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lot # 1051 - 3: Israel: Forerunners and Interim Period jewish national fund

Tuesday Dec 08, 2020 10:00 America/New_York

Jewish National Fund Collection Formed by Dr. Abrham Polay, 1902-60, a noteworthy, largely mint collection of stamps and labels, by one of the founders of the S.I.P.; housed in two Elbe Roosevelt albums, with proofs, booklets, Interim overprints, covers, and many issues complete; includes 1902-07 Zion stamps in 5 blocks of four and larger; 1909 Herzl 5m imperforate color trials in six different colors; 1934 Kremeneyzky booklet (exploded); 1936 Dizengoff booklet (exploded); 1936 Herzl brown booklet pane of 8 and similar pane of 4 in blue and booklet cover for 1938 issue; 1938 Religious Zionism six designs se-tenant in imperforate proof sheets of nine (2, in brown and blue respectively); 1941 Ussisshkin imperforate color trials (4); 1945 Hankin booklet (exploded); 1948 Alphabet red on gray complete sheet of 28; New York Office 1927-28 Zion booklet panes of 15 for both issues and booklet cover; 1938 Puzzle Map of Jerusalem sheets of 12 in brown and in red and Puzzle Map of Eretz Israel sheets of 12 in brown and in green; Brazil Office 1944 Diaspora issue booklet pane cover and the 5 panes; and Interim period with 1948 "Doar" overprint on Jewish Sportsmen 10m complete sheet of 16; 1948 Jewish Brigade 10m overprinted "Doar" with Nahariya Local 1st issue imperforate 10m tête-bêche pair used on 1948 (May 2) envelope to Haifa; 1948 overprinted "Doar" on Negev 5m to 50m and on Proposed Jewish State 5m on local registered Haifa envelope; 1948 overprinted "Doar" on Development & Defense 50m and Eliezer Ben Yehuda 2m block of four with Palestine 3m on 1949 (May 12) Registered Express envelope from Nesher Yajur to Haifa; some age spotting, Fine to Very Fine, see it all online, the collection was exhibited at Ispex 1958 in Honor of the 10th Anniversary of the State of Israel.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

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