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The Ishikawa Collection. The Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Hawaiian Islands.
The catalog to an sale held in New York by Sotheby Parke Bernet Stamp sale Company on November 18, 1980.
“The Ishikawa Collection was a prominent and highly valuable collection of postage stamps and postal history from the Hawaiian Islands. It was assembled by Japanese-American philatelist Ryohei Ishikawa, (1927–2006), a dedicated philatelist who started collecting seriously in 1970 and who also created leading collections of classic U.S. and Hong Kong stamps.
\"The Hawaiian collection was comprehensive, containing stamps and postal history from the earliest periods of Hawaiian postal service. It notably included a rare example of the 1851 2c blue \"Missionary\" stamp, one of only 15 known used examples. These stamps are among the most famous and rarest in philately. The collection featured extremely rare covers, including the only recorded cover with more than one copy of the 1859 2c Numeral issue. The collection covered the period before stamps were introduced, featuring early missionary mail sent to and from Hawaii. Ishikawa\'s focus was on \"classic\" stamps—the first issues of a country—and his Hawaiian collection was a world-class holding. His broader U.S. collection was so acclaimed that it was said to be \"the greatest holding of United States Classics that has ever been assembled\". The inclusion of items from the Ishikawa Collection adds significant provenance to any philatelic item. The sale catalog itself is a valued reference work for serious collectors of Hawaiian stamps and postal history”.
Sotheby Parke Bernet Stamp sale Company was a short-lived subsidiary of the renowned international sale house Sotheby\'s, which was active in the late 1970s. The stamp sale company operated as a specific business unit for philatelic sales under the larger Sotheby Parke Bernet umbrella. This was not a new venture for Sotheby\'s, which has a long history of selling rare stamps dating back to its first such sale in 1872. The subsidiary was led by prominent figures in the philatelic world. Andrew Levitt was president of the company, and stamp specialist Charles F. Shreve also worked there before his departure in 1980.
Although short-lived, the Sotheby Parke Bernet Stamp sale Company made its mark by handling major collections and groundbreaking sales. The company notably handled the sale of the U.S. Classic Grand Prix Exhibit from the collection of renowned philatelist Ryohei Ishikawa. Under the leadership of saleeer Charles F. Shreve, the firm helped to \"essentially revolutioniz[e] the way rare stamps were presented and sold at high-profile, international sales,\" using modern marketing techniques. The Sotheby Parke Bernet Stamp sale Company ultimately dissolved as a separate entity. In 1980, Charles F. Shreve and others left to form a new company, Ivy, Shreve and Mader. Sotheby\'s continues to maintain a stamps department and is known for its high-value, single-owner philatelic sales.
Softcover. 8.5x9.25, 110 pages, 561 lots, black & white and some color illustrations. Photocopied prices realised sheets stapled to the first page. Catalog covers with some soil and light wear, slight storage odor.
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