Auction 016 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
Aug 14, 2018
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 220:

Collection of Early Israeli Postage Stamps, with Tabs and Designers' Signatures – Otte (Otto) Wallisch, Shamir ...

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Auction took place on Aug 14, 2018 at Kedem
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Collection of Early Israeli Postage Stamps, with Tabs and Designers' Signatures – Otte (Otto) Wallisch, Shamir Brothers, Wind-Struski
Collection of stamps: most with designers' signatures. Israel, late 1940s and early 1950s. The collection contains:
* Stamps designed by Otte Wallisch, with his signatures: Two stamps of the "Jubilee of the JNF 1951", with tabs (different); two stamps of "HaMenorah", 1952, with the tabs; six stamps of the "First Revolution" (different), 1949; two stamps of "The World Post Association" (different), 1950; four service stamps (different), 1951; three stamps of the fourth Israeli Day of Independence (diffrent), 1951; two stamps of TBA (Ta'aruchat Bulim Artzit) National Philatelic Exhibition (different), 1952.
* "Tabul – Souvenir Sheet", 1949
* Three stamps of Moadim L'Simcha (different), 1949, with tabs. Two are signed by the designers Gabriel and Maxim Shamir.
* "Hanegev" Stamp (drawn by Reuven Rubin), 1950, with tab.
* Stamp of the Jubilee of the JNF (with the inscription "And the land shall not be sold permanently"), 1951, with tab. With designers' signatures: Wind-Struski (Willy Wind and Yehuda Struski).
* Two stamps of Beit Zionei America, 1952, with tab and with designers' signatures: Wind- Struski (Willy Wind and Yehuda Struski).
* Stamp of the Third Maccabiah, 1952 with tab.
* Two greeting cards with the inscription: A Souvenir… to remember May 1953 and our collaboration in the production of the first photogravure printed postage stamp of Israel". Signed by Otto Lilien. The stamp of the International Congress of Science History (with the portrait of the Rambam) is pasted on both cards, 1953.
* More.
Total of 30 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Provenance: Estate of Otto Lilien.

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