Auction Detail
January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
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145 unused picture postcards from Bethlehem, Haifa, Jaffa, Jericho, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Samaria, the Dead Sea, and Tiberia including costumes, buildings, families, and holy sites, as well as dried flowers from various areas, mostly housed in four small wood decorative albums, very fine and quite attractive
two binders of stamps and covers on White Ace pages, begins with nice selection of Germany, Italy, and Russia offices in the Holy Land, continues with (in no particular order) local issues of Israel including Safed mint and used on unaddressed cover, Nahariya set on unaddressed cover as well as used and mint singles and sets, Rischon LeZion, 1943 Stamps of the Diaspora set with “Post” overprints, 1948 Parachutists set mint and used, 1948 Jerusalem issues (Types I, II, and III) with inverted overprints, other later issues represented throughout, some military mail including military letter sheets with censored soldiers letter, POW letters with Red Cross markings, French Consulate in Jerusalem cover, strong representation of British Mandate in Palestine, including printing and paper varieties and postage dues, overall fine to very fine, a well-assembled collection, a close inspection by the specialist should prove very worthwhile
complete set with tabs tied by first day cancel to Ministerial presentation sheet, very fine
never hinged horizontal strip of five (mostly separated between third and fourth stamps), with full tab and sheet margin, very fine (Scott $1,125 as singles)
in Lighthouse album, most (if not all) never hinged, tabbed singles appear complete less 7-9 and J1-5, including 1-6, 10-14, 23-25, 27, 28-30, 33-34, 55, and J6-11, includes 7-9 mint, also comprehensive run of tete-beche pairs, generally very fine and clean, an attractive collection
collection in a deluxe Lighthouse stockbook, mostly never hinged includes 1-6 and roulette tabs 1a-3b, 7-9 (three sets, one with tabs), 10-14 tabs and tête-bêche gutter pairs, 15 left and right tabs, 16 (2), 18-21 tête-bêche pairs and tête-bêche gutter pairs, 23-25 tabs, 27 left and right tabs, 28-30 tabs, 31-32 tabs and tête-bêche gutter pairs, 33-34 tabs, 35-36 tabs, 55 tab, 237a, C1-6 tabs, and more, fresh group, inspection recommended, fine to very fine or better, owner's Scott/Bale catalogue value $5,000+
attractive collection, most mint stamps with tabs, some better items throughout, fine to very fine
approximately 46 binders in five large cartons, includes parallel mint/used, tab singles and blocks, sheetlets, coils, FDCs, and more, less some early rarities this appears to be very nearly every format and product produced for collectors, generally very fine, an extraordinary holding which must have cost a small fortune at new-issue prices, about as comprehensive an Israel new-issue collection as we have seen