Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World including the Fred Blau Collection
March 3-4, 2020
We are pleased to announce our March 3-4, 2020 Auction, featuring the Fred Blau collection of Palestine Aerophilately and Military Mail, followed by United States and Possessions, with Dr.Ernesto Arosemena's Canal Zone, continuing with selections from Asia, Western European countries, South and Central America, Middle East, as well as extensive Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Poland with an exceptional collection of World War II Occupation proofs & essays, Russia, Vatican City, etc., and ending as usual with Large Lots and Collections. This is a live public auction taking place in our NYC Galleries as well as on CherrystoneLIVE.
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| Lot #990 ISRAEL 1942-44 Jewish Brigade lettersheets, 23 different, written in Hebrew and English, "CMF" (Central Mediterranean Forces), rarely seen
| Price Realized $300.00
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| Lot #991 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)
| Price Realized $200.00
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| Lot #992 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1000m with tabs, set of sheet margin singles, never hinged and post office fresh, faint fingerprint impressions on gum as often, still v.f., ** Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00
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| Lot #993 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1000m with tabs, set of three, last two with sheet margin, faint toned specks or gum imperfections, never hinged, fine-v.f., each signed "Burger BPP", ** Catalog #7-9 Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00
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| Lot #994 ISRAEL 1948 250m green, with tab, n.h., v.f., pencil signed Diena and Raybaudi, with certificate ** Catalog #7 | Price Realized $450.00
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| Lot #995 ISRAEL 1948 500m red brown, with tab, sheet margin at right, n.h., faint creasing, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #8 | Price Realized $230.00
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| Lot #996 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, unexploded 120pr booklet, stapled at right, various advertising interleafs, v.f., Bale Catalog #B1 Catalog Value $400 | Price Realized $180.00
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| Lot #997 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, unexploded 120pr booklet, stapled at right, various advertising interleafs, v.f., Bale Catalog #B1 Catalog Value $400 | Price Realized $180.00
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| Lot #998 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, unexploded 300pr booklet, stapled at right, various advertising interleafs, back cover orange on white "Giftboxes of Oranges", v.f., Bale Catalog #B3b Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $325.00
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| Lot #999 ISRAEL 1948 Doar Ivri, unexploded 300pr booklet, stapled at right, various advertising interleafs, back cover orange on white "Giftboxes of Oranges", v.f., Bale Catalog #B3b Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $325.00
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| Lot #1000 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays, vertical gutter pairs with full tabs, l.h. in gutter between stamps, completely unfolded and post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare set of vertical gutter pairs with tabs * Catalog #10-14 | Price Realized $1,500.00
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| Lot #1001 ISRAEL 1948 Holidays, vertical gutter pairs with full tabs showing color bands, l.h. in gutter between stamps, completely unfolded and post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare set of vertical gutter pairs with tabs * Catalog #10-14 | Price Realized $1,700.00
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| Lot #1002 ISRAEL 1949 Tabul Exhibition, ten souvenir sheets, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #16 Catalog Value $550 | Price Realized $90.00
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| Lot #1003 ISRAEL 1949 Second Coins, 10 complete sets with tabs, mostly in large strips, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #17-22 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $280.00
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| Lot #1004 ISRAEL 1965 10a Bet Shean, left sheet margin imperforate tab block of six, n.h., some creasing through top stamps and at bottom tabs, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #281var | Price Realized $290.00
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