Public Auction #117

OTTOMAN POSTAL MONEY ORDER for 55 Grush (Registration No. 078575) sent from BIR-EL-SEBEE Feb. 23, 1914 to JERUSALEM, with clear receival back stamp. The only Turkish Postal Money Order known from the Holy Land, and the only known Turkish Beer Sheva "Registration" marking of any kind. Very scarce. File holes. Photo. Estimated Value $750

TURKISH POSTAL ENVELOPE, 20para plus additional 30para (due to weight) from BEER SHEVA, April 16, 1916 to Damascus. Censored by the military with black "Beer Sheba Military Censor", in use only from February to August, 1916. Rough opening and some slight tropical stains. Photo. Estimated Value $350

PICTURE POSTCARD SENT June 1916, BIR-EL SEBEE stampless "Free Frank" postcard from the Hungarian Commanding Officer of the Austro--Hungarian Howitzer Battery No. 2, stationed in Beer Sheva, mailed through the Ottoman civilian Beer Sheva post office without any charge. Censored in Constantinople and in Zeman (on the Hungarian border). Most unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $350

COVER FROM BIR-EL SEBEE, Nov. 1916, addressed to Aleppo (via Damascus), receival and transit backstamps, franked with total 60pa stamps. Censored by the Military Censor in Beer Sheva in VIOLET, ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE, also latest date of use in any color. Photo. Estimated Value $350

POSTAL RECEIPT DOCUMENT, part, with 8x20pa stamps tied by 4x BIR-EL SEBEE cancels, Bale #785, high catalogue value. Some stains. Photo. Estimated Value $500

1-PIA IMPRINTED ENVLEOPE, from BEER SHEVA to Beyrouth, Sept. 25, 1917, with added 10pa stamp, probably Registered, with BEER SHEVA CENSORSHIP MARK. Only 4 covers known with this mark, and the only one in VIOLET. 2x BIR-EL SEBEE cancels. Scarce and clean. Photo. Estimated Value $750

MAY 1917 COVER from Beer Sheva cancelled by ALL ARABIC "Beer Sheva postmark, sent to Constantinople. "Ak Sarat" and Constantinople May 21, 1917 arrival cancellations. The only reported cover with "BEER SHEVA 1" dispatch postmark. Military postal seal marking. A real GEM cover. Photo. Estimated Value $1000

ALL ARABIC "BEER SHEVA 1" POSTMARK, on February 1916 Parcel Card to Jerusalem with receival backstamp. Only reported Parcel card originating from Beer Sheva. Photo. Estimated Value $350

POSTAL CARD 20pa WITH ADDITIONAL 1pia. and 10pa, stamps on card from Adana, Syria with receival cancel ALL ARABIC "BEER-EL SHEBBA 1" Receival cancel, censor marking. Strange rate "registered"? Most unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $750

PICTURE POSTCARD , June 1917 from a Turkish officer in Beer Seva. Franked 2x20 pa stamps (40 para rate required from officers, no officers were exempt from postage); postmarked ALL-ARABIC "BEER SHEVA 2". Mailed to Uskudah with Istambul 2 transit postmark and Usjuda (Turkey) arrival postmark in black. The only known card or cover with the ALL ARABIC BEER SHEVA 2 dispatch postmark. Photo. Estimated Value $600

DOCUMENT January 1917 RECEIPTS FOR REGISTERED LETTERS, postmarked with BOTH "BEER SHEVA 2" and the bilingual Beer Sheva postmarks. Reverse side 10 postage stamps cancelled "BEER SHEVA 2". The only known Beer Sheva receipt form with both postmarks! Very high catalogue value. Photo. Estimated Value $750.

OFFICAL POSTCARD for the Inauguration of the BBER SHEVA--AUJA EL HAFIR RAILWAY LINE, showing the planned extension to Kusseima. (only 2 such postcards are known, the other with filing holes). Front of postcard cancelled May 26, 1916 at HAFIR during the inauguration ceremonies, proving it is indeed AUJA-EL-KAFIR. Photo. Estimated Value $1000