1949, Tabul Exhibition, original artwork for Official First Day Cover (Bale MS1), artist's watercolor and pencil paste-up drawing of Official First Day Cover bearing 20m ultramarine souvenir sheet, with inscriptions and values, the sheets to be sold at 80m during the Exhibition, the special duplex cancellation in black pen, designer's measurements of the proposed envelope in pencil, the souvenir sheet and cancellation pasted on...
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 #1177 - 4: Israel regular issues
1949, Tabul Exhibition, original artwork for Official First Day Cover (Bale MS1), artist's watercolor and pencil paste-up drawing of Official First Day Cover bearing 10m red souvenir sheet, with inscriptions and values, the sheets to be sold at 40m during the Exhibition, the special framed cancellation in black pen, designer's measurements of the proposed envelope in pencil, the souvenir sheet and cancellation pasted on card (...
Lot #1178 - 4: Israel regular issues
1949, Tabul Exhibition, specialized collection, with labels, 40 covers and 17 military letter sheets with cancellations, including souvenir sheets used on three Official First Day envelopes, a wide range of the labels and frankings of other issues used on envelopes, and Army Post Office "593/KBA" (Konoth Bitaron Artzi, National Security Forces), mainly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #1179 - 4: Israel regular issues
1949-51, Select group of seven First Day Covers, several still with their original Tsachor Auctions write-ups; comprising two examples for 1949 Petach Tikva (Bale #17, Scott #27), one on a Jerusalem Registered cover bearing single with special cancel plus tabbed single tied by Jerusalem First Day cancel, the other a tabbed single on picture post card of Petach Tikva—the sole known usage thus; two covers for 1950...
Lot #1180 - 4: Israel regular issues
1951, Independence Day complete (Bale 50-51), complete sheets of 50, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh; #46 crease in upper right corner selvage; light wrinkles in top selvage of #47, otherwise stamps and tabs Very Fine.
Scott 46-47; $229.
Bale $300.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #1181 - 4: Israel regular issues
1952, 1000p Menorah (2016 Bale 59), complete sheet of 20 with plate number 02646 *, o.g., never hinged, exceptionally fresh and sound with all perforations intact, Very Fine, with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Scott 55; $1,275 as singles.
2016 Bale $1,750 as sheet.
Estimate $600 - 800.
Lot #1182 - 4: Israel regular issues
1952, 1000p Menorah, imperforate (Bale 59I), vertical tab pair, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate.
Scott 55 var.
Bale $2,000.
Estimate $800 - 1,200.
Lot #1183 - 4: Israel regular issues
1955, Parachutist (Paratroopers), specialized collection (Bale 105), comprising essays, proofs, numerous First Day Covers; singles, tab strips and plate blocks, and more, with most items signed by the designers, M. and G. Shamir, Very Fine, imaged in full online.
Scott 92.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #1184 - 4: Israel regular issues
1957, Group of sheetlet errors (Scott 127-129 vars), complete sheets of 5, comprising Independence Day, Bezalel Museum Anniversary and 50p Ancient Seal, each in strip of five with partial design printed in top margin; Independence Day with sheet number 309848, top selvage vertically imperforate; Ancient Seal without sheet number, top selvage vertically imperforate; plus three sheets of the Museum Anniversary: two top selvage vertically...
Lot #1185 - 4: Israel regular issues
1957, TABIL Stamp Exhibit souvenir sheet, trio of errors (Bale MS.2 vars), comprising an imperforate sheet (Bale #MS.2b), plus two examples with major color shifts, one of the red (visible on the central Zodiac designs), one of the red brown (denominations and selvage text); all pristine, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, a lovely group, with 1988 Tsachor certificate for the imperforate sheet.
Scott 132 vars.
Bale $1,060....
Lot #1186 - 4: Israel regular issues
1960, TAVIV souvenir sheet, trial print (Bale MS.3), a highly attractive item, printed (perforations simulated) on white card, showing the complete margin inscription at the base which was cut off before the sheets were issued (due to an error in the Hebrew date), plus Post insignia at top right (accompanying certificate incorrectly states "left"), the sheet's price and serial number not yet inserted; a couple easily overlooked corner...
Lot #1187 - 4: Israel regular issues
1960, TAVIV souvenir sheet, pair of proofs (Bale MS.3), two rare examples, each with simulated (printed) perforations on gummed brown carton, one in black, one in brown, both showing the complete margin inscription at the base which was cut off before the sheets were issued (due to an error in the Hebrew date); both never hinged, the brown with slightly disturbed gum at top, the black with that gum adhering to upper margin alongside...
Lot #1188 - 4: Israel regular issues
1960, TAVIV souvenir sheet, specialist selection (Bale MS.3 vars), an enticing trio comprising a show-cancelled double-perforation variety sheet, a never hinged sheet with triple perforations, and another mint sheet (no gum) perforated twice—once properly, and again in the same position but at the top of the sheet; the "two stamp" variety with light corner crease at upper right outside of the design, Very Fine, a nifty group.
...
Lot #1189 - 4: Israel regular issues
1961, 1a Zodiac, imperforate proof (Bale 204), top margin block of 4, in ultramarine on thick wove paper, Very Fine.
Scott 202 var.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #1190 - 4: Israel regular issues
1962, El Al souvenir sheet, pair of doubles (Bale MS.4 vars), two sheets, one with perforations doubled, the other a "double-nosed" plane caused by a misregistration of the purple (noticeable also in the airline's name and in the compass rose); light corner wrinkles from mounting corners noted for accuracy, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott 288a vars.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #1191 - 4: Israel regular issues
1966, 12a Independence Day, pink omitted (Bale 340a), tab strip of 5, o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh and a striking error, Very Fine.
Scott 308 var.
Bale $450 as singles.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #1192 - 4: Israel regular issues
1984, 10s Memorial Day, phosphor at left (Bale 879a), tab single, plus plate block of four showing the same phosphor variety, o.g., never hinged.
Scott 886 var.
Bale $900+.
Estimate $350 - 400.
Lot #1193 - 4: Israel regular issues
1986, Netanya Stamp Exhibition souvenir sheet, imperforate (Bale MS33b), o.g., never hinged, pristine mint, Very Fine, with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Scott 951 var.
Bale $750.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1194 - 4: Israel airmail
1950-53, First & Second Issue Airmail Series, First Day Cover collection (Bale 32-37, 79-87), each issue in its own binder, the 1950 issue comprising 18 covers, all full sets of singles on single cover, all sent Registered from varying locales with El Al Lydda-New York First Flight handstamped cancel alongside, and including pre-First Day cancels, etc.; the 1953 set on 51 covers, all with tabs, either as solo values, multiple...
Lot #1195 - 4: Israel airmail
Expansive Collection of over 350 First or Special Flight Covers, 1947-86, in four binders, covering a wide range of flights and usages, including 1948 (May 21) "First Flight to Israel" envelope from the Palestine Fund in New York to Tel Aviv bearing U.S. 25¢ Airmail, cancelled by "Palestine Emergency/Deliveries, Inc." barred datestamp, with "Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie/Tel Aviv" double-ring receipt cachet in violet adjacent, number 198 of...
Lot #1196 - 4: Israel postage due
Postage Due, 1948, 3m First Coins (Bale PD1), o.g., never hinged, horizontal block of 16 with tabs, from the lower right corner of the sheet; folded along vertical perforations between the 6th and 7th columns of stamps, light fingerprints on gum in top row of stamps, Very Fine.
Scott J1.
Bale $600 as tab singles.
Estimate $250 - 300.
Lot #1197 - 4: Israel postage due
Postage Due, 1948, 3m-50m First Coins (Bale PD1-PD5), plate blocks of 6, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott J1-J5.
Bale $850.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #1198 - 4: Israel postage due
Postage Due, 1948, 3m-50m First Coins (Bale PD1-PD5), plate blocks of 6, o.g., never hinged; faint fingerprints on gum; one 50m has inconsequential spot of gum disturbance, Very Fine.
Scott J1-J5.
Bale $850.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1199 - 4: Israel postage due
Postage Due, 1948, 3m-50m First Coins (Bale PD1-PD5), tab singles, each canceled by c.d.s.; the 10m and 50m have a few improved perforations between stamp and tab, otherwise Very Fine, with 2006 Tsachor certificate.
Scott J1-J5.
Bale $1,500.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1200 - 4: Israel postage due
Postage Due, 1948, 3m-10m First Coins (Bale PD1-PD3), 10m tab single with 3m tab single from the lower left corner of the sheet and 5m from the right of the sheet, applied on arrival and canceled by "Tel Aviv" double-ring datestamp on 1949 (May 26) envelope from Gedera to Tel Aviv bearing First Coins 3m pair, Very Fine.
Scott J1-J3.
Bale $800 for 10m on cover.
Estimate $300 - 400.
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