1948, French Consular Post in Jerusalem (Bale 127, 128, 128e), an impressive selection of this desirable and difficult material, starting with a top left corner block of four of Bale #127, never hinged and signed Brun, followed by #128 single and lower left corner block of four; then we find #128 on a Consulate General, Jerusalem corner envelope (quite possibly an Earliest Known Usage) and on a privately sent post card, plus an...
Sale 749 The Leo Malz Specialized Collections of Israel and Palestine
By: Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Sale 749 The Leo Malz Specialized Collections of Israel and Palestine
Sale 749
The Leo Malz Specialized Collection
of Palestine and Israel
Haiti Philatelic Society members who attended the NY2016 World Stamp Show had an opportunity to
meet and chat with Leo at the HPS presentation
Leo Malz is second from the right. Leo Malz (1948-2020)
Leo was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1948. Soon after, he and his parents emigrated to America, settling in New
York City. Leo’s father established a very successful business that sold plastics to various companies throughout Latin America.
Like many of his generation, Leo’s interest in Latin America was directly related to the stamps he acquired from the incoming mail
that his father brought home from work. Like many philatelists, Leo had a strong and deep intellectual curiosity to learn about the
stamps and when he reached adulthood, he had the ability to afford the valuable stamps, covers and proofs that he needed in order to
build an important collection. Leo purchased his stamps, covers and proofs from numerous dealers and auctioneers, including many
name sales, for over half a century. Many of his items have been off the market for years.
Viewers will notice that the strength of this catalog is Haitian philately. In 1979, at age 33, Leo joined the Haiti Philatelic Society,
becoming member #82. He became a Life Member in 2010. In his eulogy for Leo in the current issue of HPS Journal, his good longtime friend Peter C. Jeannopoulos, wrote, “The stamps and postal history of Haiti were of special interest to Leo. Haiti fascinated
him because of its exoticness and the fact that so little was published…Every facet of Haitian philately was well represented in his
collection. Overall, it was one of the finest that the writer has ever seen. It ranges from prephilatelic to the modern. It encompassed
essays, proofs, multiples, postal history and sheets…If he had been interested in exhibiting the many different aspects of his Haiti
collection would certainly have garnered gold medals.”
In addition to Latin America, Leo collected other areas that will appear in future Kelleher auctions. Leo also was a dealer in
Astrophilately, advertising in the pages of Linn’s Stamp News for many decades.
While in his 50’s, Leo was asked by Sam Malamud of Ideal Stamp Co. to travel to Mongolia to negotiate the contract for Ideal to sell
the new issues of Mongolia. The Mongolian government assigned a young woman to be his interpreter. They fell in love and married.
She emigrated and they have three young children. Very sadly, soon after their first child was born, Leo was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer. Because it was caught early, his life was prolonged, but the treatments made daily life very difficult. He lost his
battle on February 3
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Lot #1050 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period french offices in jerusalem
Lot #1051 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Jewish National Fund Collection Formed by Dr. Abrham Polay, 1902-60, a noteworthy, largely mint collection of stamps and labels, by one of the founders of the S.I.P.; housed in two Elbe Roosevelt albums, with proofs, booklets, Interim overprints, covers, and many issues complete; includes 1902-07 Zion stamps in 5 blocks of four and larger; 1909 Herzl 5m imperforate color trials in six different colors; 1934 Kremeneyzky booklet (...
Lot #1052 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Collection of Jewish National Fund Mint Multiples, 1902-73, with stamps in complete sheets and multiples, plus booklet panes, all housed in six volumes; includes 1902-07 Zion issues with three blocks of 20, blocks of 24, 40 and 50, two strips of 10, one with handstamped "1" in violet, and block of 20 overprinted "Dienstmarke", all with marginal imprint tabs at left indicating different countries of sale; 1931 Youth in Eretz Israel and...
Lot #1053 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Lovely Collection of JNF and Judaica Labels on cover, 1902-39, a binder neatly filled with 25 examples, from South Africa to Sweden, Germany to Czechoslovakia, Austria to Yugoslavia, all bearing one or more labels; begins with a Star of David label on reverse of an Austrian Feldpost cover, followed by a cover (South Africa to the US) and postal card (Sweden to Denmark) each with 1902 Zion (Kaplove #3) labels, the cover singly, the card...
Lot #1054 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Collection of Jewish National Fund Telegraph Forms, 1903-73, approximately 75 in total, unused and used, in two binders and classified according to the Ladani catalog (1995), with a number unlisted; includes ca. 1903 telegram with J.N.F. in German (A-1) used bearing 70 uncancelled examples of the Zion stamp; similar type of telegram but with J.N.F. in Cyrillic used; 1905 telegram (unlisted but similar to A-5) from Wurzburg to Ansbach...
Lot #1055 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
The All Things JNF Collection, four stockbooks holding stamps, labels, ribbons and more; one volume dedicated to the 1920-60 Famous Men issues, another to New York Office Holiday stamps and booklet panes; a third holds self-adhesive labels, Worldwide Offices, Va'ad Ha'artzi, teaching/puzzle issues (some solved, some not) and tourist issues, while the final book contains ribbon tags, and Flower Day and Tag Day receipts; duplication...
Lot #1056 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Jewish National Fund Stamps Used on School Diplomas, ca. 1925-94, a unique compilation of over 100 diplomas or cards, each bearing one or more JNF stamps; majority, unsurprisingly, are from Mandatory Palestine and Israel, with both state and religious schools represented, but the global JNF ties can be seen in that the collection starts off with a handsome certificate from Czernowitz, Ukraine, followed by a 1925 Tel Aviv certificate...
Lot #1057 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Jewish National Fund-franked Documents Collection, 1904-53, two binders holding more than 50 documents, telegrams, and receipts mostly franked with J.N.F. stamps, with "Jewish Agency for Palestine" in Haifa; "The Provisional Committee of the Jews of Eretz Israel", "Jewish Cooperative Labour Association", Jewish National Fund in Jaffa; "Township of Tel Aviv"; and usages from Jewish communities and Zionist committees outside of Israel...
Lot #1058 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Fantastic Selection of Jewish National Fund Stamps, 1940-60, sensational holding neatly arranged in a 16-page (32-side) G&K stockbook; covers an immense range of issues, with all but a handful mint; note several with "Doar" handstamp, shades and paper types, imperforates, essays, proofs, offsets on reverse, partial offsets, double perforations, gum and perforation varieties, imperforate proofs with tabs, color misregistrations,...
Lot #1059 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Impressive Cover Compendium, 1948, 15 in total, all bearing Jewish National Fund labels as postage; various frankings, including overprinted labels in conjunction with Palestine Pictorials, rate-overprinted stamps (5m, 10m, etc.), "DOAR" overprints, etc.; note two covers "from Tsachor", one a "Geneva Courier" cover from Switzerland to Tel Aviv via Haganah plane, the other from Cyprus Internment camp to Tirat Tzvi via Affula; a multiple...
Lot #1060 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund
Collection of Mint Jewish National Fund Stamps, 1902-2000, including 1902-07 Zion issues in large blocks, some with surcharges or overprints; 1937 Star of David rouletted in vertical strip of five with each cliché individually placed with colored surround; and 1961-2000 issues specialized and replete with proofs, imperforates and errors, mostly never hinged, Very Fine, see a sampling online.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1061 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, "Jerusalem Post" essays of 5m, 10m, and 25m in black, imperforate on newsprint, the set of three in blocks of 21, representing the complete sheet less a block of four; originally planned for issue on May 16, 1948; one 10m is slightly defective at lower left corner, different degrees of creasing or folds, majority of stamps are Fine to Very Fine, ex Pikovski Printing House archives, each block with 2009 Tsachor certificate.
...
Lot #1062 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Siege of Jerusalem, composite essay in green, for 5m, 10m, and 50m on glazed surface paper (187 x 129 mm), designed by Ismar David, Very Fine, signed M. Marco.
Estimate $250 - 300.
Lot #1063 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
Collection of Municipal and Kofer Hayovel Stamps for Tel Aviv, 1929-55, with approximately 80 documents, licenses, receipts or cinema tickets, including Kofer Hayovel stamps on 25 documents or receipts with 100m and four pairs of 10m on ca. 1938 receipt, and 50m on 1935 Certificate for completion of a building on Ben Yehudah Street, mainly Fine to Very Fine, see a sampling online.
Estimate $500 - 600.
Lot #1064 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
Keren Tel-Hai Specialized Collection, solid holding comprising single stamps mint and used, sheetlets mint in different colors and two-color se-tenant printings, unissued stamps, town cancels, plus an impressive array of scarce Interim covers, with both domestic and foreign usages; we note examples of panes of six with original blue "booklet cover" paper attached, a complete 1937 Jabotinsky House booklet, usages on numerous invitations...
Lot #1065 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Proposed Jewish State, proofs (Bale 29-31), large format proofs in black of 5m, 10m, and 50m labels (Kaplove #925P-927P), with rounded corners and light pencil guide lines in corners, affixed to black card (117 x 98 mm), Very Fine, rare, with 1985 Muentz certificate.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #1066 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Proposed Jewish State, specialized collection (Bale 29-31), mint and used collection with approximately 100 covers or documents, with a wealth of mixed frankings, including J.N.F. Jewish State set of three labels without values in complete sheets of 10 (Kaplove #925-927), never hinged, and Proposed Jewish State 10m brown overprinted by circular "Doar" in complete sheet of 10 mint; 5m blue complete sheet of 10 used on local Haifa...
Lot #1067 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948 (May), Cover from Mesek Yagur to Haifa (Bale 29), along with Immigrant Ship 10m vertical pair (#23), on May 1948 cover, the stamps cancelled by "Doar/Minhelet Ha'am/Meshek Yagur" double-ring handstamp, with two further crisp strikes on reverse, Very Fine, rare cancellation, with 2008 Edward Rosen letter of opinion.
Bale $1,800.
Estimate $600 - 800.
Lot #1068 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Proposed Jewish State 5m blue (Bale 29), on May 1948 envelope from Herzlia to Tel Aviv, the stamp canceled by "Minhelet Ha'am" double-ring handstamp, showing Hebrew "To Pay" manuscript notation in red, with Palestine Postage Due 4m (plate number "1" single) and 6m (corner example with serial number) applied on arrival and tied by "Tel Aviv" c.d.s. of "5 MY 48", the last day of the British Mandate; the cover...
Lot #1069 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Proposed Jewish State, 5m, figure of value omitted, handstamped "5" overprint (Bale 29c var), block of four on May 13, 1948 Registered Tel Aviv local envelope, in combination with Palestine 10m vertical pair and single, cancelled by "Tel Aviv" Mandate c.d.s., with another strike on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 300.
Lot #1070 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Specialized "Parachutists" Mint and Used Collection (Bale 35-41), plus nearly 60 covers and a document, with 13 covers bearing stamps without "Doar" overprints; commences with 1946 complete set of 56 stamps in eight strips of eight (Kaplove #830-885), set of four labels without value, 10m blue and 10m brown labels in complete sheets of 35; 1946 printed-in-Austria 10m yellow brown booklet pane of eight labels (Kaplove #O94-O101);...
Lot #1071 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I, overprints proof (Bale 101-103), proofs of 5m, 10m, and 25m overprints on cream paper (80 x 105 mm), Very Fine, with 2008 Edward Rosen letter of opinion.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #1072 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I and II, complete sheets (Bale 101-103, 104MS-106MS), comprising Jerusalem I 5m to 25m in complete sheets of 10, and Jerusalem II 5m to 25m in complete sheets of 20, with "bet" marginal imprint and serial numbers; the Jerusalem II 5m hinged in margin at top, Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #1073 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I, 5m to 25m (Bale 101-103), franking May 13, 1948 cover from Jerusalem to Pardess Hana, canceled by "Doar/Minhelet Ha'am/Yerushalayim" double-ring "rosette" handstamp, the first day of use of the rosette cancellation; a few small faults, Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #1074 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I, 5m red brown, perforation varieties (Bale 101f, 101g), complete sheets of 10, the former sheet containing two horizontal imperforate-between pairs and the latter sheet imperforate horizontally between stamps and between stamps and top and bottom sheet margins; the second sheet has hinge remainders in top margin, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
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