Palestine Forerunners - the French Holyland Post: 3rd pre-UPU period OCT 1874 folded commercial letter (dated 28 Oct) from JERUSALEM to COGNAC France, franked 80c at the 1871-76 5th postage rate period's letter rate using French Ceres stamp; although a French-run postal agency existed in JERUSALEM (under the Damiani family), here letter transmitted by non-affiliated forwarding agent "W. Duisberg...
HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
By: Historama
Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #647 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Ottoman maritime mail: 20 IX 1894 dated postcard in Danish on 1892 issue Ottoman postal stationary postcard (Bale unlisted: like #709 frame-type C but lacking "avec response payee") from JAFFA (see bottom of correspondence) to COPENHAGEN Denmark, with pre-printed 20pa franking per 1st UPU period overseas postcard rate; as the franking was tied by a 'Retta' (Egyptian) cancellation, the...
Lot #648 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Incoming mail/French Holyland PO: scarce 14 MAR 1895 French prepaid black 'Carte Postale' postcard (Ba PC-01) with 10 centimes value (Ba F-F) from SMYRNA to JERUSALEM, tied by French Turkish-Asia SMYRNA PO postmark; backstamped 19 MAR JAFFA transit via French PO in Holyland (scarce Ba 311 postmark) & 20 MAR 1895 JERUSALEM arrival - here handled by Austrian PO (postmark...
Lot #649 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Incoming mail: 18(?) MAR 1899 registered commercial cover on "Pomus Brothers Trade House" stationary from CHITA to Rabbi Zalman-Chaim Rivlin (director of Talmud Torah HaGadol 'Etz Haim') in JERUSALEM, franked 20 Kop. on last day of UPU-2 overseas rate,with manuscript "zakaznoe" ('registered') & dotted 'R' cachet (for overseas registered mail) + bearing 1899 ...
Lot #650 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Outbound mail: 18 OCT 1899 commercial cover from SAFED (with sender's cachet - 'Elias Klinger Saffed') to music business in WILDSTEIN Bohemia, Austra (on that business's stationary), franked 40 Para (on back) using pair 20 Para (Ba120) per 2nd UPU period 1Pia rate for mail abroad tied by rare blue Safed postmark Ba 780b / Steich-PM4; backstamped 5-11-1899 unclear arrival/transit postmark; est. value $500+...
Lot #651 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Incoming mail: postcard handled by 3 postal authorities: 27/12/1899 Swiss picture-postcard of Schaffhausen from ROSTOCK(?) Germany to HAIFA, franked 10pf; handled in Palestine by the Austrian Post where backstamped "CAIFA OESTERR. POST" transit; redirected to JERUSALEM and cancelled by the rare Turkish 'HAIFA POSTA SHUBESI 1287' (PM3) negative seal in blue prior to dispatch. Light strikes,...
Lot #652 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Austrian mail to Holyland: picture postcard of Vienna (Edgar Schmidt) ex Vienna to Jerusalem, postmarked Vienna 7 MAR 1900 and arrived Jerusalem 16 MAR 1900 via Austrian PO black postmark Ba 122. Small tear bottom left tip.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $44. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid...
Lot #653 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Incoming mail: 16 VI 1900 Lazar Solomonovich Poliakoff stationary registered commercial cover from MOSCOW to [Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem] Rabbi Shmuel Salant in JERUSALEM, franked 20 Kop. using ver pair 10 Kp, tied by 2 strikes of local postmark + Moscou 974 label & "Zakaznoe / Recommandirt." Russian-German registered handstamp and dotted "R" overseas mail registered mark;...
Lot #654 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Outbound mail: 1903 printed-matter wrapper (envelope cut open on both sides) from SAFFED to Jewish liqueur business in HOLLESCHAU, Moravia ("via Vienna Post"), posted via Ottoman PO & franked 10pa per printed-matter rate using Ba165 (oddly not the 'matbua' overprinted type for printed-matter mailed abroad) & tied by scarce blue local postmark (PM5/Ba 812b); backstamped 25-3-03 arrival; scarce...
Lot #655 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
German PO in Holyland - incoming mail: 8-8-1901 complete German 10pf prepaid reply card postal stationary from BERLIN to JERUSALEM, arrived "16/8 01" marked by Falk-A2 postmark with slash between day and month (unlisted in Bale & FPOP); est. value $300
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $89. This...
Lot #656 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Holyland Ottoman-Turkish postmarks: 2x very fine strikes of rare blue JERICHO postmark (Ba 798b) dated 26-12-1903 tied to 2x 10 Para franks on Turkish UPU picture postcard of Dead Sea (by L. Schoeneke, JERUSALEM) to GYEVIK Sweden, per period 20 Pa overseas postcard rate; backstamped 2-1-1904 JERUSALEM transit (Ba 800); message in Swedish on front. On reverse is ornamental "NH" cachet, possibly of a hotel (...
Lot #657 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
German Post Office in Holyland: 1-3-1905 postmarked 1905 series German Levant prepaid postal stationary wrapper (Ba428), franked printed matter rate of 10Pa on 5Pf (with 'roof' on letter A), from JERUSALEM to RHEYDT and tied by full strike of Ba402/FPOP 231 postmark; handstamped on back with "Syrisches Waisenhaus" (Syrian Orphanage / Schneller Orphanage) return request cachet....
Lot #658 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
German PO in Holyland: 13-03-1906 color picture-postcard of Jerusalem from JERUSALEM to VIENNA, franked at period postcard rate using overprinted Germania 20 Para on 10Pf (Ba25/37) and tied by full strike Ba403 postmark; est. value $130+
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $44. This price will rise by...
Lot #659 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
German Post Office in Holyland: 11-4-1907 postmarked 1905 series German Levant prepaid postal stationary envelope (Ba424), franked 10Pa on 5Pf, and marked "Printed Matter" in German, from JERUSALEM to DORTMUND, tied by Ba405/FPOP 233 postmark; unsealed at back per printed-matter regulations, vertical fold in center; est. value $200.
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Lot #660 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Holyland Austrian PO mail: Arthur Ruppin personal stationary from JAFFA to Austria, franked 1 Piaster (Ba 67) at the correct letter rate for mail abroad 21 APR(?) 1912(?) and postmarked by Jaffa b pmk 126. Ruppin was the future head of the Jewish Agency in 1933-35; he immigrated to Palestine in 1908 and there established the Palestine Office of the Zionist Organization (forerunner of the Agency) in Jaffa....
Lot #661 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
Outbound mail: 17-4-1914 superb strike of ERIHA (JERUSALEM) violet postmark (PM3/Ba865v) tied to 20 Para frank with black star overprint (for mail abroad; Ba 331) on picture-postcard of Bedouins baking bread, to NUSSBAUMEN Switzerland; backstamped 21-4-14 octogonal JERUSALEM6 transit postmark (PM26/Ba 872a); marginal small top tear amended; est. value $675+
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Lot #662 - PH: Ottoman Holyland
World War I era Turkish Beersheva BIR-ES-SEBA 2 (Ba 883) rare all-Arabic postmark: 1918-dated 5 full strikes tied to block of 20x 1916 3rd series War Orphans overprinted 20pa stamps (Ba 464/289) - 400 Para - gummed on back of partially torn ledger sheet of 5 attached telegram receipts (with signatures & Arabic manuscript), i.e. 80 Para per receipt. Est. value $400-1500
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Lot #663 - PH: Holyland Colonies
Rare incoming mail to small Jewish settlement (Mesha-Tavor): 15-04-1914 commercial cover on business stationary ("Cloth and Manufactory Trade | A. U. Katznelson" - суконно-мануфактурная торговля) from OVRUCH Ukraine to "Colonie MESHA-TABOR near Tiberias" & addressed in French to P. Katznelson c/o J. Rotblatt, franked on reverse (probably standard overseas letter rate) & tied by 1...
Lot #664 - PH: Holyland Colonies
Jewish colony mail (via Austrian PO): 9 IX 1910 Austrian prepaid 20 Para postal stationary postcard (1908 issue - Ba111) from Haim Dov (Rabbi Kantor of Shfeya - a Mohel & Shochet, one of the first settlers of Meir Shfeia, a tiny locale from which only 2 postcards are known posted of which one from R. Kantor) now in "Colonie" Zichron Yaakov; mailed via HAIFA (as Zichron...
Lot #665 - PH: Holyland Colonies
Jewish colony mail (via Austrian PO): Aug. 1905 Austrian prepaid 10 Centimes on 10 Heller postal stationary postcard (1904 issue, Ba114) in Hebrew written Yiddish from RISHON LE ZION to JERUSALEM tied by faint but legible rare double ringed "RISCHON-L'-ZION | PAR POSTE AUTRICHIENNE" cachet (Ba153/FPOP 708); backstamped 27-8-05 JAFFA transit (Ba117/FPOP 525 postmark) & 23 (dater should...
Lot #666 - PH: Holyland Colonies
Local Hebrew Ottoman post/Small Locales: 20 FEB 1913 strike of rare violet Aioun Cara postmark (Ba 810v) tied to Ottoman 20 Para frank on picture-postcard (Tuck's) from AIOUN CARA (Rishon LeZion) to ROSH PINA, written in Hebrew; backstamped 22 FEB 1913 HAIFA transit (Ba791 postmark). Collins/Steichele (p.40) notes that "this postmark is very rarely clearly struck". Addressed Segal family is...
Lot #667 - PH: Holyland Colonies
Holyland colonies: domestic registered printed-matter cover postmarked 26-3-1909 from WILHELMA Templar colony to JERUSALEM, correctly franked using 1¼pi on 25pf Germania stamp (Ba27/Mi39; ¼ piaster = 10 Para = 5pf printed-matter rate + 1pi [20pf] registered fee; Ba p.65 incorrect, see DPP 120/122) tied by full strike Jaffa postmark Ba401 & superb strike of rare "Tempel-Kolonie...
Lot #668 - PH: Holyland Colonies
German Post Office & colonies in Holyland: 3-12-1910 "Aus Sarona bei Jaffa (Deutsche Post)" violet cacheted (Ba412/FPOP 248) 1908 series German Levant prepaid postal stationary wrapper (Ba431) from JAFFA to (unclear) Germany franked at printed matter rate using pre-printed 10c on 5Pf frank and stamped "Imprime" on front, tied by full strike of Ba401/FPOP 221 postmark;...
Lot #669 - PH: Holyland Colonies
German Post Office & colonies in Holyland: 31-12-1910 "Aus Sarona bei Jaffa (Deutsche Post)" violet cacheted (Ba412/FPOP 248) 1907 issue German Levant prepaid postal stationary commercial postcard with watermark (Ba408), franked 20Pa on 10pf tied by single ring JAFFA postmark Ba401, to EBINGEN. Message in German written in the Walhalla German colony in Jaffa. Very fine;...
Lot #670 - PH: WWI Military
WWI Austro-German military post: registered cover from Austrian "Liquidierender Rechnungsführer der | k. u. k. Gebirgshaubitzdivision i. d. Türkei" (Paymaster of the Austrian Mountain Howitzer Division) in Palestine to War Ministry, VIENNA; marked on front by 2-line violet unit cachet; carried to Syria where dispatched using German military post in DAMASCUS, postmarked 11-1-18...
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