Welcome to the Ninety-eighth NEGEV HOLYLAND AUCTION.

If you have 609-298-2891 as phone number for me, please delete it. Please only use the numbers on the bid sheet. Thanks.

My wife, Helene, and I have a cruise planned for late January 2022. Please endeavour to send your payments well before that.

Looking ahead, the One Hundredth NEGEV HOLYLAND SALE will be sometimes in 2022. This will be a very special sale. Current plans (subject to change) are for all or mostly new material – few if any repeated lots. The minimum start will be $100. The entire catalogue may be in color. There may even be a special low commission (vendor and buyer). The catalogue will be mailed to all clients. [Currently, it is mailed only to those who request a hard copy. Others are directed to the web site.] Please consider this as an opportunity to sell your better material. Please send me a e-mail if you are interested. I will let you know when I firm up plans.

When sending your bids by e-mail or the web site please include your full name, address, and a phone-number. I have some clients with similar names. If you do not have a full name, address, and a phone-number on your e-mail bids, I will ask for them and not enter the bids until I get that information. Thanks.

CLOSING DATE TUESDAY DECEMBER 15, 2021; 2 PM LOCAL TIME

Lot no. 72

british mandate other

Start: $2,700

Lot no. 151

Israel booklets

Start: $600

Lot no. 187

Israel STAMP ART WORK

Start: $1,000

Lot no. 209

collections collections

Start: $1,050

About Negev Holyland Auctions

I began collecting stamps at age 10. Though I started with US stamps, I soon added Israel as my sister lived there.

My specialization is the Postal Stationery of Israel. I also collect LUNDY ISLAND and FRANCE & COLONIES.

I started dealing in 1997. I named the business BUTTON STAMP COMPANY. Thomas Paine, the author of COMMON SENSE lived in Bordentown, NJ. This was the only place where he bought property. There is a statue of him in town. On the base is this: I would rather see my horse BUTTON grazing in the fields of Bordentown that all the pomp and show of Europe. As I joke, you now know you are dealing with the southern end of north-bound horse. Read More...

The Postal Stationery of Israel 2'nd Edition

My book, THE POSTAL STATIONERY OF ISRAEL – 2ND EDITION -- is now available from the SOCIETY OF ISRAEL PHILATELISTS EDUCATIONAL FUND.

This is the definitive work on this most fascinating collecting area.

This book, which is a major update to the 1998 catalogue, gives in-depth descriptions of Israel postal stationery through 2017. Chapters include Forerunners: Letter Sheets and Entires; Military Letter Sheets and Entires; Air Letter Sheets; Stampless Letter Sheets; Tourist Letter Sheets; Inland Letter Sheets; Postal Cards; Reply Cards; Envelopes and Stampless Envelopes. Descriptions of the various errors, varieties, and freaks in are also included.

Please order copies via the web site http://israelstamps.com/. The cost is $50 plus postage. You may also order from SIP ED FUND c/o SIP OFFICE 100 Match Factory Place Bellefonte, PA 16823-1367

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SPECIAL OFFERS

From time to time I will offer collections and other items. The auction terms will apply. However, these are NET PRICE and first come first served.

COMMENTARY

From time to time I will have an editorial opinion on some aspect of the hobby or something I want to share with you. These are columns I write. The name is IT’S WHAT I (USUALLY ALONE) THINK. If you disagree with me, please send a well written response. I may add it (on request your name will be withheld). Any organization or publication may freely re-print these. I only ask that I get a hard copy of the publication.