and a
-like beard. “I‟m sure he would like to talk to you. Ya must show him your photo.” Indeed, all of the elders
seemed particularly interested in Shad and insisted that he join them in one of the huts to drink something, which proved to be palm wine, from a communal wooden bowl.
Shadrack felt a bit out of place as all the men were wearing nothing more elaborate than goatskin thongs.
Still, he showed them the photo. This caused a sensation among the elders and they jabbered in their own
tongue for quite some time. When they finally turned their attention back to Shad, they seemed keen to
discuss their agricultural problems. Their cassava crop wasn‟t producing as well as it should. Shad told
them the few things he knew about the French intensive method, but this didn‟t seem to be the answer they
were looking for. He promised to have a look at their fields in the morning.
“Time for dinner,” announced Chinenye from behind him. He turned to find that she had changed out of
the stylish suit. She was now wearing a grass skirt, some brass hoops, and a colorful cloth wrapped around
her head.
Outside, meat was roasting around the large central fire. A colorful and varied feast had been
prepared. They began with groundnut soup and awai. This was followed by the main dish of jollof rice, to
which the meat – which was goat – was added; along with okra, maize, plantains, kachumbari, monkeygland
sauce and more yams.
After dinner, drummers began to beat on log drums and the tribe started to perform a highly ritualized
dance. The chief ordered Shadrack to be fitted for a thong, which he found to be pleasantly comfortable,
and to join in the dancing. At the end of the evening, Shad was bedded down on a woven mat in what
seemed to be a special guest hut.
In the morning, the village elders led Shad out to their cassava fields, which were perched on a small cliff
at the bend of a fast-running stream. He immediately saw why the crops didn‟t fare so well: the plants
weren‟t able to get enough water. Shad suggested that the cassava be planted on the far side of the stream
where they would have a better opportunity to come in contact with the water table. The idea was
immediately quashed when the elders told him that the plants had been moved from that location because it
had a tendency to flood during the rainy season. The crop had been ruined more than once because of this.
Shadrack decided that irrigation would be necessary, though it would take a bit of technology to
accomplish this. He asked that a quantity of wood, bamboo and grass be assembled. The elders, hopeful
that Shad would solve this crisis for them, divided the tribe into teams and sent them out in search of the
items Shadrack had requested.
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Shad, meanwhile, took his notebook from his rucksack and sat in the shade. The elders brought him
more palm wine and he sketched out what he had in mind. The elders passed the finished drawing around
among themselves, debated about it at some length, and finally gave their approval.
As the wood started to be brought to the site, Shadrack began supervising construction. First, he had the
wood cut to the necessary sizes, then he assigned teams to specific projects. One team wove grass into rope,
another began sinking uprights into the river bed, another hollowed out a rotting tree trunk that had been
dragged to the site from the forest. Then the teams were reorganized again, some to begin principle
construction, others to begin hoeing trenches between the rows of cassava plants. The whole tribe worked
for much of the day and, by the time the sun began to set, the finished waterwheel creakily hoisted the first
bamboo tube full of water up to where it emptied into a flume fashioned from the tree trunk. The tribe
stood watching in impressed silence as the water began to run through the irrigation ditches and soak into
the parched earth.
Shadrack was regarded as the hero of the day, sent by the gods to during their planting festival to solve
this agricultural riddle that had been plaguing them. After a well-earned dinner, the tribe adjourned to the
village Mbari House, the center of village spiritual life. Shad found the building, with its life-size mud
sculptures of ancestors and deities to be a bit spooky by torchlight. The chief raised his hand for silence.
“We owe a debt of gratitude to our new friend, Shadrack, who was sent here to help us in our time of
great need, as was prophesied. Our cassava crop will now prosper permanently.”
While the tribe expressed their approval by grunting and stomping their feet, Shad wondered how it had
been prophesized that he would fetch up in such an out-of-way spot. When the hooting quieted down, the
old chief continued. “Many years ago, when my father was chief, he foretold that some day a stranger
would come among us and solve a problem that would bring benefit to our tribe. He also said that when
that day came, the stranger would want this in return.” He drew out something wrapped in a wad of dried
banana leaves. When the chief unwrapped it, Shad could scarcely contain himself. It was the long sought
-after Rippenkroeger Cream Beer can!
Late that night, as the moon was setting and Shad slept on his mat with the Rippenkroeger can cradled in
his arms, a stealthy hand moved through the darkness of the guest hut. Shad came awake as the can was
removed from his grasp, and he leapt to his feet. The individual that had taken the can had gone out
through the window, so Shad raced out the door to circle the hut. He immediately stumbled over a pile of
yams stacked outside the door and went sprawling headlong, yams rolling in every direction. This had the
beneficial effect of waking the rest of the village, who all came out to see what was happening. “Baboons!”
several people cried. The troop of baboons, startled by the commotion, were already scampering through
the brush outside the village and taking to the trees.
“And they have my Rippenkroeger can!” wailed Shadrack inconsolably, while rubbing the spots where
he had been bruised from falling on yams.
This set the tribe in motion and they all ran off in pursuit of the monkeys, pulling Shad along with them.
As the baboons hopped from branch to branch, the villagers swept along in their wake, shouting and
hooting at one another. Baboon chases were evidently a regular part of village life, Shad thought, as the
tribe quickly organized itself and groups of runners branched off to the right and left. The remaining group
slowed slightly and the baboons, imaging they had a comfortable lead also slackened their pace.
After some twenty more minutes, as it was beginning to get light in the east, the baboons stopped
altogether and stood on their branches looking about uncertainly. Shad saw that the other two factions of
the tribe had run in wide circles and doubled back on themselves, more or less surrounding the baboons.
Whenever one or two of the baboons made a move in a particular direction, one of the younger fellows
would start to clamber up a tree and stop them.
The baboons decided to wait it out. In the brightening light, Shad finally caught sight of the baboon with his
can: a big male with a silvery mane. The baboon sat back on his pink hindquarters and looked down his
black muzzle at Shad with his little, piggy eyes. One of the younger baboons sat beside him and began
grooming his coat. The big male took the chance to examine what he had lifted from Shad. He turned the
can over and over and sniffed at the tab. Then, to Shad‟s horror, he tried biting the can! With no clear
result from these investigations, the baboon just sat, holding the can apathetically. After some minutes,
something else drew its attention and he let the can slip from his grasp. Shadrack ran in the direction of the
falling can and, with an impressive dive, caught the can before it hit the ground. The tribe let out a cheer
and gathered around Shad, congratulating him. They then started back to the village leaving the baboons in
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the trees, baffled.
The rest of that day, Shad was made to sit and model for a sculpture to take its place in the Mbari House
as „Savior of the Cassavas‟. He gifted the tribe with the photo of the can as a keepsake of the prophecy.
Chinenye promised to bring a frame back with her the next weekend to protect the photo.
After dinner, they made their farewells and Chinenye led Shad back to the road, in the dark, where a bus
miraculously appeared after a short time. Shad was well-pleased with his Nigerian adventure. The
Rippenkroeger can was in excellent condition and Shad decided that the few baboon bite marks on the
bottom lid and seam gave the can character.
He would soon have another adventure.
(NOTE: This story is completely fiction, and there are no known breweries that made beer for Biafra. The
story was written by D. J. Hack for the enjoyment of OC/OC Members.)
Titletown Trade Show, Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2011
1
2
3
1. John Fredrickson,
Joe Marconi &
Del Worden.
2. Dan Gallitz &
Jim Friesen.
3. Dave Vogl &
Francis Raddatz.
The OC/OC Members
above attended the
yearly trade show in
Green Bay, WI.
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Denmark FT (2 views)
Germany SS (3 views)
The old and
new issues
found on this
page are
from the
photo files
of Chris
Neunzig,
OC/OC #102.
Germany PT
Denmark FT 275ml
New:
Budweiser
(2 views)
for
Dubai,
Oman,
Bahrain,
Qatar,
Syria,
UAE,
and
Iraq.
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England FT 275ml
Tunesia (Celtia)
2005 & 2006
versions
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FORMER PORTUGUESE COLONIES IN INDIA
by Bruno BIANCO, OC/OC #104
Portuguese India ( India Portuguesa or Estado da India ) was the aggregate of
Portugal's colonial holdings in India.
The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to
India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de
Almeida, then settled at Kochi.
Until 1752, the "State of India" included all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from
southern Africa to Southeast Asia, governed by either a Viceroy or a Governor from headquarters
established in Goa since 1510. In 1752 Mozambique got its own government and in 1844 the
Portuguese Government of India stopped administering the territory of Macau, Solor and Timor,
being then confined to Malabar.
Portuguese empire, coat of arms
Portuguese enclaves in India
At the time of British India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number of
enclaves on India's western coast, including Goa proper, as well as the coastal enclaves of
Daman (Port: Damao) and Diu, and the enclaves of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which lie inland from
Daman. The territories of Portuguese India were sometimes referred to collectively as Goa.
Portugal lost the last two enclaves in 1954, and finally the remaining three in December 1961,
when they were occupied by India (although Portugal only recognized the annexation in 1975,
after the Carnation Revolution and the fall of the Estado Novo regime).
GOA is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South
West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the
north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.
Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country as a
whole. It was ranked the best placed state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its
infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission
on Population based on the 12 Indicators.
Panaji is the state's capital, while Vasco da Gama is the largest city. The historic city of Margao
still exhibits the cultural influence of the Portuguese, who first landed in the early 16th century
as merchants and conquered it soon thereafter. The Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese
India existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961.
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Renowned for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture, Goa is visited by
large numbers of international and domestic tourists each year. It also has rich flora and fauna,
owing to its location on the Western Ghats range, which is classified as a biodiversity hotspot.
33 and 50 Cl. Sets of Belo beer cans from Goa
Beaches of Goa
DAMAN (Damao in Portuguese), is a city and a municipal council in Daman district in the union
territory of Daman & Diu, India. Although there is no public airport in the area, the Indian Coast
Guard operates the small Daman Airport which is sometimes used by public companies (mostly
state run airlines operate some aircraft from there).
New cans from Daman
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Top Row: Czech Rep (6); Lithuania (2).
2nd Row: Denmark (3); Netherlands
(1);France (2); Germany exports (2).
3rd Row: Slovakia (2); Germany (1);
Netherlands (1).
4th Row: Hungary (2); Italy (1);
Sweden (1); Serbia (2); Spain (2).
Photos on this page courtesy of
Vaclav Soukup, OC/OC #39.
Left: Denmark
Photos courtesy of
Stefan Jansson, OC/OC #21.
Right: Argentina
Photo courtesy of Marcos
Marabotto, OC/OC #233.
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Andaman Islands
(3 views)
Indonesia
(2 views)
The can photos above and the German barrel photos below
are courtesy of Chris Neunzig, OC/OC #102.
Syria
500ml
Vietnam
500ml
The can photo
shown below
in two views is
from Croatia,
and is courtesy
of Bob Terray,
OC/OC #110.
Left: Sweden (1);
Belarus (3).
The can photos
on the left are
from the photo
files of Stefan
Jansson,
OC/OC #21.
Left: Heineken can
for 2011 World
Cup. Right:
Guinness cans.
Photos courtesy
of Marcos
Marabotto,
OC/OC #233.
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The King displayed it at Chateau Fountainbleau. When Louis 14th ascended to the
French throne in 1643, he inherited Mona
and installed her in his legendary Palace of
Versailles. Later, when the French
Revolution exploded in 1789, Mona was liberated from royalty and moved to the Louvre
Museum.
Monna Lisa
by Pete Childress, OC/OC #53
This Monna Lisa can was released by the
Castello di Udine Brewery in 2003 (Italy).
Udine was the original home of Moretti Beer.
When Heineken bought Moretti in 1996, they
started brewing the Moretti brand elsewhere,
and sold the Udine facility to small independent Castello di Udine. Now they are
competitors. But, because nobody can
trade
-mark old art, Heineken used Mona’s image
in a 2006 ad campaign for Moretti Beer to coincide with the popular film release, “The da
Vinci Code”. The book and film about the da
Vinci Code imply that Mona’s smile was part
of an elaborate puzzle involving the artist Leonardo. Ever since the painting was created,
every viewer has tried to guess the reason Mona is smiling. In the poster art, Mona is smiling
because she’s drinking Moretti. The pictured
photo was featured in ad posters in several
countries, but the mystique of Mona Lisa has a
particular cultural resonance for the people of
northern Italy.
The Mona part of Mona Lisa- Monna in
Italian- is short for Madonna- my lady- like the
English ma’am is short for madam.
The painting Mona Lisa has had many
precarious adventures since da Vinci started it
in 1504. He was notorious for not finishing
projects, but eventually it was sold to King
Francois 1st of France around the year of Leonardo’s death, 1519.
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When Napoleon was running the country in
the early 1800s, he took the painting to keep
him company in his bedroom at The
Tuileries. During the Franco-Prussian War in
1870, Mona was removed to the Brest
Arsenal for safe keeping during the conflict.
At war’s end, she made it back to the Louvre
in Paris, where many artists of the late 1800s
would spend a lot of time contemplating her
contours, and sketching and drawing in an
effort to discover Leonardo’s secret art
techniques.
In 1911, an Italian employee of the
museum stole Mona and took her back to
Italy, in an act of Faux Patriotism. The thief
kept the painting for 2 years and then offered
her to an art gallery in Florence. The Louvre
finally got Mona back in 1913. During World
War Two, the painting had to be moved
around quite a bit to counteract the threat of
bombing and confiscation by the Germans
and Allies. 1956 was a tough year. First
someone threw acid on her lower surface,
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and later, an agitated Bolivian threw a rock at
the painting, piercing a hole in the surface.
After repair work, the museum encased Mona in bullet proof glass. But adversity continued. An upset Oriental attacked the painting
with spray paint when it was on loan to Tokyo
in 1974. And as recently as 2009, a denied
Russian Émigré vented her frustration by
throwing a tea cup at Mona back in the Louvre. This turbulent history has kept the restoration experts busy, and the world is really
very lucky to still have a chance to see Mona
on display.
The model for the Mona Lisa was believed
to be Lisa Gherardini de Giocondo, who, like
her painting, was also known to have a hard
life. After her husband died in the 1500s, she
became a nun and was separated from her
children. Recently, researchers began a
project in the city of Florence to use radar to
find her tomb in the convent where they think
she is buried. Their strategy is to match DNA
strains taken from the graves of her two
children and, if they can verify a match, the
excavators will attempt an anthropological
reconstruction of her face. They’ll base their
effort on her face bones, in the manner of
dinosaur reconstruction techniques by bone
specialists, all for the sake of verifying that
she was the model for the painting.
The grand scale of these efforts shows how
iconic the painting and Mona’s legacy are for
northern Italy, and makes having her image
on an Italian can all the more appreciated.
Mona Lisa
A scene from Dillion, Montana, 1942.
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Top Row:
Norway
2nd Row:
Germany
The new issue
can photos on
the left are
from the
photo files of
Wolfgang
Unsel,
OC/OC #220.
The Brazil cans above are courtesy of Saul Jampolsky, OC/OC #141.
Barrels below: Abkhazia (3 views); Russia (2 views).
Photos courtesy of Chris Neunzig, OC/OC #102.
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THE OC/OC
WORLD
TRADE
CENTRE
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(11) Want: Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Rhodesia, Chad, South Atlantic Islands, Andaman Islands, Abkhazia 5-liter, and a few
others. Have to trade: numerous cans from many places. Will answer all letters and Emails. Jim Friesen, OC/OC #2, 1181
Edgcumbe Rd. #1411, St. Paul, MN 55105 USA Email: <ococjfriesen@juno.com>.
(11) Wanted: Still looking for labels to complete my one label/one country collection. I need Bophthatswana, Cayman Islands,Comoros Islands, French Guiana, Gold Coast, Japan (Occupied), Liechtenstein, Turks & Caicos Islands. I am also looking for labels and coasters that have nude, sexy, erotic women. I can offer USA labels and coasters, or I will purchase what I
am looking for. Harold Gee, OC/OC #7, 242 W. Ivyglen, Mesa, AZ 85201 USA Email: <geehalaj@fastq.com>.
(11) Looking For: all of the latest places: Palau, Kosovo, Antigua, Montserrat, San Marino, Uighurstan, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
Krygystan, ect. I’m probably buying: not much, alas, to trade. Terry Scullin, OC/OC #42, 21 Parkview Plaza, Morristown,
NJ 07960 USA Email: <tscullin@optimum.net>.
(11) Wanted: Kilikia from Armenia, Peja from Kosovo, and Skopje from Macedonia, and any mint can from Algeria. Glad to
pay purchase costs and shipping. Pete Childress, OC/OC #53, 1004 Ordway Street, Albany, CA 94706 USA Email:
<tim.childress@gte.net>.
(11) Want: Old British & Scandinavian cans, all sizes. Have: some good traders like Ceylon Lion Lager, Anns Day and
others. Roger Johansson, OC/OC #167, Borgmastaregatan 5A, 733 30 Sala, SWEDEN Email: <ragge@sheab.net>.
(11) Need: Suntory penquins, Cascade, O’Keefe, Fischer Pecheur. Need all items!! Have for trade: Lots of items! Jaap
Bolwijn, OC/OC #30, Grolloerstradt 16-A, 9451 KB Rolde, NETHERLANDS Email: <j.bolwijn@home.nl>.
(11) Have: several 5-liter cans for sale from Russia and several other countries. Email me at <spinneycorp@yahoo.com>.
Jerome Spindler, OC/OC #219, 1623 SW 28th Street, Owatonna MN 55060 USA.
(11) Looking for: old and new Tuborg cans from all over the world. I collect most minor differences, like import lids and
bottom lids, different can factories, paper labels, test cans, etc. Lars-Goran Nilsson, OC/OC #227, Eternellvagen 19, S-21834
Bunkeflostrand, SWEDEN Email: <lgnmoose@telia.com> Website: <www.lgnmoose.se>.
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(11) Have: Faroe Islands Gallon (Foroya bjor) and alum bottle (Foroya Bjor); Liberia gallon (Club Lager); Turkmenistan
(Zip); Alum bottle from Monaco (Propaganda Biere) which is ultra rare only issue for Monaco OC/OC so far. Also, a lot of
Scandinavian cans (Iceland; Norway; Finland; Sweden - new and old!) Want: Budweiser Soccer 2006 for Arabic market with
importers for Bahrain-Qatar on side of can; Flat top can (SWEDISH POMMAC) sold in USA late 1960; any can with Libya
indication on can; and any with Afghanistan Ariana Airlines on lid of can (Heineken or Beck brands); Isle of Man; Andorra;
Rhodesia (Keller)! I offer $100-$800 USD+ for any can I need. Stefan Jansson, OC/OC #21, Floravagen 7L, 437 31
Lindome, SWEDEN Email: <sj@bostream.nu>.
(11) Wanted: Wolfgang Heller’s German Beer Cans, Volume 2 reference book. Cans Wanted: Dominica; Ethiopia; GuineaBissau; Isle of Man; Liberia; Libya; Monaco; San Marino; Turks & Caicos. Also want SS/SA/CS Only: Algeria; Angola;
China; Colombia; East Germany; Honduras; Jamaica; Madagascar; Burma; Nepal; Ceylon; Trinidad; Turkey; Rhodesia. Rich
Feit, OC/OC #194, 1327 W. Brummel #1R, Evanston, IL 60202 USA. Email: <richfeit7@comcast.net>.
(11) Wanted: Cones, Flats, and steel cans from Canada; Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Mexico; and South America. Also want:
Anchor Flat Top from England. I will buy or trade. Have many Flat Tops from around the world to trade. Alex Draper,
OC/OC #201, 20950 Fleetwood, Harper Woods, MI 48225 USA. Email: <triplealex1@comcast.net>.
(11) Looking for Calgary signs with Buffalo features. Thanks! Ric Bauer, OC/OC #214, 117 Rosewood Ct., Kissimmee, FL
34743 USA Email: <ricbauer@rocketmail.com>.
(11) Always looking to buy or trade non-US commemmoratives, especially from Japan. Tim Mahoney, OC/OC #236,
3103 Riviere du Chien Loope, Mobile, AL 36693 USA Email: <tim1717rdc@comcast.net>.
(11) Want: I still need cans from a lot of countries. I have for trade also cans from a lot of countries. Also, I have available
several issues of Venezuelan girls cans. Write me to send you my trade and needed country list. I am sure we make good
trades. Also I have for sale my “Updated Catalogue of Venezuelan Beer Cans” updated July 2007. In addition, I am still in the
process of compiling a Tennents girls catalogue, and I need help getting photos and data. Please email me if you are able to
help with this project. Esteban Reti, OC/OC #132, Av. Sucre De Los Dos Caminos, Centro Parque Boyaca, Local #4, Caracas
1071, VENEZUELA Email: <esteban.reti@gmail.com>.
(11) HAVE for trade or sale: Lybia CS, Red Rooster Palau, Chuuk Island, Kosrae Island, Sarawak, Haiti, Azerbaijan,
Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Parbo canned in Surinam, Kosovo Peja, Faroer Island, Inner Mongolia, Antigua, Barbados,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St.Vincent, Solomon Is, Uigurstan, Kyrgyzstan, Irak, Georgia, West-Timor, East-Timor, Tierra
del Fuego, Hainan, Burma, Kiribati, Niger, Acores, Bali, Bahrain, Bermuda, French West Indies, North Korea, Mali, Sierra
Leone, Tromso Is., Greenland, Belize, Cook Is., Kuwait, Senegal, Molokai Is., French Guayana, Gabon, Falkland, Kaliningrad,
Dubai, Zaire, Kawau Is., Tatarstan, Yemen, Sumatra, Falster Is., sets, girls, coke, barrels, metal bottles; WANTED:, Amco
Malt – Chad, Budweiser 2006 soccer world cup for Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Budweiser for Bahrain & Qatar, Bud Nation set
Majuro, Pohnpei, Yap, and Saipan, Tinian&Rota, Hillsburg – Saudi Arabia, Gabon-Beaufort, Ghana-Stone + Club Premium,
Murree 330ml green, Jordan 330ml - Ferida, Lana, Adelaide Light FT, many Tahiti commemoratives, rarer Indonesia, Flat Tops
esp. Germany+Europe, old German cans. Christoph Neunzig, OC/OC #102, Email: <chris@beercans.de>.
(11) Looking for: Many more OC/OCers to come by and enjoy the wilds of Colorado! Have to serve at the moment Colorado
Kolsch, Coors (four can historic Banquet Label set, and a few other random brews lurking on the top shelf of the fridge. Want
a volunteer to take on the enviable honor of being the OC/OC editor, and lots of mirth. As always, any new places that come
up I am always on the lunatic fringe for. Check my website for random updates. Please come by and say “howdy”, Mark
Rodgers, OC/OC #34, 2694 South Howell Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80228. My website: http://home.earthlink.net/
~m44rodgers/rodgerswest/ and my email remains: m44rodgers@earthlink.net
(11) Wanted: Novice trading partners, or to buy reasonably priced OC/OC Cans. Email for my want list. Thank you. Carey
Williams, OC/OC #207, 20373 Meercham Way, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025-8943 Email: <carey.williams@fuse.net>.
(11) I have for trade aluminium SPECIAL COLLECTORS EDITIONS BOTTLES from South Africa. Want: alu bottle
Dominica and gallons nude girls, Liberia, Belize, & Abhasia. Tomasz Lewicki OC/OC # 244, ul. Przy Torze 1a, 84-242
Luzino POLAND E-mail: <tom.lewicki@wp.pl>.
(11) Looking for: Fadol sets, Abkazia keg, Mackeson for Montserrat, Amco for Chad, Red Stripe FT, Castletown FT,
Celtia FT, Hop Leaf FT. Have: OC/OC steel cans, East Timor, Turkmenistan, Georgia and others. Andre Marques, OC/OC
#166, SHIS QI 25 conj. 12 casa 14, 71660-320 Brasilis DF, BRAZIL . Email: <andrebcm@hotmail.com>.
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(11) Wanted: Cans from places that nobody travels to because safety & self-preservation are highly dubious! Interested in
cans from any of these places. George Sinclair, OC/OC #205, P.O. Box 15162, Alexandria, VA 22313-5162 USA Email:
<frncn@beercanman.com>.
(11) Looking for: OCOC, GUINNESS, AND HEINEKEN. Have to trade: More than 3000 different beer cans. Marcos
Marabotto, OC/OC #233, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Email: <pachalatas@hotmail.com< - <www.pachalatas.com.ar>.
(11) I have for trade: Beer cans from Pakistan; Maui Island; India; Dubai; Oman; Saudi Arabia; Iran; Jordan; Macedonia,
Sicily; Senegal; Island Victoria; Las Palmas; Lebanon; Maldives; Angola and more of 1500 Brazilian Commemorative cans.
Saul Jampolsky, OC/OC #141. Email: <saul@latasdecerveja.com.br>.
(11) Wanted: I am looking for all these cans(photo). Offers to purchase please contact to Wolfgang Unsel, OC/OC #220,
Siegberg, Germany, Email: <w_unsel@yahoo.de>.
New or changed Email Addresses
Pete Childress, OC/OC #53
<timchildress@att.net>
Editor’s Note: As the newsletter was going to press, I was
notified of the death of Kevin Aberhart, OC/OC #189,
from New Zealand. Our sympathy goes out to his
friends and family.
In memory of:
Kevin Aberhart, OC/OC #189
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