Egyptian Occupation of Palestine, Solid Collection, 1948-61, wonderful single-binder collection of mint and used stamps, covers and related material; opens with two Nile Valley Association for Palestine Aid bonds (50-qirsh with counterfoil, 100-qirsh without), followed by a nice variety of Association stamps; the strength of the holding is in its 46 covers, offering British Mandate cancels, an excellent holding of "Palestine"...
Sale 749 The Leo Malz Specialized Collections of Israel and Palestine
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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Sale 749 The Leo Malz Specialized Collections of Israel and Palestine
Sale 749
The Leo Malz Specialized Collection
of Palestine and Israel
Haiti Philatelic Society members who attended the NY2016 World Stamp Show had an opportunity to
meet and chat with Leo at the HPS presentation
Leo Malz is second from the right. Leo Malz (1948-2020)
Leo was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1948. Soon after, he and his parents emigrated to America, settling in New
York City. Leo’s father established a very successful business that sold plastics to various companies throughout Latin America.
Like many of his generation, Leo’s interest in Latin America was directly related to the stamps he acquired from the incoming mail
that his father brought home from work. Like many philatelists, Leo had a strong and deep intellectual curiosity to learn about the
stamps and when he reached adulthood, he had the ability to afford the valuable stamps, covers and proofs that he needed in order to
build an important collection. Leo purchased his stamps, covers and proofs from numerous dealers and auctioneers, including many
name sales, for over half a century. Many of his items have been off the market for years.
Viewers will notice that the strength of this catalog is Haitian philately. In 1979, at age 33, Leo joined the Haiti Philatelic Society,
becoming member #82. He became a Life Member in 2010. In his eulogy for Leo in the current issue of HPS Journal, his good longtime friend Peter C. Jeannopoulos, wrote, “The stamps and postal history of Haiti were of special interest to Leo. Haiti fascinated
him because of its exoticness and the fact that so little was published…Every facet of Haitian philately was well represented in his
collection. Overall, it was one of the finest that the writer has ever seen. It ranges from prephilatelic to the modern. It encompassed
essays, proofs, multiples, postal history and sheets…If he had been interested in exhibiting the many different aspects of his Haiti
collection would certainly have garnered gold medals.”
In addition to Latin America, Leo collected other areas that will appear in future Kelleher auctions. Leo also was a dealer in
Astrophilately, advertising in the pages of Linn’s Stamp News for many decades.
While in his 50’s, Leo was asked by Sam Malamud of Ideal Stamp Co. to travel to Mongolia to negotiate the contract for Ideal to sell
the new issues of Mongolia. The Mongolian government assigned a young woman to be his interpreter. They fell in love and married.
She emigrated and they have three young children. Very sadly, soon after their first child was born, Leo was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer. Because it was caught early, his life was prolonged, but the treatments made daily life very difficult. He lost his
battle on February 3
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Lot #1290 - 5: Jordan and Arab Palestine jordan
Jordan, Collection of Stamps and Documents, ca. 1922-83, with stamps loose or on piece and approximately 30 documents or receipts, mostly used from the West Bank, including 1925 telephone receipt bearing "East of Jordan" 2m pair canceled by "Amman" intaglio seal in violet; Jordan Revenues overprinted "Palestine" 10m and 20m with Obligatory Tax 15m used on 1949-51 Court document and two permit applications or commercial papers; Israel...
Lot #1291 - 5: Jordan and Arab Palestine jordan
Jordanian Occupation of Palestine, 1948, 1m red brown (Scott NJ1 var), horizontal pair, right stamp without overprint, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
SG PD25c; £375 ($480).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #1292 - 5: Jordan and Arab Palestine jordan
Jordanian Occupation of Palestine, Mint and Used Collection, 1948-56, replete with varieties, including 1948 12m with overprint in green, never hinged; 1948 Postage Due watermark MCA perf 14 10m mint and perf 12 4m with overprint inverted (3) and overprint double (2) mint, three stamps never hinged, 10m with overprint inverted (2) and overprint double (2) never hinged; 1948 Postage Due redrawn unwatermarked imperforate 2m corner block...
Lot #1293 - 5: Jordan and Arab Palestine jordan
Jordanian Occupation of Palestine, Postal History Collection, 1949-57, comprising approximately 70 covers, mostly franked with "Palestine" overprints, some in combination with Jordan adhesives; many nice frankings with Registered, censored and Airmail with two different types of "AV 2" handstamp, while the Jordan usages include 1957 envelope from Aqabat Jabr to Jerusalem bearing Jordan 3f on 3m with Postage Due 1f pair applied on...
Lot #1294 - 5: Jordan and Arab Palestine middle east
Middle East, Interesting Collection of Postal Tax and "Aid Palestine" Stamps & Overprints, 1945-51, with material from Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan, with approximately 45 covers; the stamps well-represented with varieties and the covers have a nice range of usages, Fine to Very Fine, see the collection's full breadth online.
Estimate $400 - 500.
Lot #1295 - 5: Jordan and Arab Palestine Arab Palestine
Palestine, Anti-Israel Propaganda issues, 1951-98, approximately 60 covers and numerous propaganda labels or vignettes from various Middle Eastern countries, including 1951 Beit Al Mal Al Arabi Fund imperforate 2m to 50m set of 5, seven sets of this issue printed in Jaffa by the Arab Treasury to fund the Resistance; Beit Al Mal Al Arabi Fund stamps rouletted in black used (on reverse) in combination with Jordan adhesives on 13...
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