Award-Winning Postal Censorship Collection, 1948-2000, garnering a Vermeil at the Rocky Mountain Stamp Show, a five-frame mounted exhibit showcasing a comprehensive collection of adhesive censorship tapes, civilian and military handstamps and Post Office labels (Shukaf and X-rayed handstamps), etc., employed on the mails during the period, Very Fine, see the first frame online.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Sale 749 The Leo Malz Specialized Collections of Israel and Palestine
By: Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions
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 #1251 - 4: Israel collections
Lot #1252 - 4: Israel collections
Sensational Caboose Lot from a Powerful Consignment, but one with plenty of steam left in it, in albums, binders, file folders, boxes and books; two strong used collections (many tabs, gutter pairs, etc.), one housed in a Scott Brown album; a binder of "minor varieties"; tab singles, strips and blocks; plate blocks; Year Books; ATM labels; Prestige Booklets; mint singles, some sheets…you get the picture: it's all here; mint with much...
Lot #1253 - 4: Israel collections
A Honey of a Mint and Used Collection, 1949-2006, impressive and valuable ten-binder holding of stamps, comprising a nice mint singles collection, an extensive holding of souvenir sheets, a good range of mint tabs (including one full volume of tab blocks and strips), an interesting volume of "minor varieties", two volumes of ATM stamps, etc., etc., etc., Fine to Very Fine with better throughout, one to milk for all it's worth.
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Lot #1254 - 4: Israel collections
Expansive Plate and Tab Block Collection, 1952-2007, taking 11 volumes (all but two slipcased) to hold it; many, many hundreds of individual stamps and complete sets, some usefully duplicated with quantities of up to four or five; note several with notations as to plate varieties; generally arranged chronologically, with the following issues broken out into their own mini-collections: Landscapes, 1960-61 Provisionals & Zodiac...
Lot #1255 - 4: Israel collections
Powerful Collection of Post Office Opening and Closing Covers, 1948-95, First Day and Last Day enthusiasts take note; a stunning holding spread across ten binders (!) documenting the Israeli Post Office; eight binders of Post Office Openings between 1948 and 1964, with 1948-50 items including Registered usages, local post office cachets, and many Hoexter Blanko envelopes; from 1950 on most issues present on both Israel Post...
Lot #1256 - 4: Israel collections
Massive Collection of Pictorial and Slogan Cancels, 1948-2009, extensive and varied holding of thousands, some organized on pages in six binders, others on loose pages, and yet others in boxes awaiting your attention; covers a mixed of plain and cacheted—the latter including Heritage, Simon and Official—with a variety of attractive and numerous multicolor designs; frankings include early tabs, while the cancels commemorate a huge range...
Lot #1257 - 4: Israel collections
Expansive Collection of Autographed Covers, six binders' worth in total, mostly First Days, including one volume of famous Israelis, including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Sharrett, Moshe Dayan, Menachem Begin, plus many early stamp designers, etc.; nearly all produced in very limited quantities; see one binder in full online.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #1258 - 4: Israel collections
Massive Mint Sheet Collection, 1951-2009, hundreds upon hundreds of complete sheets, housed chronologically in nine binders (with a group of oversized protected but in need of a good home); we can't promise the holding is complete for the period, but it sure comes close; very limited, light duplication (more prevalent on the most recent issues), with some duplication presenting plate varieties; you'll find definitives and...
Lot #1259 - 4: Israel collections
Sinai War Cover Collection, 1956-60, in three volumes, comprising an exhibit collection of Gaza Post Office openings with all known different cachets, philatelic covers, etc.; a specialized study of Army Sinai Airletters, including rare genuinely used examples; and a collection of post-war UNEF Forces in Gaza-Sinai covers during the occupation and turnover, with covers/stationery from UNEF Headquarters in Naples, plus in-theater covers...
Lot #1260 - 4: Israel collections
Military Labels and Censors Collection, all things IDF-related; sizable holding starting with examples of "Urgent", "Immediate", "Official" and Censor labels and forms, followed by 75 covers or forms showing usages of the labels, along with an array of additional markings, handstamps, etc.; most stampless but a handful franked (Second Coins on); includes a couple items of incoming mail, several covers addressed in Arabic, meter-...
Lot #1261 - 4: Israel collections
One-of-a-Kind Arab Prisoner-of-War Collection, 1948-67, a fascinating and surely unique compilation of covers and forms, comprising seven covers from the 1948 War from Arab POWs with Israeli, Egyptian or Syrian censors' handstamps or tape; five unused Red Cross or Magen David Adom POW formulars from the Six-Day War; plus 13 used formulars, apparently all from the Six-Day War, most with destinations of Egypt, but also note Jordan, Gaza...
Lot #1262 - 4: Israel collections
Collection of Covers, 1941-49, approximately 40 in all, focusing primarily on the 1948-49 period; includes 1945 (Dec. 4 and 26) envelopes to Tel Aviv, the former showing "Jewish Int. Bde. WKSP…" unframed handstamp in violet with "Field Post Office/376" c.d.s., the latter showing "'D' Coy' 3rd (Jewish) Bn./The Palestine Regt." unframed handstamp in violet with "Army Post Office/440" c.d.s.; 1948 (Feb. 26) envelope showing "Mefaked Ha'ir...
Lot #1263 - 4: Israel collections
Three-War Collection of Covers, 1956-73, comprising the Sinai War, with more than 50 covers or cards and five Red Cross P.O.W. message forms, commencing with an unaddressed 1956 (Dec. 10) envelope with the autograph of Rav Aluf Moshe Dayan, followed by various envelopes from the Israeli Occupation of the Sinai showing Israeli censor or commemorative cachets, including censored envelope and postcard each showing "Military Governor of...
Lot #1264 - 4: Israel collections
Extensive First Day Cover Collection of Blocks and Sheets, 1949-2010, highly complete holding in ten (!) binders: three dedicated to plate blocks, three to special sheets and four to souvenir sheets; clean throughout, with all covers cacheted (some earlies addressed); note a couple tab blocks, some round-robins, etc., Very Fine, volume of 1949-54 covers imaged in full online.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #1265 - 4: Israel collections
Tab Single First Day Covers Collection, 1949-60, approximately 230 covers in all, housed in three binders, ranging from 1949's Flag issue through 1960's Airmail issue; in between, each issue present with two or more covers, usually one cancelled Tel Aviv, the other from any number of other cities, from Jerusalem to Gaza (!); many early issues with full double tabs; generally fresh and clean, though expect some actual travel wear (never...
Lot #1266 - 4: Israel collections
First Day Cover Extravaganza, 1949-, many, many hundreds requiring 12 binders and seven boxes to hold them all; collection comprises three volumes of "Shai" covers; Maximum Cards; large First Day Covers for booklets, irregular sheets, complete sets, etc.; booklets and prestige booklets; Computer/ATM stamps; Standby issues, phosphors and non-denominated items; tête-bêche pairs, plus a couple binders of issues without tabs; generally...
Lot #1267 - 4: Israel collections
Six-Day War Cover Collection, 1967-69, in four binders, several hundred covers and Maximum Cards chronicling the expansion of Israeli postal services in the newly occupied territories with a massive array (some duplicated) of Post Office openings; Shalst and Simon cachet covers and Maximum Cards; Zahal military covers, etc.; variety of frankings, including tabs and even some Egypt-Israel mixed frankings, Very Fine, clean and sound....
Lot #1268 - 4: Israel collections
Prolific Postmarks Collection, 1948-82, three binders, one offering 54 "old postmarks" and Post Office openings on Simon cachet covers; one holding 61 Jerusalem numeral cancels (with list of corresponding branches), some used as receivers; and one containing 71 mostly Registered covers—philatelic, commercial, meter cancels—from Rehovoth, Very Fine, an eclectic group; see the Simon covers in full online.
Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot #1269 - 4: Israel collections
Extensive Philatelic Exhibitions Collection, in six full binders, with events from the 1950s to 2000 comprising a wealth of labels (some in full sheets, some with printing errors), booklets, cachets and special event covers, etc., including one binder dedicated to Touring Stamp Exhibitions of the 1950s (along with a selection of sporting-related covers); clean and fresh throughout, Fine to Very Fine, sampled online.
Estimate $400...
Lot #1270 - 4: Israel collections
Collection of Memorial Day issues, special covers, 1952-2000 (Bale 68//1374), in five binders holding 165 covers in total; the first binder is a general collection of First Day Cover, presentation folders, artist-signed folders and the like; the remaining four a specialized and fairly complete collection of Zahal covers sporting cachets with insignia, stamp designs, etc., quite a few of which are all-over images; we note numerous...
Lot #1271 - 4: Israel collections
Collection of Commemorative Pins, 1948-68, a true "And now for something completely different" moment: a binder filled with 177 pins, badges, buttons and clip-ons, comprising various Israeli military and civilian commemorative items, plus others celebrating the JNF and various Israeli "Days"; pictures really can say more, so we point you to our website where you can see them all.
Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot #1272 - 4: Israel collections
Collection of Plate Blocks, 1949-81, in blocks of six or four, with various plate numbers and many issues complete; includes 1949 National Flag 20m; 1950 Independence Day (2 sets); 1950 First Airmail 5p and 100p plate "1", and 30p, 40p, 50p and 250p, the four values each with plates "1" to "6" complete; 1950 Negev Camel 500p (3); 1952 Menorah (2), o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, see a sampling online.
Estimate $400 - 500.
Lot #1273 - 4: Israel collections
Official "PAYÉ" Cancels Collection, 1948-89, 57 covers neatly arranged on pages in a binder, bearing either handstamped or machine-cancelled "PAYÉ" markings; each annotated as to letter or design differences, dates, size, etc.; note 12 First Day of Usage covers from various towns across Israel, several nice corner cards, both domestic (predominant) and foreign usages, and the like; condition varies, but generally clean and nearly all...
Lot #1274 - 4: Israel collections
Dealers Stock of Souvenir Sheets, 1957-, comprising Tabil '57 (58), Taviv '60 (29), El Al Anniversary (approximately 345), Jerusalem '73 (30 sets plus 11 glassines each marked "100"), plus a box of later issues, including Netanya '76, Tabir '78, Magen David Adom Jubilee, etc., etc., most appearing to be in quantities of 20 or more; a grand lot for the dealer or eBayer, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #1275 - 4: Israel collections
Army Paymaster Envelopes, 1949-80, a 16-page "mini-exhibit" comprising 28 covers for the period, noting the changing imprints and inscriptions, with covers through 1956 sporting Registry labels, later items either inscribed simply "Official Mail" or with pre-printed Registry markings; all items fully annotated with notes on printing type, inscription changes, paper varieties, postal history, and more, Fine to Very Fine or better,...
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