Cherrystone Auctions Sale

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AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

601

1981 U.N. "Palestinian Rights" FDC signed by Y. ARAFAT (Yasser Arafat may have been reviled in Israel and some parts of the international community as the architect of countless gruesome acts of violence, and viewed with disdain in Western (and even some Arab) capitals for alleged diplomatic duplicity, but among his own people he has been lionized as nothing less than the father of the Palestinian Nation) (Image)

SOLD for $95.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

602

1987 handwritten letter, signed JONATHAN POLLARD (a former intelligence analyst for the United States government. In 1987, as part of a plea agreement, Pollard pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel. He was sentenced to life in prison for violations of the Espionage Act) (Image)

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

603

2001 Israel First Day Cover with Astronaut stamp, signed in Hebrew and English ILAN RAMON (an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut for NASA. He was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and six other crew members were killed in the re-entry accident. At 48, he was the oldest member of the crew. Ramon is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously) (Image)

SOLD for $160.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Austrian Offices in the Holyland

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CatNo.

Lot Description

604

1899-1914 selection of eight picture postcards and cards from or to Austrian Levant, and all with "T" markings, indicating Postage Due, mixed condition, interesting group (Image)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

605

1906 picture postcard with Jaffa double-circle cancel , addressed to Stuttgart, Germany with black handstamp "TEMPEL-KOLONIE /JAFFA/ WILHELMA DEUTSCHE POST", fine and scarce usage from both Austrian and German offices (Bale 413) cat. $1200 (Image)

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

606

1907 picture postcard (Nazareth) with 20pa Austrian Levant stamp canceled by double circle CIARA and sent to Bonn, Germany, with arrival pmk, signed "DAVID" (WOLFFSON) and wife "Fanny", card with nicked corner, interesting (Image)

SOLD for $95.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

607

1909 (Jaffa picture postcard) franked Austrian 5h (2) canceled "HABSBURG/OE.LLOYD", Austrian Steamship cancel in black, addressed to Vienna, fine (Bale M4) (Image)

SOLD for $130.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

608

1914 (14 Jan) Caifa to New York, parcel card franked with 15pia (3x5pia) stamps, tied by CAIFA OSTERR.POST cancels, Trieste and Swiss transit markings on front, staple hole away from the markings (Image)

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

ISRAEL - HOLYLAND French Offices in the Holyland

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

609

1917 fieldpost postcard from a member of the "French Detachment in Palestine" endorsed "FM" ("Franchaise Militare"), mailed to Paris, with clear transit postmarks "Tresor et Postes" and "601A" 12-10-17 (at that time in Khan Yunis), fine and scarce military free-frank, with 1997 Muentz certificate (Image)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

610

1918 picture postcard (view of Jerusalem "Fort de Scions" ) mailed to France with "TRESOR ET POSTES/606/30-8-18" and "FM/Armee du Levant" manuscript, card with vertical crease at right of picture side, fine military free frank (Image)

SOLD for $375.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Italian Offices in the Holyland

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

611

1909-11 Gerusalemme overprints on three Postal cards, all pasted down overlapping on sheet with RED "MADAGASCAR POST OFFICE" handstamp as seen for Specimens, one card damaged, others fine-v.f. (Image)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

612

1-8

1909-11 Gerusalemme overprints and surcharges, complete set, unused, with some gum disturbance and tropical stains on gum side only of 20pia stamp, cat. $1393 (Cat No. 1-8) (Image)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

613

1917 picture postcard from Egypt, with 2x2m franking, sent from Cairo to "Distaccamento Italiano in Palastina", boxed Censor cachet, fine usage to the Italian detachment in Palestine, signed Sorani (Image)

SOLD for $100.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

614

1892 JERUSALEM double circle cancel on Official cover to the court of peace in Jaffa, showing scarce negative seal "Tachirat-I-Muhumme", (Registered with acknowledgment of receipt), few very minor tears at right, scarce (Image)

SOLD for $130.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

615

1901 (4 Nov) registration receipt, black "QUART. ISRAELITE" cancel (Bale 840), for letter to London, signed by "E.HONIG" postmaster, file punches at bottom (Image)

SOLD for $95.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

616

1905 Telegram from JAFFA (Negative cancel, Collins T1) sent to Tiberias, file holes, most unusual (Image)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

617

1915 (4 May) Credit Lyonnaise Bank cover franked with Turkish 1pia CLJ (Credit Lyonnais Jerusalem) perfin, tied by JERUSALEM 2 hexagon black cancel (Bale 868) addressed to Vienna, with arrival pmk, filing folds away from this scarce perfin, fine (Image)

SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

ISRAEL - WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

618

1897 FIRST ZIONIST CONGRESS, Official picture of all attendees (16-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches), rare (Image)

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

619

1901 FIFTH ZIONIST CONGRESS, Basel 1901, official postcard, Lilien artwork (Image)

SOLD for $220.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM

620

1903 SIXTH ZIONIST CONGRESS, Basel 1903, semi-official postcard with red handstamp "KONGRESS", mailed during the convention to Berlin, fine (Image)

SOLD for $170.00
Closing..Jun-13, 09:00 AM