1948, Jerusalem I, 10m blue (Bale 102), franking May 1948 local Jerusalem cover, canceled by Jerusalem Old City under Siege Type 3 cachet in violet prepared as souvenir; light age spot, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
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 #1076 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
Lot #1077 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I, 25m brown (Bale 103), on May 1948 Jerusalem local cover, canceled by Jerusalem Old City under Siege Type 3 cachet in violet prepared as souvenir; light age spots, the stamp and cachet are Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 400.
Lot #1078 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I, 25m brown, overprint misplaced (Bale 103 var), complete sheet of 10, o.g., never hinged, on fresh white paper; natural gum skips, Very Fine.
Estimate $120 - 150.
Lot #1079 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem I, 25m brown, albino overprint (Bale 103e), complete sheet of 10, o.g., never hinged, nice color on bright white paper; some tiny age spots on gum and trace of hinge remainder in top left margin, Fine to Very Fine.
Bale $1,500+.
Estimate $500 - 600.
Lot #1080 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, proofs of 5m, 10m, and 25m overprints (Bale 104-106), printing forme of five for each, on cream paper (157 x 105 mm); the 10m has light grease stain at right well clear of the overprint, Very Fine, signed Muentz.
Estimate $300 - 350.
Lot #1081 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948 (June 15), Registered local envelope (Bale 104), franked by Jerusalem II, 5m red brown (Bale #104) and J.N.F. Jewish State blue on white paper pair (Kaplove #921), tied by "Doar/Minhelet Ha'am/Yerushalayim" double-ring handstamp; the J.N.F. labels accepted as 20m postage, Fine to Very Fine, rare mixed franking.
Estimate $200 - 250.
Lot #1082 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 5m to 25m, imperforate (Bale 104b, 105a, 106a), with "bet" marginal imprint in and serial numbers, the 5m is the low number "3"; the 5m has three small areas of light toning on gum, one of which affects one stamp, and the 25m has three inconsequential bluish discolorations in margins, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.
Bale $1,200 as singles.
Estimate $400 - 500.
Lot #1083 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 5m red brown, double overprint, one inverted (Bale 104e, 105), on cover to Tel Aviv, with 10m blue, tied by "Doar/Minhelet Ha'am/Yerushalayim" double-ring handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #1084 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 10m blue (Bale 105), on May 23, 1948 flown cover endorsed "Doar Tsvai" (Army Mail) from a convalescent home in Jerusalem to Tel Aviv; canceled on arrival by "Army Post Office/3" c.d.s. (day inserted by hand) in purple; cover reduced on two sides, centrally folded vertically, and the stamp has light gum toning around perforations, Fine for such a traveled cover, An excellent example of Jerusalem siege mail flown by...
Lot #1085 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 10m blue (Bale 105), on July 15, 1948 cover from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv; canceled by "Jerusalem" trilingual c.d.s. of "15.7.1948", the metal date slug presumably used on the afternoon of that day, whereas the rubber dater was used on the 14th and morning only of the 15th; cover slightly reduced at right and with central vertical filing fold, Fine to Very Fine, only a couple of covers franked with the Jerusalem Locals...
Lot #1086 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 10m blue (Bale 105), on 1948 envelope dropped in postbox at Jerusalem and mailed from Ramat Gan to Tel Aviv; stamp uncanceled, around which pencil line with accompanying "T" has been drawn, indicating non-acceptance for postage on account of the stamp's demonetization, and showing "Ramat Gan" trilingual dispatch c.d.s. of "1.7.1948"—the first day of use of this cancellation; light yellowing around the stamp...
Lot #1087 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 10m blue, double overprint, one inverted (Bale 105d), strip of five, tied by "Doar/Minhelet Ha'am/Yerushalayim" double-ring handstamp on envelope, Very Fine, signed Tsachor.
Bale $1,100 as used singles.
Estimate $400 - 500.
Lot #1088 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 25m brown (Bale 106), top margin single on May 14, 1948 local Jerusalem cover, canceled by "Doar/Minhelet Ha'am/Yerushalayim" double-ring "rosette" handstamp, unframed datestamp and distinctive Jerusalem Old City under Siege Type 2 cachet in violet; additionally tied by "14 May 1948" unframed datestamp, Very Fine, rare surviving postally used example.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #1089 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem II, 25m brown (Bale 106), tied on July 1948 Registered local envelope (with original contents dated July 2, 1948)by "Jerusalem" oval bilingual Liberation datestamp, with two additional strikes on reverse; small restored filing punch hole at far left, Fine to Very Fine, only a couple of covers are recorded franked only by the Local issue with the Liberation cancellation, the other known covers having Doar Ivri or mixed...
Lot #1090 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem III, 5m red brown (Bale 107), o.g., never hinged, with gimmel marginal imprint in brown and serial number "0460"; horizontal crease in outer extremity of margin at top as well as small fingerprint on gum also in top margin, Very Fine.
Bale $500.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #1091 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem III, 5m red brown (Bale 107MS), complete sheet of 25, with gimmel marginal imprint in brown and serial number "0344"; fresh, o.g., stamps never hinged, hinged in selvage only; minor gum disturbance; lightly folded along central horizontal row of perforations, Very Fine, illustrated in Shimony, Rimon and Karpovsky, Jerusalem and Safed Postal Services, p. 74; quite exceptional.
Bale $3,500+.
Estimate $1,200 -...
Lot #1092 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem III, 5m red brown (Bale 107, 101), top margin single, with Jerusalem I 5m, both tied by "Jerusalem" oval bilingual datestamp on 28 June 1948 local cover, Very Fine, rare mixed issue franking, signed Tsachor.
Estimate $200 - 250.
Lot #1093 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem Local overprints, outstanding collection, comprising approximately 130 covers or cards in two binders, arranged by cancellation types with a tremendous array of frankings, including Jerusalem I first day usages, 5m and 10m complete sheets of 10 (two such for 5m) used on separate 1948 (May 10) local envelopes; 5m (two examples) and 10m canceled by "Minhelet Ha'am" double-ring handstamp in violet on separate 1948 (...
Lot #1094 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Jerusalem Local overprints, specialized collection, mint and used with 18 covers; including Jerusalem I overprints 5m to 25m in complete sheets of 10 never hinged (two 25m have thins); 5m sheet of 10 with vertical double row of perforations; 5m top right corner horizontal strip of three with overprint sideways and misplaced resulting in center stamp with overprint omitted; 10m sheet of 10 horizontally misperforated...
Lot #1095 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, Rishon Le Zion Local, specialized holding (Bale 122-123), remarkable group of mint perforated and imperforate stamps plus 24 covers; stamps include two examples of #122 (perforated), plus #123 (imperforate) as a single and complete sheet of ten; the 24 covers run from April 6 (Second Day of service, only about 15 such covers known—and bearing on reverse the First Day usage of the Tel Aviv postmark as a receiver) through May 6 (...
Lot #1096 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, 10m Safed Local, forgeries collection (Bale 124), Arie Ben-David's original, entire collection, on quadrille pages mounted by Sam Ray, and part of Ben-David's multiple-award winning Safad Collection exhibit; each of the printings, with their sub-types, is present and fully annotated, the additional hand-drawn details impressively clear and immensely useful; includes singles, pairs, sheetlets of six, plus an example of the...
Lot #1097 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
Kofer Hayishuv Collection, 1939-49 (Bale 129-138), with more than 80 documents and receipts, 14 covers and a card (Mar. 1945 British Field Service redirection) spanning the Mandate, Interim, and early Statehood periods; includes an array of interesting usages and mixed frankings, mainly Fine.
Estimate $600 - 800.
Lot #1098 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
Collection of Kofer Hayishuv and Municipal Revenues on Cinema Tickets, 1936-45 (Bale 129-138), approximately 65 cinema tickets in all, from Herzliya, Jerusalem, Petach Tikwa, Ra'anan, Ramat Gan, and Tel Aviv, franked with Palestine Pictorials and Revenues, Kofer Hayishuv and Municipal stamps; also an unused ticket for "Gone with the Wind" at Ramat Gan and three later (Israel) tickets, mainly Fine, a remarkable assembly of this esoteric...
Lot #1099 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, "Army Post" Military Stamp, essays and proofs, five composite color proofs of 5m to 50m in strips of four different stamp designs on wove paper, in turquoise, ultramarine, olive green, violet, and brick red; the ultramarine strip has a few light age spots, with 1984 Michael Bale certificate; also four composite photographic essays and single essay of approved and rejected designs with different values, the composite essays with...
Lot #1100 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period forerunners
1948, "Army Post" Military Stamp, artwork for First Day Cover, artist's watercolor and pencil drawing of official FDC containing the four tabbed designs, in different colors without values; duplex cancellation in black, the proposed cachet with Biblical quotation; designer's measurements of the proposed envelope in pencil, on card (196 x 154 mm), signed by the artist O. Wallish in Hebrew, Very Fine, unique and exquisite, with...
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