MACCABIAH color post card for first Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv; special event covers for various Maccabiah Games (1950, 1957, 1958, 1963 [all 18], 1965 [all 6], 1969 [including rare SHAI], 1973, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1997, 2005); also some labels, stickers, JNF stamps, other items; over 70 items in all
ST. CATHERINE’S MONASTERY 23 covers and post cards, some military related, handstamp of monastery, some are commercial
FIRST DAY COVER WITH PASTE-UPS FDC with cutouts from publicity sheets; these BI-16 numbers 1129 & 1194, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284-6 (full sheet) 1311 (3 different) 1322 MS 64, 130, 1337, 1338-1341, BP 12 (on 2 covers) 1359, 1380; some addressed; These have retailed for as much as $150 each, 16 items in all
PLATE BLOCKS ON FIRST DAY COVER These BI-16 numbers:[pre 1960 issues] 49, 56-58, 29-30, 68-69 (no 70), 68-70 on 1 cover (2 diff), booklet B8, 71 (large cover), 60-65 (on 2 covers) 66-67, 93-96, 91, booklet B9 (see note), 133, 99, 79-85 & 138, 106 (see note), 117, 113-116, 118-129, 132, 131, 139-141, 134-6, 142, 143, 144-6, booklet B10, 147, 148-151, 152, 153, 154, 155-8, 159, 160-3, 167-9, 175-7, 166, 164, 165, 170; also many post 1960 issues; may be addressed regist express -- not checked for full sets/may have duplicates; over 250 covers in all; note: some as discolored at the edges
LARGE SIZED FDC These includes the regular issues when FDC were on large sized cover, booklets, sheets, unofficial FDC and combination FDC. The majority are post 1990 FULL SHEETS and BOOKLETS on FDC that were not necessarily offered by the Philatelic Agency. Many different issues are noted: Scientific Concepts, various Greetings, various Sports, Months, Yad Vashem, Alphabet, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 2008 Census, Global Warming, and Polish Year in Israel, Fruits of Israel, Butterflies, Tourism, Vultures, and much more There well over 300 covers (not counted) in all.
YEAR SETS 1979-80 (not complete) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003; dealer price list for these is over $200
Small accumulation of (1) tete-beche sheets for booklets (2) pmkd pieces of these (3) many souvenir sheets (4) coil strips [OR BEST OFFER –subject to vendor acceptance]
ISRAEL COLLECTION mint tabs 1976 thru 2009; not complete. The basic year sets retail for over $1,200. The collection also has some duplication, used tabs, TAB blocks, maximum cards, special booklets, and sheetlets. Nicely mounted with SCOTT numbers noted.
NETANYA Nice accumulation/collection of commercial and philatelic covers from Netanya; most nicely mounted and described; includes some from pre-1948, many pre-1960, and the shows
COVER ASSORTMENT Petach Tikva FDC (#17), 1951 JNF FDC (2x, 52-54), Landscape Airmail FDC (17), 1963 Hunger Tete-Beche FDC (Bale IrS-17a), all 6 2nd Postage Dues canceled in Haifa in 1952, 1962 El Al sheet FDC (Bale MS.4), 1982 Martyrs Sheetlet FDC, 1st Town Emblems FDC with 3 vertical strips, (Bale 328f, 330f, 333f), not official FDC, 1st Town Emblem, block of 4 (Bale 323) canceled at Merkaz Lemehqar Garni-Soreq 5 days before supposed date of printing.