July 2018 - Sneak Peek

Single Frame Grand – Louis P. Pataki, “Along the Shantung
Railway, China: German Postal Administration, 1900-
1914”
Youth Grand – Rebecca Liebson, “The 8.4 Cent Americana
Piano Coil”
Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame honors deceased individuals for outstanding
contributions to philately.
Charles A. Fricke (1921-2017) was a longtime collector
of postal stationery who received the 1981 APS Luff award
for distinguished philatelic research, was inducted into the
APS Writers Unit hall of fame in 1989, and was honored in
2016 with the APS Charles J. Peterson philatelic literature life
achievement award.
Fricke conducted research and authored seminal works
on the first postal card issues of the United States. His detailed
study of the subject plates and master die proofs resulted
in renumbering all the proofs (normal, trial color and trial
color card proofs) listed by Brazer in the Essay Proof Journal.
Over many years Charles Fricke authored over 1,000 articles
that appeared in many journals. These items focus on
some aspect of postal card or postcard use including rates,
auxiliary markings, routes, cancellations, interesting points
of origin or destination, varieties, advertising cards, first day
items, novelty cards, paid reply cards, earliest known use, and
other stationery items like stamped envelopes and wrappers,
as well as many divergent subjects in the field of philately.
Fricke’s articles have appeared in over 35 philatelic journals
and publications and five newspapers including Linn’s
Stamp News, Pennsylvania Postal Historian, Stamp Collector,
American Philatelist, U.S. Stamp News, U.S. Stamps & Postal
History, Scott Stamp Monthly, Postal Stationery, Airpost Journal,
Philatelic Freemason, The Seebecker, American Philatelic
Congress Book, New Jersey Postal History, North Carolina
Postal History Society Newsletter, Collectors Club Philatelist,
S.P.A. Journal, Chesstamp Review, and Mekeel’s & Stamps
among others.
For decades – as attested to by his perennial ads in such
publications as The American Philatelist, Mekeel’s, STAMPS
Magazine, Weekly Philatelic Gossip and Chambers Stamp
Journal – Max Ohlman (1881-1957) maintained offices at
116 Nassau Street—in the famed Stamp Center building.
In March 1912, Mekeel’s ran an editorial suggesting to the
dealer community that a national organization of stamp dealers
be formed. Finally, on December 15, 1914, the charter of
the American Stamp Dealers Association was adopted. Max
Ohlman was elected the first president of the Association –
being sworn in at the beginning of 1915.
Ohlman was a close friend of Franklin Roosevelt and
sponsored him for membership in the APS.
Jacques C. Schiff (1931-2017) was a pioneer in the realm
of Error, Freak and Oddity philately; featuring this collecting
area in his auctions since he began in the business in the
WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS
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DESCRIPTION (ALBUM)
CAT. NOW
ALAND, Gutter Sheets, NH $2,580 $495
ANTARCTIC AREA, NH $1,814 $540
BRAZIL, 1843-1969, H, (Minkus) $6,021 $1,495
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH & COLONIES, 1840’s-
1972, no GB, mostly mint LH, (Scott x11, $1,500) $22,142 $5,900
CANADA & PROVINCES, 1859-1988, M/U, (Scott) $9,851 $2,995
CHILE, 1853-86, M/U, (Minkus) $2,536 $750
DANISH WEST INDIES, Specialized, M/U $25,575 $5,900
DENMARK, 1851-2002, M/U, (Scott) $4,718 $1,395
EUROPA, 1956-2007, NH, (Lighthouse
Hingeless x4) $5,560 $2,150
FALKLAND IS. & SO. GEORGIA, 1982-94, NH,
(Lindner Hingeless) $1,565 $625
FAROES & ALAND, 1975-2001, mint, (Scott) $598 $160
FINLAND, Semi Postals to 1996, used $848 $225
FRANCE, 1849-1975, most NH, (Lighthouse
Hingeless x2) $11,671 $2,900
FRANCE, 1862-1964, mostly mint, (Minkus) $7,700 $2,100
FRENCH ANDORRA, NH, (Lindner Hingeless x2) $2,320 $850
GERMANY & AREA, 1868-1979, M/U, (Scott) $11,783 $3,100
GERMANY, 1933-81, NH/H, (Safe Hingeless x6,
$1,205) $7,378 $2,450
GREENLAND, 1937-97, NH, (Lindner Hingeless x2) $7,739 $2,200
HUNGARY, 1874-2004, M/U, stockbooks (6) $8,800 $1,250
ICELAND, 1873-1998, NH, (Lindner Hingeless x2) $26,638 $7,100
ISRAEL, 1948-61, Plate # singles, NH -- $1,500
ITALY & AREA, 1863-1985, mint, stockbooks (11) $49,439 $9,200
NETHERLANDS & COLONIES, 1852-1972, M/U,
(Scott) $4,358 $1,150
NORWAY, 1855-1987, M/U, (Scott) $6,393 $1,650
OLYMPIC, NH, (White Ace x4) $3,200 $1,100
PACIFIC ISLANDS, NH $823 $195
PALESTINE, Covers (76) -- $750
SAN MARINO, 1945-75, NH, (Lighthouse Hingeless) $2,636 $750
SWEDEN INLAND WATERWAYS, 1869-1951,
Cancels, etc. -- $175
SWITZERLAND, 1850-1960s, used $3,200 $975
TOGO, 1916-67, mint, (White Ace) $568 $145
U.S., 2¢ Harding Specialized, 172 items, quite rare -- $2,100
U.S., 1847-1995, M/U, (Scott x3) $19,874 $5,300
U.S., Duck Stamps, #RW1-82, NH, (Schaubek
Hingeless, $125) $7,898 $3,500
U.P.U. WORLDWIDE, 1974, mint $900 $195
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JULY 2018 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 699