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Sale No: 812
Lot No: 227
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Cat No: Collection
Unadoped Drawings from the estate of artist and UN Stamp Designer Olav Mathiesen, approximately 200 items consisting of 30 stunning multicolor essays on board (maquettes in art-world lingo) including UN archive handstamps or artist signed on the reverse, many with plastic overlays, 45 preliminary paste-ups or drawings on either paper or card stock, 75-80 8.5 x 11 inch sheets of tracing paper with pencil designs including progressive essays (10 multicolor; rest black & white), plus 40 photos and a handful of UN publications or letterhead where Mathiesen's artwork was used, mostly 1970's and 1980's, many themes including Atomic Energy, Drug Abuse, Education, Fighting Racism, Human Rights, Hunger, Refugees & Peace, UNICEF, and Water, Very Fine, one of the designs shows a mother and baby, and this design was used in stamps of the UN, Togo and Liberia., this unique lot is fully imaged online. Sharp viewers will notice that while the stamp designs were rejected, certain design elements were used either in other UN stamps or in non philatelic areas. Purchased by the consignor from the Estate and offered here completely intact, although we have done some rearranging and reorganizing. Shipping charges apply - weight 35 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Video6 for this lot) (Video7 for this lot) (Video8 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $4,000-6,000
Opening US$ 2,000.00
Closed..May-28-2025, 12:25:58 EST
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Sale No: 812
Lot No: 228
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Cat No: Collection
An Extremely Comprehensive and Complete UN Collection to 2024, consisting of collections of NY, Geneva & Vienna stamps and souvenir sheets & booklets plus sheets of Flags, Human Rights, & Endangered Species, Personalized Sheets including NY Nos. 853-857 with labels blank, NY 10th Anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake mint sheet folder, International Year of Microcredit 2005, Geneva UNPA 40th and Vienna WIPA 2008 & Essen 2009 complete imperforate sheets with first day cancels, NY, Geneva & Vienna Postal Stationery and Lettersheets mint and first day canceled, Offices of Overseas issues (Belgium, India, UNTEA & Kosovo) mint and first day cancelled, NY, Geneva & Vienna souvenir and maximum cards, and FDCs for Human Rights and Flag issues, most of the collections are complete to 2024, beautifully organized either on blank Lighthouse album pages or black vario stockpages in 39 red Lighthouse 3-ring binders with slipcases, plus a stockbook of modern UN imprint blocks, also includes NY, Geneva & Vienna, complete year and flag and similar sets in their original UNPA folders, an over 3 inch high stack of 10 x 7 inch cacheted UNPA official first day covers mostly with either singles or souvenir sheets of all NY, Geneva & Vienna issues affixed and canceled by the city's FD handstamp, and a 40th Anniversary of WFUNA card with all 3 souvenir sheets tied by FDCs and signed by the designers (No. 741/1000), Extremely Fine, most of the highlights are fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 267 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Image)
