Specialized Mint Collection of Plate Blocks, 1948-49, mounted on stock pages containing watermarked and unwatermarked stamps, perforation and shade varieties, etc., comprising 1948 5m brown (Bale #REV.1) with 18 blocks of 6, 9, 12 or 16, plus two complete sheets; 7m violet (#REV.2) 16 blocks of 4, 6, 9, 15, 16 or 30; 10m green (#REV.3) 11 blocks of 4, 6 or 9, two vertical strips of three and a vertical pair; 20m...
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 #1227 - 4: Israel revenue
Specialized Revenues Selection, a lovely assortment of fiscals responsibly organized on 34 blackcards, glassines and auction cards; various issues present, with a wealth of gum, paper, printing, phosphor (front and gum), errors and varieties within; useful duplication throughout, most showcasing varieties, misregistrations, etc.; we note numerous Six-Day War Revenues (including sheet number blocks of four, plus two margin blocks of ten...
Lot #1228 - 4: Israel revenue
Collection of Immigration (Aliyah) and Social Assistance Tax Stamps, 1927-45, mint and used with 17 documents, three passports and a Registered postcard from the Hebrew University franked with Aliyah stamps, including 1927 Immigration certificate issued at Galatz, Roumania, franked with 300m pair and single; 1940 "The Jewish Agency for Palestine/Immigration Office, Haifa" document certifying arrival of immigrant in 1924 franked with...
Lot #1229 - 4: Israel revenue
Assembly of Revenues on Documents, 1949-55, over 50 documents and receipts, with a good range of usages and appealing frankings of the 1948-49 First Issue, including 1950 Deed bearing First Issue 250m strip of four and 1000m, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #1230 - 4: Israel revenue
Mint and Used Collection of Aviation, Navy, and A.S.M.AT. Tax Stamps, 1950-82, with 25 documents, plane tickets, or receipts, including 1950 complete El Al air ticket with booklet cover franked by General Council for Hebrew Aviation in Eretz Israel 350m, and various mixed frankings on Shipping import manifests, Fine to Very Fine, no need to travel—we've imaged the lot in full online.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #1231 - 4: Israel revenue
Mint and Used Collection of Municipal Stamps, 1943-55, with approximately 35 documents, licenses, invoices, receipts or entertainment tickets; towns represented are Acre, Haifa (additionally with Mandate period stamps), Jerusalem with 1949 Social Welfare Tax 10p and 15p each in a tête-bêche pair unused, Holon, Netanya, Ramat Gan, Ramla, Rishon le Zion, and Safed, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 400.
Lot #1232 - 4: Israel revenue
Mint and Used Revenues Collection, 1948-86, strongly duplicated, with much present in blocks, etc.; includes 1948 5m to 1000m mint, 1949 100m to 1000m mint, and 1952 5m to 20m to 5000m mint (80m used), and much more besides, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1233 - 4: Israel revenue
Assembly of Revenues on Documents, 1947-55, approximately 60 documents, checks and receipts, showing the progressive sequence of usages from Mandate through early State of Israel, the majority being frankings with First Coins, including Interim 10m Weizman (Bale #12) used on 1948 (June 1) receipt and 1950 (Oct. 25) check bearing on reverse Airmail 5p pair, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1234 - 4: Israel revenue
Revenue Documents Assembly, 1952-85, 90 documents and receipts; good range of usages, with appealing frankings of the Second and Third issues, Fine to Very Fine, see a sampling online.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1235 - 4: Israel revenue
Mint and Used Collection of Radio License Stamps, 1950-61, with 12 used licenses and three QXR cards (one is "4X4GB" 10th Anniversary of Israel, including 1951-58 7lira on 5L and 8.40lira on 6L, and 1957-60 8.4+3lira, 10lira (2) and 12lira (2), never hinged, generally Fine to Very Fine, tune in to our website, where all items are imaged.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1236 - 4: Israel revenue
Consular Service Stamps Mint and Used Collection, 1950-82, with 30 documents, visas, or passports, including 1948 Consular Tax 100p (2), 250p (3, one with double vertical perforations), 500p, 1lira, and 2lira and 1954 Consular Tax stamps (-) red (-) yellow green and (-) blue violet all with low serial numbers (possibly proofs) from the top right corner of the sheet, never hinged; countries from which Consular services were rendered...
Lot #1237 - 4: Israel Postal stationery
Postal Stationery, Semi-specialized Collection, 1949-2010, 264 items in total, comprising mint, First Day cancelled and some used postal stationery of all descriptions, in three binders; the first is a run of 1949-82 postal cards, starting with the Coin-design issue; the other two binders are a strong holding of 1991-2010 stationery with printing, paper and tagging varieties, etc.; among the highlights are a 1995 Last Day cachet for...
Lot #1238 - 4: Israel Souvenir card
Show Cards, Expansive Collection, 1980s, hundreds of items in all, in six volumes, three of which are straightforward exhibition show cards from 1982-88, the other three IPF color separation cards, black print cards and booklets; show cards duplicated but with different frankings or cancels; color separations, etc., also often lightly duplicated and with limited production runs, Very Fine, interesting and attractive ancillary material...
Lot #1239 - 4: Israel international reply coupon
International Reply Coupon Collection, 1950-96, an unused and used collection of approximately 180 International Reply Coupons, including many First Day cancels, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #1240 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Health Organizations Collection, 1917-80, an assembly of International Red Cross and Magen David, comprising stamps, booklets, covers and a card; the Red Cross with four 1917-43 printed headed imprint covers, including 1917 (July 2) printed O.H.M.S. envelope from "Base Army Post Office/Z" to London, and 1943 censored envelope from Jerusalem to the Central Agency for Prisoners of War at the Red Cross in Geneva bearing Palestine...
Lot #1241 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Meter Mail Collection, 1941-79, over 250 covers with meter mail cancels in three binders; offers an excellent range of types, denominations, and slogans, some Registered and Airmail; mostly Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv, but various other towns also represented; four covers are pre-Independence including 1941 "M. Dizengoff & Co." Registered censored corner card envelope from Tel Aviv to Cairo with two impressions of 15m meter mark...
Lot #1242 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Taxi Mail Collection, 1937-79, approximately 60 covers and 15 labels or receipts, with particular interest in the Mandate and Interim periods; commences with undated unaddressed Aviv imprint envelope showing Hebrew "Delivered by Einstoss Letter Service, Dizengoff Street 90, Tel Aviv" double-ring handstamp in violet, and then with three covers including two envelopes to Haifa each bearing Kofer Hayishuv 5m blue canceled by "per '...
Lot #1243 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Taxi Mail, ca. 1937 (Nov. 16), "Express" cover from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, bearing on reverse Aliyah Taxi Co. black-on-white label, with 25m fee entered by hand; roughly opened at top, the label is Fine to Very Fine, rare, with only five usages on cover believed to have survived from this company.
Estimate $250 - 300.
Lot #1244 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Taxi Mail, 1938 (Jan. 6), Cover from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, bearing on reverse Aliyah Taxi Co. black-on-yellow label with red control overprint; the 25m fee entered by hand, canceled oval datestamp in violet, with accompanying mail slip stapled to cover and similarly canceled; a couple of filing punch holes and cover creased at foot; also a loose slip possibly from same envelope with identical datestamp, Fine to Very Fine, rare...
Lot #1245 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Taxi Mail, 1948 (Apr. 6), Unfranked cover from Haifa to Tel Aviv, carried by the Kesher Taxi Company, with Kofer Hayishuv 5m blue (Bale #132), used as fee for taxi mail, tied by "Emergency Mail to Haifa/Nahariya/The besieged Western Galilee" slogan cancel (Bale Type C-4), with another strike on reverse; the delivery fee collected by the taxi company, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 250.
Lot #1246 - 4: Israel misc. back-of-the-book
Taxi Mail, ca. 1948 cover from Jaffa to Haifa, bearing elusive label of the Arab Al-Alamein taxi company; central vertical filing crease, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #1247 - 4: Israel collections
Mostly Mint Collection of Proofs, Errors and Varieties, 1948-97, mostly never hinged, with essays, proofs, imperforate examples, misperforated stamps, misprints, colors omitted, watermarks, missing phosphors, and others; includes 1948 First Coins Postage Due 5m without overprint imperforate pair (Bale #PD2d); 1950 Airmail imperforate 250p vertical pair (possibly of proof status); 1950 Third Coins imperforate 10p from the top left...
Lot #1248 - 4: Israel collections
Postal History Eruption, 1948-2010, many thousands of covers and cards, in albums and in boxes, with an album of Post Office openings, First Days, commercial mail, Airmails, mint and used postal stationery, metered mail, religious, picture postcards, Registered, machine cancels, Saint Catherine's Monastery covers, Maccabiah specialized, military covers, cacheted, advertising including illustrated; truly a one-of-a-kind collection, Fine...
Lot #1249 - 4: Israel collections
Unsorted Box of Miscellanies, proving variety is the spice of life, this lot offers everything from the mundane (though not much) to the sublime, with various plate errors, a 1948 unadopted Helmet Issue Test Stamp in red, what appear to be several essays or proofs for unadopted designs, a TABIL presentation folder with First Day-cancelled sheet, plus a sheet with a yellow background; some nice Revenues (including a dry print), plate...
Lot #1250 - 4: Israel collections
Near-Complete Tab Singles Collection, 1949-67, mounted in a pristine slipcased White Ace album, needing just #7-9 and J1-J5 for completion; numerous corner margin examples, all Post Office fresh and sound, the double-tabbed issues present as such, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, get a taste online.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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