All undocumented: 26 AP 1920 OETA Palestine - Telegraphs receipt (unlisted: similar to Hoch-6-2/6-2a but Heb. title lines up differently) franked 2ᄑm using undocumented OPDA EEF frank (11:11 w/15mm title, as Ba listed 3rd series but here perf'd & in yellow) tied by unrecorded EEF OETA [JERUSALEM] SC DS (28mm) w/large dateline (Sacher's only listed A10 is rated F). Unusual...
Auction #4 World Coins & Medals + Specialized Holyland Postal History
By: Historama
Historama Auction #4 World Coins & Medals + Specialized Holyland Postal History
Our sale features a large selection of important pieces of postal history; our numismatic offering is smaller than usual as we had to set aside a large collection of ancient and medieval coins pending the receipt of our antiquities license (whose receipt is pending almost a year). Nevertheless, we begin with a small but high caliber selection of world coins and medals, including a series of high grade Italian 19th & 20th Century silver coins and some Judaic medals including the rare “Judea Restituta” medal commissioned by Yehuda Arazi (1946), and many lots of silver coins.
Our philatelic offering is phenomenal: our selection of WWII postal links with Palestine includes mail sent at the moment the War broke out, including a stunning cover to Poland 3-09-39 refused service and enclosed with a rare mimeograph from the Jerusalem censor announcing the cessation of communications with Germany, a cover from the Latvian foreign ministry sent a day after the installation of the pro-Soviet government, Red Cross 2-way correspondence mail with Nazi Germany, mail from France and to Poland during the various stages of the 1939-40 campaigns, mail from Aden and Iran, mail to the Shanghai Ghetto, and more.
We are honored to represent fine pieces of “service suspended” mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict from a Large Gold collection, whose degree of detail reveals the fascinating story and intricacy of politically-charged postal routings, and includes pieces with rare service suspended cachets of various Arab countries, Israeli service-refused markings, Cold War 'postkrieg', mis-directed mail (to Israel or Arab states) including a cover from India to Iran which was routed via Israel, an incredible pilot-signed “hi-jack” cover from flight BA870 (1974), mail from the 2nd Intifada and more – many pieces the sole examples known; a world of history unto itself.
We are also proud to present a meticulously assembled 50 year-old collection of British military mail and postmarks from Egypt in WWI, including some very rare censored pieces (the “circle E” and undocumented “OET #4 Censorship” markings), a series of undocumented postmarks including some pre-dating the known dates of establishment of certain army post offices. Additionally we offer key German & French Palestine-related covers: a picture postcard marked by a rare handstamp of the French High Commissioner for Palestine; registered letters from Militär-Mission Feldpost 4. Armee, K. D. Feldpoststation 372, Deutche Feldpost 663, FELDPOST MIL. MISS. BIR-ES-SEBA – and more.
Drawing upon what is reputedly the largest collection of Jerusalem postmarks – and one of only 3 such in the world - In the area of postmarks, we offer a wealth of materials from rare and even undocumented cancellations from Jerusalem and Haifa, a proof strike of the very rare 21-02-1949 first Israeli Jerusalem machine cancel – possibly the rarest of all Israeli cancellations, full strikes of Talavera Barracks, Jerusalem-Lydda TPO and more. Similarly, our Holyland forerunners are studded with key postmarks: Ottoman AIOUN CARA, JAFFA7 (#831), violet QUARTIER ISRAELITE w/date (#753v); Russian rare blue JAFFA (#614); French JAFFA (#311); plus “Tempel-Kolonie”, “Aus Sarona” & “RISCHON-L'-ZION” (#153/St-708) colony cachets – and more.
Our Mandate postal history offering includes very rare rates, such as the period-3 1m printed matter rate, a 1938 airmail from Haifa to Tel Aviv, a gem period-2 postcard franked by the cobalt-blue Ba2 EEF frank, and more. Among Israeli state postal history we offer incredible PEDI covers: a registered cover, a back-stamped cover, and the highest numbered cover with both type I and II cancellations.
Our selection of taxed mail is probably unparalleled, with many exquisite pieces of domestic and overseas mail taxed with high frankings or taxed for unusual reasons, including a couriered “poste restante” cover taxed for being return addressed in the same locale as the PR service requested, 1948 mail with 'provisional' tax frankings, interim-period mail with interim frankings as PDs, revenue-label franked mail (both taxed and accepted!), postage dues from recent inflationary periods, currency transitions, mixed frankings and much more.
The philatelic selection is rounded out by many airmail covers and special surface mail representing important routes and bearing special frankings, including full tabs. Our next sale will take place later this summer – and by then the full force of our numismatic offering will featured.
Bidding in Our Auctions
In light of numerous requests we have received to run “live auctions”, this sale of 641 lots will be a combined mail and timed ('live') auction. It will open on April 19th and end May 17th. Some of the lots in the sale will be sold in the usual manner of a mail auction by receiving bids in writing on lots throughout the sale period (above) until the end of this portion of the sale (22:00 Israel time on 17 May): bidders with the highest bids will be the winners of those lots at that time; bidding-time will be extended by 5 minutes in the event bids are received within the last 60 seconds.
Other lots (202) with specially marked lot numbers ending “-LA” – will be on pre-sale display until May 17th and will go on sale starting at 22:00 Israel time on 17 May, on a 3rd party live auction site called Bidspirit.com; this will be the timed auction (without auction hall or announcer), and each lot in this portion of the sale will be displayed for a minimum of 30 seconds, during which time live bids can be submitted. Pre-sale bids can be placed on these lots in writing before the start of the sale and absentee bids in writing can be submitted during the sale itself. These lots will be displayed here, on our site (historama.com/auctions) and also on our Bidspirit site (historama.bidspirit.com): on this and our site these lots will appear static, without real-time changes in the bid level, but on the Bidspirit site the bid status of these lots will update in real-time before and during the sale – and the sale itself will be conducted on our Bidspirit site only.
Both portions of the sale run in the same manner: the bid level increases by steps, so that if a person submits a high bid relative to the present level, the present level will only rise by 1 step and the rest of that person's high bid will be kept in reserve by the auction program in order to counterbid on his behalf if competing bids are subsequently placed.
As is our policy, in the mail auction opening bid levels are flexible and we can accept bids that are as much as 20% below that level provided there are no unpublished reserves which are above that level. In any event, reserves will never be higher than the opening bid level. As Bidspirit is unable to process bids below the opening level (for the live auction/time auction), the displayed opening bid levels will be the minimum acceptable bids.
Our auctions are designed to enable bidders to make the most of their budget, while aiming to save them money: last-minute bid increases can be selected (for some or all bids); a bid-budget can be specified, to protect bidders from financial over exposure – and here, bidders can also specify their order of preference among the lots they win, to secure those which are most important to them.
We look forward to having you at our sale and wish you good luck with your bids.
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Lot #40519 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
10 NO 1920 reg. cv ex J'LEM to PARIS franked 2Pia per period rate using Ba22 (sett. II) - rare as a sgl frank on cv - tied by rare J'LEM RGD skeleton ds (Sach-D1, rated E) + one strike on back; b/s 26-11-20 civilian PO transit in France (Br. APOs in Fr. closed as of 1 Oct. 1920); opened roughly at top & repaired, bottom left corner creased.
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Lot #40520 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
18 MY 1920 comm cv ex BRITISH APO CONSTANTINOPLE to British High School J'LEM, franked 2ᄑd & tied by APO pmk; b/s PORT SAID transit using civil. pmk & 30 MY 20 arr using Sach-A9 pmk (with missing "A"); cut open at top.
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Lot #40521 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
16 JU 1920 reg. cv ex J'LEM to PARIS, franked 2Pia at period rate (1pia overseas letter + 1 pia reg. fee) using vert pair Ba10 ted by rare OETA EEF J'LEM RGD sc ds (Sach-A13) on front & back; b/s 18 JU 20 PORT SAID transit; opened at top & resealed, frayed edges all around.
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Lot #40522LA - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
Undocumented 7 SP 29 JERUSALEM 24mm sc ds tied to Palestine Posts, Telegraphs & Telephones receipt stationary form PT 13 - this would be the smallest known sc ds of this type.
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Lot #40523 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
20 JA 1930 undocumented J'LEM DC DS "UERUSALEM" tied to 13m frank (Ba98) per period overseas surface rate to Egypt on comm cv ex J'LEM to CAIRO, b/s next day arr.; opened roughly at left, frayed edge.
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Lot #40524 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
1932-39 local J'LEM newspaper wrapper marked "printed matter" & franked 7m (Ba105) for 3m 50g pm rate + 3m additional 20g (1m overcharge) tied by scarce thick dateless triangular JSM cancel (Sach-C1) for bulk pm mail.
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Lot #40525LA - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
11 AP 35 ppc of Jews praying at Wailing Wall ex J'LEM to SWITZERLAND franked at period 8m pc overseas surface rate using 6m + 2m Pictorals Ba90/94 tied by full single strike of JERUSALEM LYDDA TPO [Travelling Post Office] pmk (D6/Sacher P13/Dorf-7); very fine & rare; est. value $750+
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Lot #40526LA - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
16 JY 36 airmail cv ex J'LEM to YORK, England franked 13m at Imperial Airways rate to UK using 3 color Pictorals (all vert. ribbed) 8m + 3m + 2m Ba90/91/106 tied by 2 full strikes of rare TALAVERA BKS JERUSALEM index C skeleton pmk (D1/Sacher J21, index C unlisted; 2nd earliest recorded date per Sacher), w/airmail etiquette on front; slit open at top; stain at left. Fine and...
Lot #40527 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
11 IX 1938 local pm cv tied by slogan machine meter franking of the JNF (Sach-G12 over 2 months before his EKD of use) at the period discounted 2m bulk pm rate for bodies regstered at the GPO & cancelled by very rare "J.M." dateless triangular cancel (Sach-C4, rated G - 2 months before his EKD of use); unsealed per pm regulations, vertical fold; very fine. Est. value $350...
Lot #40528 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
3 JA 1923 reg. AR cv ex J'LEM to PARIS franked 26m per period rate using 2x 13m London II (Ba79) tied by 2 strikes of REG J'LEM oval pmk + 1 on back; cv marked by rare ex-Turkish PO A.R. boxed h/s (at 27x41mm height this unlisted by Sacher); b/s 4 JA 23 KANTARA HAIFA SOUTH TPO transit using Dorf-19 & 12-1-23 PARIS arr.; slit open at top, vert. fold. Very fine; ...
Lot #40529 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
3 MR 1934 local comm cv ex City Engineer's Dept (on dept. stationary) franked 5m per period inland letter rate tied by DCDS; as address unknown b/s'd next day by HE/AR "unknown" cachet Sach-L38 (month before his EKD of use) + walk/postman h/s Sach-L56 (month before his EKD of use); next day marked by "Return To" (Sach-L25, almost 8 years after his LKD of use) & "...
Lot #40530 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
4 DEC 1940(?) local pm cv on Keren HaYesod stationary franked 2m at the period pm rate (until 1 May 1941) using red "postage paid" h/s & tied by rare small triangual "JSM" dateless triangular cancel (Sach-C3) for bulk pm mail; unsealed per pm regulations.
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Lot #40531 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
Local J'LEM 19-11-1944 dated mimeograph ex Teacher's Union Center franked 3m per period pm rate & as not cancelled by ds at local PO, here cancelled at HPO with rare mute triangular cancel device (Sach-C7 rated F, here a year later than his LKD of use). Est. value $200+
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Lot #40532 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
9 JA 1945 local J'LEM stampless Jewish internee mail r/a Assistant Inspector General, Criminal Investigation Department (head of the CID) tied by dc ds Sach-B38 & marked by octogonal KK/10 censor h/s (Sach-Q22, 16 months later than his LKD of use) + 3-line boxed "Exempted from Postage" censor h/s Sach-Q40 39 months after his LKD of use; cut open at right, a few peripheral tears. Mail sent...
Lot #40533 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
30 JA 1948 local J'LEM Palestine Posts stationary cv tied by unlisted 26mm dc ds w/"A.M." time-stamp, thick lettering & bar, which touches edge; back-flap torn, compete.
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Lot #40534 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
18 MAY 1948 local comm cv franked 10m at period rate using 2nd local issue (Ba105) tied by J'lem Sorting Office rosette pmk & 18 MAY 1948 dater (unclear but deformity of rosette inner ring, in use since 13 May, borne out by other mail of same date w/same deformity). The SO's pmk likely used here as cover posted uncancelled in a street mail box. Opened gently at back. Scarce; est. value $250+
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Lot #40535 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
20 JUN 1948 comm cv on OHMS requisitioned statonary to TLV franked 10m at period rate using 2nd local issue (Ba105) tied by deformed J'lem Sorting Office rosette pmk on last day of use & 20 JUN 1948 dater. The SO's pmk likely used here as cover posted uncancelled in a street mail box. Slit open at top. Scarce; est. value $250+
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Lot #40536 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
21 JUNE 1948 comm cv to HAIFA franked 10m at letter rate using 2nd locals issue Ba105, tied by full strike of provisional oval "liberation" pmk on 1st day of use, 21 JUNE 1948; torn open at bottom & repaired; cv complete. Est. value $150+
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Lot #40537 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
1948 Jerusalem interim/early DI mail: 21 JUNE 1948 local J'LEM pm cv franked 5m per period pm rate using Doar Ivri Ba2, newly arrived in J'lem as of 20 June & tied by full strike of 1st day usage of 'Liberation' pmk; addressee not found (manuscript on back) and letter returned to sender; back-flap unsealed as per PM regulations; very fine, Muenz certified.
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Lot #40538 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
22 JUNE 1948 local J'LEM comm cv on requisitioned OHMS stationary ex Minhelet Ha'am Income Tax Office (two clear strikes of scarce cachet on front) franked at letter rate using 10m 2nd issue J'lem local Ba105 (DI stamps available in J'lem only as of 20 June) - unusual as official mail & should be free; tied by full strike of "egg" pmk on FD of use (a day before the end of the 'postal...
Lot #40539 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
22 JUNE 1948 comm cv to TLV franked 10m per letter rate using 2nd local issue Ba105 tied by "egg" liberation pmk on 1st day of use, 22 JUNE 1948; slit open at top. Est. value $150+
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Lot #40540 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
Early Doar Ivri 23 JUNE 1948 cv ex JERUSALEM to HAIFA franked 10m at DO-1 period letter rate using DI Ba3 (newly issued in J'lem as of 20 June) and tied by 'egg' BaB-2 pmk (date appears as "26" but can't be as Saturday); cut open at left. Last day of the 'postal siege' on Jerusalem.
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Lot #40541 - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
6 JY 1948 reintroduced JERUSALEM Mandate-period sc datestamp tied to local J'lem telegram form PT6, ds use here may pre-date Glassman's EKD of use "mid-July"; continued used until Oct. when replied by Israeli trilingual pmk.
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Lot #40542LA - Postmarks of the Mandate & Israel - Jerusalem
First day 21.9.49 strike of 2nd Israeli Jerusalem machine-cancel (Nach-289/22; EG-76) tied to printed matter cover franked 5Pr using 1949 IDF Insignia (Ba18) on its 2nd day of use; unsealed at back per pm regualtions. The successor to the rare m-c of 21-02-1949, this with Arabic in 2 words; in use until Aug. 1951 and rarely encountered.
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