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| Auction 248 of 30 Apr 08 Foreign Covers (1964-1999) |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1964 |
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na | 1939, WWII Jewish trader commercial cover with better franking, from Teheran 10.12.39, to Haifa, Palestine, BS Baghdad 11 Dec 39, sealed by Palestine censor with VERY EARLY PC 22 "No. 49" form, tied by boxed censor h/s | EST | 40-50 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1965 |
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na | 1854, small cover from Belfast Ireland, to New York, Belfast Fe 23 cds, large '24' h/s, 19 Cents in arc, wax seal on reverse, a bit toned but nice markings | EST | 25-35 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1966 |
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na | ISRAEL, 1948 Interim Nahariya card with three issue franking of Interim, Nahariya-Haifa Emergency Post & Palestine. Has 2m Palestine & 5m Interim overstamped 'Doar', paying correct 7m postcard rate & 10m Nahariya sea transmission. Cancelled Nahariya 11 May 1948. Boxed "Isolated Western Galilee / By Sea" h/s. Mailed from Shave Zion, a tiny village 2 miles south of Nahariya, addressed to Jerusalem, which was totally BESIEGED ...message in German....tear & crease at UR o/w fine & VERY SCARCE1 | EST | 100-150 |
| 1967 |
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na | ISRAEL, Two period Hebrew/English cover, featuring Rachel's Tomb; franked Palestine 2m pair & 6m, cancelled 5 MY 48 (Last day of British mandate) & Israel 3m pair cancelled 16 MY 1948 as First Day of Jewish Postal Service | EST | 35-45 |
| 1968 |
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na | ISRAEL, First New Year in independent Israel, real photo postcard features celebration following the historic U.N. resolution of Nov 29, 1947, that is the Partition of the British ruled Palestine Mandate into Jewish State & and Arab State. Card issued by the Soldier's Welfare Committee in Israel; posted by an active soldier in FPO 158 to his family in Givat Rambam...has violet triangle FPO h/s and circular APO-3 h/s dated 1.10.48 | EST | 45-55 |
| 1969 |
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na | ISRAEL, First airmail issues Scott C2 pair w/part tab & coil stamps w/full tabs, on first flight cover to Japan via Scandinavia Airlines, cancelled Lydda 26.4.1951, flight cachet, BS Tokyo 28.4.1951 | EST | 30-40 |
| 1970 | na | na | 1954/1986, lot of 25 FDC's, many with full tabs, most cacheted & unaddr | EST | 15-25 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1971 |
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na | 1891, 25¢ blue #48 tied by Carrara squared circle cancel 20 Jun 1891, on cover to Luray, Va, interesting letter re procuring granite block for statue for American sculptor Herbert Barbee (see also lot 1118) | EST | 20-30 |
| 1972 |
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na | ITALY, 1895 postal card with large multicolored label showing Pope Leon XIII (LEO XIII) along with Vatican banner, tied by dispatch cds; posted to Berlin, BS on arrival. It should be noted that LEO XIII, known as the "Pope of the Working Man", also he awarded a gold medal to a fashionable 19th Century cocaine-laced wine called Vin Mariani, the drink that inspired Coca Cola....VERY SCARCE1 | EST | 70-90 |
| 1973 |
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na | 1909, 94,95 pair tied by Rome 11 09 cds's on blue cover to Blue Hill, Maine, Hotel Imperial cnr cd, open roughly at right o/w fine | EST | 15-25 |
| 1974 |
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na | B20-B25, cplt set tied by special cancels on commemorative folder, | . | 325.00 |
| 1975 |
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na | ITALY, WWII P.O.W. card "To be used for notification of capture only", printed in English, Italian & French, sent from as Italian POW held in Palestine (!), to Udine, Italy. Has three-line Red Cross & British & Italian censor h/s's at front. Back shows message, approved contrary to regulations | EST | 60-70 |
| 1976 | na | na | 1958/1983, lot of 27 FDC's, all cacheted, 2 addr, balance unaddr | EST | 50-75 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1977 | na | na | 1957/1972, lot of 25 different FDC's, all cacheted, most unaddr | EST | 35-45 |
| 1978 |
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na | JAPAN, 1958, first K.L.M. POLAR flight, Tokyo to Amsterdam 4.XI.58, , multi-franked and cacheted, with informational card enclosed | EST | 35-45 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1979 |
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na | 1946, Judaica related, beautifully illustrated commemorative postcard for the 1000th anniversary of the 2nd Crusades in 1146 to Palestine, captioned 'Towards Jerusalem...to save & redeem the Tomb of Peace Prince...', followed by the famous call 'For the sake of God' which united all crusaders. Special label tied by magenta cachet & special illustrated 22.7.46 cds tying stamps; same cachet on reverse, VF | EST | 70-80 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1980 | na | na | 1971-1972, lot of 25 FDC's, all cacheted & unaddr | EST | 25-35 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1981 |
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na | B1-B3, pairs tied by Rigas 23.VI.27 cancels on air mail cover to Bordeaux, with special red & black commemorative label in blue box at left | EST | 20-30 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1982 |
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na | 1937, Lot of four first flights on 23.IV.37 to Hawaii, Manila, Guam & San Francisco, all Registered with purple cachet & properly backstamped | EST | 25-35 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1983 | na | na | 1947/1979, lot of 22 different FDC's, incl 1947 Roosevelt commemorative, addr, balance 1970's, unaddr | EST | 25-35 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1984 |
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na | 1903, On Public Service Only, imprinted N.Z. TREASURY FREE, small cover to Dunedin, BS Dec 7, red oval embossed seal on back flap, | EST | 50-60 |
| 1985 |
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na | 1944, 229-241 cplt set from ½p - 1/ tied by 8 Feb 44 cancels on large cover to Lt col Burton, M.E.F. | EST | 40-50 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1986 |
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na | 1935, Thor Solberg flight 6.VIII.35 from US to Norway via Leiv Eiriksson route, red & blue cachet, cover signed by the pilot | EST | 30-40 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1987 |
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na | 1920, Occupied Enemy Territory Palestine Administration (O.E.T.P.A.), large telegram form in English, handed in Suez Docks via Jerusalem with Jaffa cds dated 26 JU 20, message re kerosene supply | EST | 45-55 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1988 |
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na | 1919, 133-139, cplt, 10f - 1m, tied by Lodz 26.9.19 cancels on locally registered cover, opened roughly at top, no back flap | EST | 15-25 |
| 1989 | na | na | 1940/50's, lot of 8 airmail covers, multiple frankings, 7 to Conn with enclosed letters, one to NY | EST | 25-35 |
| 1990 |
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na | 1944, 3K1-3K8, cplt. tied to large cover by boxed pictorial cancels, to Lt Col Burton, M.E.F. | EST | 50-75 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1991 |
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na | 1964, two Registered post cards with local scenes franked with 259-261, C14-C16, tied by large pictorial slogan cancel, received in New York June 1, these stamps are rarely seen postally used! | EST | 30-40 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1992 | na | na | 1964/1988, lot of 23 FDC's, 20 diff + 3 dups, all cacheted & unaddr | EST | 20-30 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1993 |
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na | SWITZERLAND, Holocaust related, 10¢ postal card with added 10¢ franking, from Flora Rubinstein to Gustav Georg in Palestine, cancelled Les Avants 10.3.45. British & Palestine censor h/s's. "I am your father's cousin, you might even recognize my name... I have been in Theresienstadt along with your parents, they are alive as well as your brother & his wife! Your father works a carpenter's shop & your brother is in charge of a survivor's youth camp...I was lucky to be included in a special transport to Switzerland (due to bad health and or old age)...will be settled in a local Refugee Camp in a few days. Spread the good news to whole family..." | EST | 70-90 |
| 1994 | na | na | 1969/1972, lot of 21 different FDC's, all cacheted & unaddr | EST | 25-35 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1995 |
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na | 1939, Tin Can Mail, Registered cover from Niuafo'ou, to Toronto, Canada, 3 boxed, 3 circular & 9 straight line h/s on reverse, original letter enclosed | EST | 30-40 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1996 |
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na | 1931, Jean Mermoz flight to Europe, Registered post card from Montevideo to Spain | EST | 35-45 |
| Lot | Photo | Cond. | Description | Value type | Value US$ |
| 1997 | na | na | WORLDWIDE, 1980'S, 88 different FDC's from Fleetwood, most in sets of 4 or 5 related covers, from Great Britain (28), Germany (10), Australia (11), Russia (8), China (8), Canada (6), Turks & Caicos (4), + 13 misc, all VF cacheted, unaddr | EST | 100-125 |
| 1998 | na | na | WORLDWIDE, consignor balance lot of 98 covers, 19th century to modern, but mostly 1930's-50's, incl 9 FDC's, 2 Registered, 4 Censored, many airmail incl first flights, a few special events | EST | 300-400 |
| 1999 | na | na | WORLDWIDE, 1926, lot of 7 covers to Conn from Morocco (2), Monaco (2), Gibraltar, France & Spain, from Round the World Society, each a mimeographed 3 page folded letter telling stories of local people and places | EST | 15-25 |