Issue 152 (December 2013) will feature items from the collection of our former Treasurer Jim McDevitt. Jim is doing well, but hopes to see his items redistributed to worthy collectors. The collection includes several known but very rare items. The collection also contains full sheets of two previously unknown but major errors.
I have posted images of the pages from his collection under the Articles tab.
Images of the available auction items will also appear in Chesstamp Review 152 and 153. Note that non COSSU members may bid on these rather amazing and elusive items, but they will be charged an additional 15% fee above and beyond the hammer price. Long time collectors will recognize that the minimum bids are low and that, on the two key full sheets, there will be multiple winners. We hope that many will join COSSU in order to take part in this once-in-a lifetime auction.
BIDS must be sent to the editor (Jon Edwards) by e-mail (jedwards.chess@gmail.com) or by post (my address is inside the cover of the Chesstamp Review) no later than noon March 10, 2014. The winning bids will be (as on eBay) at once increment above the second highest bi.dder.
The usual rules apply. The prices below are the minimum bids permitted. The winning bid will be one increment above the next highest bid, as in eBay. Increments: up to $10: 25 cents; Up to $25: 50 cents; Up to $50: $1; Up to $100: $2.50: Above 100: $5.
North American bidders please add $3 for shipping. European bidders should add $10 for shipping. Inquire please if you need/want registered mail.
Lot #1: Ethiopia 1978 two sheets with chess overprints commemorating Victor Kortchnoi, one normal, one with skewed overprint. MB: $10
Lot #2a: Tuvalu 1986 printers waste (top sheet) MB: $20
Lot #2b: Tuvalu 1986 printers waste (bottom sheet) MB: $20
Lot #3a: Sao Tome 1981 SS (top sheet) MB: $10
Lot #3b: Sao Tome 1981 with red overprint (bottom sheet) MB: $10
Lot #4: ** Central Africa Republic 1984 Sc. 694 missing black color, a major, spectacular, and previously unrecorded error. You may bid one a single stamp, block (specify size and location) or even the full sheet. Minimum bid (per stamp) $100
Lot #4a: Central African Republic 1984. The same
Karpov issue as above, but a set of 4 color proofs perf in red,
blue, and yellow MB: $20
Lot #5: Guinea-Bissau SS Scott 366E in horizontal gutter pair, with regular sheet added for comparison MB: $50
Lot #6a: Oman 1972 Five gutter pairs with purple overprint commemorating 1972 Chess Olympiade MB: $75
Lot #6b: Oman 4v with chess ovprts, two in purple, two in black MB: $55
Lot #6c: Oman vertical imp pair with purple inverted chess ovpt MB: $55
Lot #7: Siegen Olympiad postmark with hour rather than year, as well as an event postcard with the normal cancellation MB: $15
Lot #8: Mongolia 1991 embossed but with silver foil absent (includes normal stamp) MB: $35
Lot #9: A vertical gutter pair of the famous Caxton shift, a 10mm misregistration of the gold foil queen's head atop a normal FDC of the set, Scott 794-7. MB: $40
Lot #10: Guyana SS with partial double 1993 Chess Championship overprint. MB: $30
Lot #11: Russia 1948 (Scott 1299) used corner block of 6 with flyspeck error. MB: $65
Lot #12: Austria 1985 Sc. 1323 tied to a contemporary show cover whose cancel contains a misspelling of Illinois. MB: $4
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PREVIOUS AUCTIONS
Some items remain available. Inquire, if interested...
Only members of COSSU may take part in these auctions. Stamps and covers are offered here at significant discounts from what you will often see at the major auction houses. Winning bids will be at one increment above the second highest bidder. Up to $10, increments are 10 cents. Up to $25, increments are 25 cents. Up to $75, increments are 50 cents. Above $75, increments are $1. Ties (and they do happen) go to the earlier bidder.
In these auctions, the winning bid will be at one increment above the second highest bid. Very low starts so these will sell! Auction #144 will close February 15, 2012. Send bids to jedwards.chess@gmail.com. Unless otherwise marked, S/H will be $2 ($4 foreign). "MB"=Minimum bid
COSSU Auction #144
Lot Description Minimum bid
1 Berlin - Charlottenburg 23.05.1933 Checkmate 3 $30.00
2 Budapest 08.03.1949 Chess Match Budapest vs Moscow 8.00
3 Budapest 16.03.1952 Maroczy Memorial, sent by post Ch.35 12.00
4 Moscow 1.4.58 World Championship Match, set by post 8.00
5 Moscow 15.3.1960 World Championship Match, violet cancel 8.00
6 Belgrade 22.9.1964 International Tournament Ch.117 5.00
7 Alma Ata 1.2.1969 “36” USSR Championship Ch.230 10.00
8 Malmo Sweden 13.7.1966 Swedeish Championship 3.00
9 Budapest 1.12.83 Ribli-Smyslov match, registered 3.00
10 Somerset 3.8.86 US Open Championship 2.00
11 Sofia 3.8.86 Chiburdanse-Ahmiliovska match, meter postmark
sent by post 3.00
12 Sofia 2.9.86 Match for the Women’s World Championship
in Sofia, Chiburdanse-Ahmiliovska, registered 3.00
13 Sofia 31.12.1990 World Championship Match in New York
Kasparov– World Champion, registered 2.50
14 Budapest 10.10.1991 Woman Zonal Tournament, sent by post 2.50
15 Budapest 07.11.1991 VII World Chess Oscar 1988 sent by post 2.50
16 Tbilisi 14.9.1982 Interzonal Women’s Tournament, registered 3.00
17 Moscow 6.9.1982 Men’s Interzonal, registered 3.00
18 Sanghi World Chess Championship in 1994, signed by Anand 10.00
19 Las Palmas 9/10.03.1995 World Championship final matches 1.00
20 Elista 15.07.1996 World Championship match registered 3.00
21 Bulgaria 27.05.2002 FDC 2.00
22 Bulgaria 27.05.2002 maxicard 2.00
23 Bulgaria 10.10.2003 FDC European Team Championship 2.00
24 Bulgaria 10.10.2003 maxicard 2.00
25 Bulgaria 10.11.2005 FDC A Stefanova - World Champion 2.50
26 Sofia 10.11.2005 Stefanova - World Champion, 2004 2.00
27 Bulgaria 10.11.2005 Stefanova maxicard 2.50 28 Bulgaria 04.05.2006 Topalov World Champion FDC 3.00 29 Sofia 04.05.2006 V Topalov World Champion 2006 2.00
30 A postcard of 2009 Match Topalov - Kamski, signed by
Ilyumzhinov, President of FIDE 10.00
31 San Luis, Argentina 27.9/18.10.2005 World Championship
Tournament 2.50
COSSU Auction #137
These items are from the estate of David Burris. Please see the memorial about David in the section on articles. Proceeds will go to his estate with a small commission to COSSU.
NOTE: All lots marked "NB" above received no bid and are available now to the first interested party at the minumum bid.
In these auctions, the winning bid will be at one increment above the second highest bid. Very low starts so these will sell! Auction #137 will close on June 10, 2010. Send bids to jedwards@princeton.edu. Unless otherwise marked, S/H will be $2 ($4 foreign). MB=Minimum bid
SET #1Ebony Pioneer Elite Staunton Chess Set, one of the 20 second production run, hand selected and quality controlled by its designer, Dennis Peterson of Legend Products, with laminated certificate dated August 11, 1997 in two impressive book-like carrying cases. Dave Burris’s finest set, triple or quadruple weighted, a magnificent acquisition. MB: $400 (the winning bid will need to add $25 for S/H, please inquire for international shipping) View the white pieces View the black pieces
SET #2Old style, heavily weighted Staunton plastic set in leather pouch. Pieces are original and perfectly matched. Players from the 1950s, and 1960s will recall this set, but try to find it today! MB: $65 (winning bidder will add $15 for shipping/handling, inquire for international shipping)
CAT #1Domfil Catalog, first edition in excellent condition, MB: $10
Dave Burris’s First Day Covers
1. Argentina 1978 Scott 1200 on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $3
2. Argentina 1978 Scott 1200 on unaddressed FDC smaller envelope with different cachet MB: $3
3. Argentina 1978 Scott 1200 on official maximum card MB: $5
4. Barbados 1984 Scott 632-5 on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $5
5. Bolivia 1985 SS on unaddressed FDC MB: $18
6. Brazil 1980 Scott 1723 on unaddressed cacheted FDC Sao Paulo MB: $2.50
7. British Virgin Islands 1984 Scott 462-5 on unaddressed cacheted FDC $5
8. Bulgaria 1983 Scott 2904 on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $3
9. Cambodia 1986 Scott SS720 SS on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $6
10. Central African Republic 1983 Scott 576-81 6v perf on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $12
11. Central African Republic 1983 SS Karpov-Kortchnoi on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $10
12. Central African Republic 1984 Scott 698 1v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $6
13. Chad 1982 Scott 427-32 set of 6v on cacheted unaddressed FDC MB: $10
14. Chad 1983 SS Kortnoi with black overprint on cacheted unaddressed FDC MB: $12
15. China 1979 Scott SS1497 on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $45
16. Cuba 1976 Scott 2042-2046 on two cacheted FDCs unaddressed MB: $5
17. Cuba 1982 Scott 2560, 2563 set of 4 on two cacheted unaddressed FDC MB: $4
18. Czechoslovakia 1985 Scott 2557 unaddressed on cacheted FDC MB: $4
19. Dominican Republic Checkmate 175 with purple cancel (Checkmate 175d) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $12
20. Ecuador 1975 1v on cacheted unaddressed FDC with purple cancel MB: $5
21. Feroe Islands 1983 Scott 93-94 booklet pane of 6v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $5
22. Great Britain 1976 Scott 794-7 (1 is chess) Caxton on unaddressed (address label missing) cacheted FDC (London) MB: $3
23. Grenadines, 1985 1v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $8
24. Guyana 1984 set of 9v overprints on a single unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $12
25. Hungary 1979 Scott 2571 1v perf on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $2
26. Hungary 1992 Scott 3376 on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $2
27. Indonesia 1973 Scott 847-9 (1 is chess) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB $7
28. Indonesia 1977 Scott 1001-3 (1 is chess) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $12
29. Iran 1972 Scott 1671-6 (1 is chess) on unaddressed blue-cacheted FDC MB: $22
30. Israel 1976 Scott 609-610 on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $1.50
31. Laos 1984 Scott 538-544 full set on 3 cacheted unaddressed FDCs MB: $8 32. Laos 1984 Scott SS 545 SS on a cacheted unaddressed FDC MB:$5
33. Libya 1976 Scott 631-3 on cacheted unaddressed FDC MB: $8
34. Libya 1982 SS of 1v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $10
35. Libya 1982 SS of block of 4v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $12
36. Luxembourg 1981 Scott 659-61 full set of 3v (1 is chess) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $2
37. Madagascar 1984 Scott 691-5 full set on 5 unaddressed cacheted FDCs MB: $10
38. Madagascar 1984 SS on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $7
39. Mali 1974 Scott C215 1v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $7
40. Mali 1983 Scott C484-486 set of 3v on three unaddressed official cachets MB: $15
41. Malta 1980 Scott 577-9 p/m Valetta on cacheted unaddressed FDC MB: $3 42. Mexico 1978 Scott C577-8 2v on 2 cacheted unaddressed FDC MB $3
43. Mongolia 1981 Scott 1202-7 on 2 cacheted unaddressed FDCs MB: $8
44. Netherlands 1973 Scott 497-500 (1 is chess) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $3
45. Netherlands 1978 Scott 578-9 (1 is chess) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $2
46. Nicaragua 1976 set of 11v on two unaddressed cacheted FDCs with purple cancels MB: $5
47. Nicaragua 1976 SS on unaddressed cover with black cancel MB: $3
48. Nicaragua 1976 SS imperf on unaddressed cover with black cancel MB: $5
49. Nicaragua 1983 Scott 1276-1282 FDC on 2 cacheted unaddressed covers with large date MB $4
50. Paraguay 1985 Scott C617-9 unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $8
51. Philippines 1978 Scott 1352-3 on unaddressed cacheted (red knight on board) FDC MB: $3
52. Rumania 1980 4v on two unaddressed cacheted FDCs MB $3
53. Rumania 1983 SS of 4v on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $6
54. Russia six different FDCs, 1982-85, MB: $5
55. San Marino 1965 1v (with minor color shifts) on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB $3
56. Sao Tome 1981 2v Karpov v Kortchnoi on Maximum card MB: $6
57. Sao Tome 1981 2v Karpov v Kortchnoi with red overprint on Maximum card MB: $12
58. Sao Tome 1981 6v (rest of set) on 6 attractive maximum cards MB: $14
59. Sao Tome 1981 full set of 6 SS on 2 registered FDCs, sent to Great Britain MB: $25
60. Surinam 1984 Scott 689-94 full set of 6v on 2 unaddressed cacheted FDCs MB: $7
61. Surinam 1984 Scott SS693 SS on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $6
62. Sweden, 1985 set of 6v games (1 is chess) on unaddressed cachet FDC with info card inserted in cover MB: $6
63. Syria 1974 Scott 693-4 on unaddressed FDC (no cachet) MB: $7
64. Trinidad and Tobago 1984 Scott 408-11 set of 4v on cacheted unaddressed FDC MB: $5
65. Vietnam 1983 Scott 1290-6 full set on 3 cacheted unaddressed FDCs MB: $8
66. Vietnam 1983 Scott SS 1297 unaddressed FDC on cacheted cover MB: $6
67. Yugoslavia 1972 Scott 1114 1v with purple FDC cancel Checkmate 369d purple on unaddressed cacheted FDC MB: $6
Dave’s Chess Covers
68. Three countries on one cover: Germany 1978 and Cuba 1982 joins Russian postal stationary with chess cancels from each country… not postally used MB: $12
69. Argentina Villa Maria 14 Oct, 1983 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
70. Argentina Villa Maria 10 Oct, 1984 on unaddressed envelope with backstamp of cancel with cachet MB: $3
71. Argentina Villa Gesell18 Mar 1985 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
72. Argentina Rio Gallegos 20 Sep 1986 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
73. Argentina Villa Maria 27 Oct 1986 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
74. Argentina Santa Teresita 4 Dec 1986 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
75. Argentina Mercedes 8 Aug 1987 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
76. Argentina 15 Aug 1987 FDC for Jorge Luis Borges on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
77. Argentina Buenos Aires 8-18 Oct 1988 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
78. Argentina Posadas 3 Dec 1988 on unaddressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
79. Argentina Buenos Aires 19 Sep 1989 on addressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
80. Argentina Buenos Aires 7-15 Oct 1989 on addressed envelope with cachet MB: $2
81. Australia 1990 unused chess postal stationary (Hospice Care) MB $7
82. Cuba (25 Oct, 1966) checkmate 158F on envelope (no cachet MB: $12
83. Cuba 1982 chess aerogram unused MB $3
84. Israel Tel Aviv 12 Nov 1964 chess cancel checkmate 119 on souvenir envelope honoring the 35th Chess Congress MB: $3
85. Israel Haifa 25 Oct 1976 Opening Day with special cachet, unused with commemorative chess cancel MB $3
86. Israel Haifa 10 Nov 1976 cachet commemorating Gold for Women’s Chess Team at the 7th Chess Olympiad MB: $3
