Welcome to our 42nd Auction. The enclosed list of Prices Realized of our 41st Auction, held on November 26 2014, shows that it was a most successful sale with most areas selling well. There is a strong demand for good quality items.
We start this Auction with the 2 International Large Gold Collections:
ISRAEL 1948 – 1959 POSTAL HISTORY – 2nd part
1948 DOAR IVRI – 4th part
Of the many specialties offered, the following merit special attention:Turkish Forerunners, Palestine Stamps, 1948 Interim & Besieged Cities, Israel Postage Dues, Israel First Day Covers, JNF issues, Anti-Semitism & Holocaust mail culminating with Coins & Banknotes. All the specialties are listed in the detailed Table of Contents.
Please FAX your final bids to avoid delays. Bidders are requested to include their FAX and telephone numbers and/or email addresses on their bid sheets. For the convenience of our clients in the Metropolitan New York area Dr. Arthur Groten is available to accept bids and consignments by phone 845-471-4179 or e-mail[email protected]
Consignments can also be submitted by Mr. Gary Theodore, office phone 732-229-5310, cell 732-996-0520 or e-mail [email protected], Fax: 732-229-4805
With all good and sincere wishes,
(see also #682/683, 691 & 830/832)
Shanghai: 11/1939 - 4/1941 8 cvs/pcs to Jew. refugees all early War mail from Germany & Austria & 11/1939 air mail pc from Copenhagen w/Singapore censor circ. cachet + Shanghai arr pmk all on face, 10/1940 air mail regist cv ex Berlin endorsed "Luftpost bis Moskau", 5 items endorsed "Via Siberia", various censor marks & arr pmks; 1 cv w/faults, balance f - vf (x8)
Mauritius Camp - 11 items, 7 cvs: 2 to Palestine, 1 to
N. York, 2 to British Forces (1 regist) & 2 local (1 regist), various frankings & B2 & B4 triangle censors, 2 Telegrams - 1/1941 from detainee to Haifa & 6/1944 to Nathanya (last toned). 2 Red Cross Enquierers from Camp (these Rare): 3/1942 via German RC to Ostrava Mor. answered + 4/1942 to Ung. Brad answered 1/1943!: "... we will soon travel to Theresienstadt", both w/Mauritius RC cachets; fine (x11)
Camp N Canada - where German citizens were interned, mostly Jewish refugees - 3 cvs to Jews in the Camp all censored & w/pmk BASE A.P.D./ CANADA: a) 3/1941 ex Quito - Ecuador; b) 4/1941 ex Montevideo - Uruguay;
c) 5/1941 ex Bogota - Colombia; f - vf (x3)
Aliya Ship: 2.5.1946 La Spezia Italy cv to TLV franked 5x3L Italian stps, face shows 2 large cachets of Repatriation Ship "FENICE - ELIYAHU GOLOMB" & "FEDE - DOV HOS"; torn when opened & restored, fine, cachets - vf, seldom offered
16 DE 46 TLV commerc cv mailed to I. Slutzki Immigrant (illegal) of the ship "Yagur" c/o the Jew. Agency Haifa. The "Yagur" left Marseille on 5 Aug 46 with 750 Holocaust survivors. The ship was intercepted by the British Navy on 11 Aug, towed to Haifa and the passengers were, along with those of the "Henrietta Szold, the first to be taken to Camps in Cyprus, opened on 13 Aug 46. Cv is properly frank 20m (SG99) the surface rate to Cyprus. Original contents, in Yiddish, by TLV resident to her survived brother, Haifa arr pmk 17 DE; roughly opened top & soiling, still a fine Historic item
Cyprus Camps - 30 items - 12 cvs incl.: a) H.Q. CAMP
18 MAR 1948... STAFFS (SPECIAL) CYPRUS full cachet tying 2pi Cyprus stp to cv by detainee in Camp 70 to family member in Atlit Camp - Palestine arr pmk 18 AP 48;
b) Courier cv TLV to Caraolos Detention Camp via American Joint - Rare Outgoing mail from Israel, Nicosia 15 MY & Famagusta 16 MY 48 pmks, shortened at right; c) Courier ex Cyprus to R.L. Zion 20 JUL 1948 cachet of the Comm. for Cyprus Detainees on face, etc.; f - vf (x30)
1948 Camp Gilgil Kenya - 7 items - 5 to Palestine from detainees to relatives, incl.: 3 Air Letters w/emotional & patriotic messages, in Hebrew, dated 16.2.48, 9.4.48 & 12.4.48 + 3 air mail frank cvs + 24 JU 48 (late!) Telegram Jerus to Camp arrival 27 JU; fine (x7)
