Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
August 6-7, 2019
Welcome to our Summer auction to be held on August 6-7 2019 at our New York City galleries and on CherrystoneLive. There are 1,668 lots of rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Scandinavian Countries. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. Also noteworthy is Colombia with a complete set of the 1920 Scadta vignettes unused and on individual covers. There is also a selection of Ethiopia, additional South and Central America, Asia and rest of the world. This auction concludes with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2038 ISRAEL 1900 Fourth Zionist Congress, printed 20-pages brochure in German, by Dr. Max Nordau. (The Zionist Congress was established in 1897 by Theodor Herzl as the supreme organ of the Zionist Organization and its legislative authority). The Fourth Congress was held in London. In addition, there is "Die Welt" illustrated journal published in Hamburg for the 9th Zionist Congress in 1909, plus early KKL "Mogen David" currency, plus additional items, scarce lot  | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #2039 ISRAEL 1909 Ninth Zionist Congress in Hamburg, picture postcard (scene of Jaffa by Herman Struck), mailed to Vienna, with German JNF stamp, signed by 10 Zionist personalities including Max Nordau, Max Bodenheimer, Nissan Katznelson, etc. A rare card | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2040 ISRAEL 1918 (12 Oct) handwritten two-page letter (in Hebrew) from David Ben Gurion to Nina Berlin (first Jewish woman volunteer accepted into the British Army as a nurse) on stationery of the Jewish Legion, with attractive Coat of Arms letterhead, signed "David", also unused picture postcard of Ben Gurion in uniform with Star of David patch of the Jewish Legion (after the Balfour Declaration of November 1917, Ben-Gurion, with the interest of Zionism in mind, joined the newly formed Jewish Legion of the British Army and volunteered for the 38th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, one of the four which constituted the Jewish Legion. His unit fought against the Turks as part of Chaytor's Force during the Palestine Campaign). A rare document and postcard | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2041 ISRAEL 1918 (14 Nov) unsevered picture (Theodore Herzl and Map of the Holyland) postcard/stationery card with Jewish Legion letterhead, written by a Jewish soldier in Egypt to Philadelphia, with "SZ 24 Army Post Office" and octagonal military censor handstamp alongside, some wear and tear, rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #2042 ISRAEL 1918 two unused picture postcards, one "Hagdud Ha Ivri" (Jewish Battalion) with six soldiers, the other (copyrighted in 1935) of the Jewish Legion, little toning, otherwise fine. Also included is a "Jewish Brigade Group" uniform arm patch | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2043 ISRAEL 1920 (13 Mar) handwritten four-page letter (in Russian) from Zeev Jabotinsky to girlfriend Nina Berligne (later Nina Berlin) in Geneva, with envelope franked with British Mandate 1pi adhesive, sent from Jerusalem, fine letter (Zeev Jabotinsky (1980-1940) was a Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, soldier and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa. With Joseph Trumpeldor, he co-founded the Jewish Legion of the British army in World War I. Later he established several Jewish organizations in Palestine, including Beitar, Hatzohar and the Irgun) | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #2044 ISRAEL 1921 (6 Jan) letter on first Jewish Legation stationery from Lodd, where the Jewish Legion was based at that time, written by Isaak Olshansky to Nina Berlin (Olshansky shortened his name to Olshan and after the creation of the State of Israel was one of the original five justices appointed to the Supreme Court. Olshan became president of the Supreme Court in 1953 and served until his retirement in 1965), also four covers addressed to Nina Berlin in Geneva and in Jaffa | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2045 ISRAEL 1941 Letter on "Jewish Agency for Palestine" stationery, signed by Dr. Arthur Ruppin (a Zionist thinker and leader. He was one of the founders of the city of Tel Aviv, and directed Berlin's Bureau for Jewish Statistics and Demography from 1902 to 1907. Ruppin joined the Zionist Organization in 1905 and in 1907 he was sent by David Wolffsohn, the President of the ZO, to study the condition of the Yishuv (the Jewish community in Palestine), then in the Ottoman Empire, to investigate the possibilities for development of agriculture and industry. He reported on what he saw, which was distressing, and gave recommendations for improving the situation. In 1908 Ruppin came to live in Palestine by decision of the eighth Zionist Congress. He opened the Palestine Office of the Zionist Organization in Jaffa, with the aim of directing the settlement activities of the Zionist movement. His work made Practical Zionism possible and shaped the direction of the Second Aliya, the last wave of Jewish immigration) | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2046 ISRAEL 1942-44 Jewish Brigade lettersheets, 23 different, written in Hebrew and English, "CMF" (Central Mediterranean Forces), rarely seen | Unsold |
 | Lot #2047 ISRAEL 1944-48 Internment Camps, 12 Cyprus covers and a document, including Courier cover, many interesting markings, also five covers from Mauritius, one to Palestine, others to U.S., all with triangle censor markings | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2048 ISRAEL 1948 (9 June) vellum with memorial for a soldier who fell in War of Independence, signed by David Ben Gurion, fine (David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader and largely led the struggle for an independent Jewish state. On 14 May 1948, he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel, and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He is known as Israel's founding father) | Unsold |
 | Lot #2049 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-1000m complete set with Tabs, n.h. and post office fresh, well centered, signed Bolaffi and Diena, with 1985 certificates. A very fine set, seldom offered in this superior condition ** Catalog #1-9 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #2050 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-1000m complete set with Tabs, sheet margin singles, n.h. and post office fresh, well centered, fine-v.f., with 1968 Bolaffi certificate. A superior set of Doar Ivri, seldom offered in such quality ** Catalog #1-9 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #2051 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-1000m complete set with Tabs, n.h. and post office fresh, well centered, v.f., signed Bloch, with Friedl certificate ** Catalog #1-9 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #2052 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-1000m, complete set with tabs, n.h., minute fingerprints and natural gum wrinkles, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #1-9 Catalog Value $6,250 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #2053 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 3m-1000m, complete set with tabs used on cacheted First Day Cover, v.f. and rare, signed Shalit (Bale 1-9) Catalog #1-9 Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2054 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, complete set of nine on cacheted Tel Aviv FDC, also second Postage Dues set of six with Tabs, left sheet margin singles canceled on unaddressed and cacheted FDC, fine-v.f. Catalog #1-9,J6-11 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2055 ISRAEL 1948 3m-50m, perf. 10x11, complete set with tabs, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Burger, ** Catalog #Bale 1d-6d Catalog Value $920 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2056 ISRAEL 1948 10m-50m, perf. 10x11, three high values with tabs, n.h., 50m with faint toned spot on reverse, still v.f., expert signed, ** Catalog #Bale 3d-6d Catalog Value $908 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #2057 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays, 3m vertical gutter pair with tabs, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #10 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2058 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays, 65m horizontal gutter tete-beche pair, imperf. in margin, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #14 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2059 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays, 65m horizontal gutter tete-beche block of four, imperf. in margin, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #14 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2060 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays, 65m cross gutter block of four, double perforations at top, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #14var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2061 ISRAEL 1957 Independence and Bezalel Museum, three Tab Row sheetlets of five (perf. and imperf. margins of last), n.h., v.f. (Bale 142e,143e) ** Catalog #127,128var | Price Realized $450.00 |
