Sale 749 The Leo Malz Specialized Collections of Israel and Palestine

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 horizontally to foot, both never hinged; 10m top margin vertical pair with inverted overprint unused; and varieties on cover with 5m overprint applied sideways and only appearing in right margin of stamp on 1948 (May 10) Jerusalem Printed Matter envelope (illustrated in Shimony, p. 81); 5m vertical marginal pair imperforate horizontally with 10m and 25m on 1948 (May 10) local Registered Jerusalem envelope; Jerusalem II overprints 5m to 25m plate blocks of four, never hinged, the 5m hinged in margin at top; and 10m imprint strip of five from the top of the sheet showing offset on gummed side (illustrated in Shimony, p. 77); and Jerusalem III overprint 5m on local Jerusalem Red Cross envelope, and 5m with Jerusalem II 10m and 25m on local Jerusalem envelope, mainly Fine to Very Fine, an excellent nucleus for further specialization; see it in its entirety on our website.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,600.