Santa Fe Collections of South America and the Middle East
January 11, 2012

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Lot #376
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1918-42 The award winning collection (last shown in London 2000 where it received a gold), most still on the original pages (16 frames), plus earlier and unfinished exhibits; others unfortunately removed and placed among 14 large stock books, essential forming a huge working stock of stamps and postal history of Palestine, with hundreds of additional singles, blocks, part sheets, used and unused varieties, classified by Scott's, Gibbons and Dorfman. Postal History precedes the issued stamps, with extensive study of E.E.F. Forces Mail (Egyptian Expeditionary Force) Base Army Post Offices , outbound and incoming mail, with interesting censor markings and destinations, French Detachment, Indian Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade mail, Light Horse Australian Imperial Force, Prisoner of War Mail, Internee correspondence, Civilian mail (to Chile, Switzerland, United States, Egypt etc.), The first Interim Period, First Stamp of Palestine 1pi blue, indigo, study with 37 unused (five "A 18" contr
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$130,000.00

Lot #377
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1918 1p deep blue, horizontal strip of three, middle stamp showing joined "ID" in "Paid", unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #1,1var
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #378
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 Third Jerusalem Overprint, 1m dark brown, perf. 14, used, fine and rare, approximately 25 copies recorded, with 1977 Royal and 1990 Dorfman certs (SG 58)
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Catalog #15cf
Catalog Value £ 2,250
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #379
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 Third Jerusalem Overprint, 1m dark brown, perf. 14, lightly cancelled, fine and rare, approximately 25 copies recorded, with 2008 Kaufmann cert. (SG 58)
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Catalog #15cf
Catalog Value £ 2,250
Unsold
Lot #380
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920-21 1m dark brown, perf. 14, used, slight creasing, otherwise fine, with 1971 PFC (SG 38)
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Catalog #15e
Catalog Value £ 800
Unsold
Lot #381
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920-21 1m dark brown, perf. 14, light Jerusalem cds, v.f., with 1979 Dorfman cert. (SG 38)
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Catalog #15e
Catalog Value £ 800
Unsold
Lot #382
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920 2m blue green, top sheet margin single, Jerusalem I trial overprint with Hebrew letters "E.I." at right, pos. 11, h.r., fine, with 2008 Kaufmann cert. "probably 12 stamps of each value exist: 1 block of four in the Royal collection and another blocks with 1 or 2 possibly divided" (Bale 17.2, Dorfman E17, $3,500)
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Catalog #16var
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #383
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920-21 2m blue green, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, each stamp missing large portion of Hebrew and Arabic overprint, fine
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Catalog #16a,var
Unsold
Lot #384
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920-21 2m blue green, lower left sheet corner margin vertical pair, each stamp missing large portion of Hebrew and Arabic overprint, minor creases and toning, otherwise fine
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Catalog #16a,var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #385
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920-21 2m blue green, vertical pair, pos.202/214, bottom stamp "Palestine" (English) omitted (only a minute part of the "e" showing), top stamp hinged (with some minimal toning), variety n.h., fine, signed Holcombe etc. One of only two known (illustrated in Dorfman page 37), with 1988 Holcombe and 1994 Muentz certs (SG 31var) (Bale 31c)
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Catalog #16e
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #386
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920 3m light brown, top margin single, trial overprint with Hebrew letters "E.I." at right, with overprint further shifted to the left, hinged in margin, stamp n.h., v.f. Only 8-12 recorded, signed Dr.Hoexter, with 1991 Muentz cert. (Dorfman E18, $3,500)
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Catalog #17var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #387
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920 Narrow Setting, 5m orange, perf. 15x14, faint "Jaffa-Tel Aviv Feb. 6, 21" cds, well centered, v.f., Undoubtedly, one of the rarest Palestine Mandate adhesives, with 1990 Dorfman cert. (SG 44a)
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Catalog #19d
Catalog Value £ 12,000
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #388
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1920-21 Second Jerusalem Overprint, 5pi plum, perf. 14, used, fine, signed Gotlib, with 1972 Zodiac Stamps cert. (SG 43)
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Catalog #22a
Catalog Value £ 500
Unsold
Lot #389
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 Third Jerusalem Overprint, type 2, 20pi pale gray, perf. 14, clear Jerusalem cancel, v.f. and rare, with 2008 Kaufmann cert. ("very fine condition as most of the known copies have defects. Approximately 35 copies are recorded") (SG 59)
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Catalog #25cd
Catalog Value £ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #390
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 Third Jerusalem Overprint, 20pi pale gray, perf. 14, used, v.f., with 1986 Royal and Dorfman certs. Approximately 35 copies are recorded, most with defects (SG 59)
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Catalog #25cd
Catalog Value £ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #391
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 Somerset House Printing, 5pi plum, double overprint, nice color, h.r., heavy natural inclusion on gum side, fresh and fine, handstamped SIP/G, SR, with 2008 Kaufmann cert. "This is the only known copy of this variety" (Bale 67b,Dorfman 67a, $6,000)
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Catalog #44var
Price Realized
$6,250.00

Lot #392
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 Somerset House Printing, 10pi ultramarine, part Mea Shearim (Jerusalem) cancel, v.f. and rare used, signed Dr.Hoexter, with 1984 Muentz cert. (SG 69)
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Catalog #46
Catalog Value £ 600
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #393
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1921 20pi gray, Somerset House Printing, with "Bowed Shin" variety, Jerusalem cancel, well centered, v.f. and rare used, with 1979 Dorfman cert. (SG 70)
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Catalog #47
Catalog Value £ 1,500
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #394
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1922 Waterlow Printing II, 1m dark brown, both watermark and overprint inverted, Acre April 22, 1925 cds, well centered, fresh and v.f. A great rarity, only 12 recorded (all used), with 1990 Dorfman cert. (SG 71b)
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Catalog #48a
Catalog Value £ 12,000
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #395
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1922 Waterlow Printing II, 1m dark brown, overprint and watermark inverted, Acre cds, well centered, fresh and v.f., with 2008 Kaufmann cert. ("stamp is genuine and in very fine condition. Approximately 12 copies of this rare stamp are known of which only 5 copies are in good condition") (SG 71b)
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Catalog #48a
Catalog Value £ 12,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #396
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1922 1m dark brown, double overprint, horizontal sheet margin pair, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 71c)
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Catalog #48b
Catalog Value £ 500
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #397
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1922 Waterlow Printing II, 10pi light blue perf. 15x14, "E.F.F." error (pos.111), overprinted "Specimen" in black, h.r., v.f., one of only three known copies (four were printed), with 2008 Kaufmann cert. (Dorfman S88a, $4,000)
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Catalog #61Svar
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #398
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1922 10pi light blue perf. 14, "E.F.F." variety (pos.111), used, fine, with 1994 Dorfman cert. (SG 83a)
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Catalog #61avar
Catalog Value £ 475
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #399
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1927 3m black, imperf. proof on ungummed paper, left margin block of four, top stamps creased, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 1994 Royal cert. (Dorfman P91, value $1,800 for singles)
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Catalog #64P
Unsold
Lot #400
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1927 7m dark violet, thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed paper, nice color, small h.r., v.f., with 1997 Dorfman cert. (SG 105, Dorfman $275)
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Catalog #70var
Unsold
Lot #401
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE
1927-42 8m scarlet, thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed paper, nice color, small h.r., insignificant short perf. at top, otherwise v.f., with 1997 Dorfman cert. (SG 106, Dorfman $1,600)
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Catalog #71var
Price Realized
$500.00

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