Chesstamp Review #160 (Oct-Dec 2015) COSSU Auction #160 More nice items from Djuka! Suggested bids are set at approximately one half of the catalog value. Please post or e-mail bids to the editor before Mar. 15. As al- ways, the winning bid will be one increment above the next highest bidder. Up to $25: 50 cents Up to $50: $1 Up to $100: $2.50 Above $100: $5 Once again, there are suggested minimum bids. Bids below that amount will be forwarded to the owners for their consideration. North American bidders please add $3 for ship- ping. European bidders should add $10 for shipping. Inquire please if you need/ want registered mail. # 1: YUGOSLAVIA 1950. 9 th Chess Olympiad. Green FDC with RED First day chess postmark and complete set of chess stamps MB $19 #2: YUGOSLAVIA 1950. 9 th Chess Olympiad. White FDC with RED First day chess postmark and complete set of chess stamps MB $19 #3: YUGOSLAVIA 1950. 9 th Chess Olympiad. Both RED and BLACK First day chess postmarks on a postcard with imprinted stamp MB $7 #4: YUGOSLAVIA 1950. 9 th Chess Olympiad. An envelope with address and RED First day chess postmark and a pair of 5 dinar chess stamps. MB $9 #5: SAO PAULO, Brazil, Chess postmark, 19 th Nov.1960. for ZONAL TOURN, on an air mail envelope gone through post. Checkmate No 80. MB $29 #6: MOSCOW 15 th March 1960. Black postmark for WORLD CHESS CHAMPION- SHIP BOTVINIK AND TAL, on a color view card with imprinted postage stamp. Checkmate No 71 MB $9 #7: BADGASTEIN, Austria, 25th May 1946. Intern. Tournament, Chess postmark in 3 colors: black, red, and green. RARE! In Checkmate No 22 but there is NO black color!!! On blue envelope, somewhat stained. MB $120 #8: AMSTERDAM, 19-22 June 1964. Interzonal Tourn. On SB also with regular postmark of 18 th June. Checkmate No 111A. MB $9 #9: VORONEZ, USSR, Pan Russian Chess Tournament, 6. to 24 th June 1962 Two strikes of black postmark on spec. envelope. Also with red horizontal mark:”CLOSING DAY”. MB $7 #10: KOBENHAVN, Denmark, Chess postmark for European Team semi finals. On spec. envelope. 16 th Oct.1967. Two machine strikes. Checkmate 189. MB $6 #11: TCHELYABINSK, USSR, August 1975, Pan Russian chess single championship. Chess postmark in 5 different colors on 5 envelopes with also horizontal chess postmark, postage stamp and regular postmark. MB for complete of five $12 #12: HERZEGNOVI, Yugo. 9 th to 26 th May 1954. Checkmate #42. European Women Zonal Tourn. on postaly used postcard with arrival postmark. MB $150 #13: HERZEGNOVI, Yugo.9 th to 26 th May 1954. Checkmate #42. European Women Zonal Tourn. Just postmark BUT VIOLET on an envelope MB $100 #14: VRNJACKA BANJA , Yugoslavia , European Women Champ. Tourn. RED postmark of 1st Dec. 1973 on a postcard. MB $5 #15: INDONESIA 1973. 9 copies of , MNH, chess stamp, as a part of the sheet with left white margin. MB $29 #16: USSR, 1963. 15 IMPERFORATED SETS of 3 stamps. Parts of sheets with side and bottom white margins. MNH. MB $36.00 20 Chesstamp Review #160 (Oct-Dec 2015) #17: USSR, 1963. 15 PERFORATED SETS of 3 stamps. Parts of sheets with side and upper or bottom white margins. MNH. MB $15 #18: HUNGARY 1950 Candidates tournament. 8 sets (two blocks of four) – part of sheets with white margins. MNH. MB $28 #19: LYBIA 1976 Counter Arab Olympiad in Tripoli. Block of four from upper left corners with two white margins. MNH. MB. $14 #20: HUNGARY 1953. 1v 40 filer blue IN BLOCK OF FOUR-VERY RARE. MNH. MB $9 #21: HUNGARY 1974. CHESS BUTTERFLY is on 60 filer stamp. Blk4 complete sets IMPERFORATED, corners of sheets with 2 wide white margins. Rare! MNH. MB $39 #22: PARAGUAY 1978 Six sets (complete sheet plus Napoleon stamp. Sheets with chessmen on white margins, too. Only part of sheet is shown). USED. MB $9 #23: CANADA – KAULBACH ISSLAND in NOVA SCOTIA. Two FDCs with these stamps and First day postmarks and with Canadian stamps and postmarks on re- verse side. MB. $9.00 #24: CHINA 1979 SS on FDC with special RED postmark of 15 Sep.1979. Very rare . MB $130 #25: 5 different chess telephone cards. MB $9 #26: Autograph of BORIS SPASSKY, world chess champ. and MILAN MATULOVIC, one of the best Yu players ever and of DIMITRIJE BJELICA famous publisher, on a special cover with chess postmark for Intern. Grand masters tourn. in Mostar, March 18 th 1978. ..MB $28 #27: Autograph of JAN TIMMAN - The Netherlands on the back of a special cover with postmark of 4 th Belgrade Int. Chess Ch. on 26 th October 1978. MB $9 #28: Autographs of two world chess champions A. KARPOV and G. KASPAROV on spec. envelope with spec. postmark LENINGRAD Jan.8th 1986 for the revenge match. On cover is a special blue sticker for this Match with same postmark. MB $19 #29: Ten autographs of YUGOSLAV TEAM AT OLYMPIAD in NOVI SAD, YU 1990 , on a special cover BUT WITH THE RARE FIRST DAY POSTMARK ZAGREB of 18 TH October 1990. Autographs are of: MATANOVIC GM and FIDE executive. deputy president, Branko ATANACKOVIC, ex World champ in problem chess, S. VELICK- OVIC IM, M. BJELAJAC IM, D.SEKULIC IM, M. LUKIC FIDE master, G. CABRILO GM, D. DJAJA ,M. KOVACEVIC World chess champion in Problem chess, and D. UGRINOVIC, IM . MB $17 #30: Eight autographs of YUGOSLAV TEAM, 1980 MALTA OLYMPIAD. Two strikes of chess postmark Valetta, 26 th Nov. 1980, on a chess stamp. Autographs of: LJUBO- JEVIC, MATANOVIC, IVKOV, NIKOLIC, KURAJICA, PARMA, MARJANOVIC and CE- BALO. MB $18 #31: Autographs of 5 WORLD CHAMPIONS: B. SPASSKY, V. SMYSLOW, M. BOT- VINIK, M. TAL and A.KARPOV, on a chess postcard for 34 th Interzonal Tournament in Reggio Emilia, Italy, 27. Dec. to 6 th Jan. 1992. MB $120 FROM LANCE PERLMAN: #32 And finally, a donation to COSSU from Lance Perlman: Cuba 1951 Presenta- tion sheet in Spanish, no cancels, some tropical staining MB $25 21 Chesstamp Review #160 (Oct-Dec 2015) #2 #3 #1 #5 #6 #4 #7 #8 #9 #10 #12 #11 #13 #14 #15 22 Chesstamp Review #160 (Oct-Dec 2015) #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #23 #22 #30 #24 #26 #25 #31 #28 #29 #32 #27 23 .