HAFIR CANCELLATIONS 3x on October 1916 COVER to Damascus (Deutsche Konsulat) with return address "Hafir El-Aujeh--Bir es Seba, Sud (South) Palestina". Scarce, clean. Photo. Estimated Value $600
Public Auction #117
By: House of Zion
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Dec 07, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
House of Zion Public Auction #117
Sunday Dec 07, 2025 14:00 America/Los_Angeles
Dear Friends and Collectors,
I am very pleased to announce our PUBLIC AUCTON #117, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2025 at 2pm. The sale features
the outstanding, Gold Award winning collection of the POSTAL HISTORY OF BEERSHEBA, 1915-1948, assembled by
Dr. Shaul Ladany. This collection is very personal to Dr. Ladany, as he has resided in Beersheba for over 30 years.
He has exhibited this collection at the International Stamp Show in Israel. We are honored to have been selected to
sell this outstanding collection.
This PUBLIC AUCTIION is being held in conjunction with PENPEX STAMP SHOW, in Redwood City, California, on
Dec.6-7. All lots will be on view during the show.
You can bid in person at the Auction on the 7th or if you prefer you can bid by “ZOOM”. It is most important that
you contact us and request a bid number, and we will forward o to you the tech information, but we are limited to
10 bidders.
And, of course, we accept bids by e-mail, fax or mail, but we must receive them no later than, 8pm on Saturday
night, Dec. 6, 2025.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate contacting us.
Good luck, Edward G. Rosen
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Lot #727 - OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES
PIECE with 1916 HAFIR CANCEL, Bale #854, high catalogue value. Photo. Estimated Value $400
Lot #728 - OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES
OCT. 1917 COVER FROM ISTANBUL, addressed to an officer in the 3rd Army Division stationed along the Gaza/Tel Sheria/Beer Sheva front at that time. On arrival cancelled with Turkish Field Post Office 22 receiving cancel (light) in the unrecorded purple color. The British attacked this front on October 26, and broke through the on October 31 in Beer Sheva, and overran the Turkish positions after a week long battle. Photo. Estimated Value $500...
Lot #729 - OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES
FPO #22 CANCEL (3rd Division Palestine) on COVER, 1917, receival cancel on front, with 1pia., 20 para stamps tied to cover FPO cancel (Bale #M33). Scarce. Photo. Estimated Value $1000
Lot #730 - OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES
PICTURE POSTCARD with stamp on front cancelled OTTOMAN FIELD POST OFFICE, #24, August 23, 1914, located south of JAFFA (Tel Aviv). Clean and unusual. Clean and unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $500
Lot #731 - OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES
SHEET OF REGISTRATION RECIPTS, with 68 stamps tied by 12 BEER SHEVA Negative cancels, unusual. Very high catalogue value. Photo. Estimated Value $750
Lot #732 - OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES
COVER from the FOURTH ARMY addressed to Germany, April 1916, with Damascus transit cancels front and back. . Unit clear negative handstamp in upper right-hand corner on cover front. Censored. Photo. Estimated Value $500
Lot #733 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
FOLDED LETTER SHEET FEB. 1916 cancel GERMAN FELDPOST/13 addressed to Palestina/Egyppo with FPO 44 Turkish cancels (HQ 7th Army) Bale MP16, censored. Most unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $750
Lot #734 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
FIELD HOSPITAL 212 "PASCHA" located on May 1916 in Beer Sheva, prior to having the German Military Mission had a postmark in Beer Sheva. The cover was therefore carried by courier to Constantinople and postmarked there on May 4, 1916. Censors front and back. Photo. Estimated Value $500
Lot #735 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
COUIER LETTER FROM BEER SHEVA, the earliest known German Military Mission letter from Beer Sheva in which the location of writing is specified. May 29, 1916 Postcard written in Beer Sheba by "Untffz Obang, m.g.k. 605, d. marine postboro Berlin C.2'' rectangular boxed unit cachet "M.G.k. 606" (Machine Gewehr Kompany=Machine Gun Company) and S.B. (Soldaten Brief=Soldiers Mail) Brief Stempil). Sent by courier to Aleppo, there postmarked June 3...
Lot #736 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
PICTURE POSTCARD cancelled June 25, 1916 (five days after the introduction of the "1 Expeditionskorps" postmark) in Beer Sheva, violet box handstamp "Feldlazarett 21 "Pascha"", addressed to Berlin. Photo. Estimated Value $275
Lot #737 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
FELDPOSTKARTE Military Postcard written on the Sinai Peninsula, June 28, 1916, postmarked in Beer Sheva, "Field Post, Mil. Mission, 1st Expedition Corp, June 29, 1916" (8th day after opening) with Unique unrecorded bi-lingual unit cachet of the field ;post office. Photo. Estimated Value $500
Lot #738 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
PICTURE POSTCARD, June 30, 1916 from soldier of the Machine Gun Company 605 (violet unit cachet in framed rectangle), stationed in Beer Sheva, sent to Germany. Photo. Estimated Value $275
Lot #739 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
JULY 1, 1916 PICTURE POSTCARD from soldier in the "Machine Gun Company, 608" (violet cachet box, from Beer Sheva to Stuttgart, Germany. Clean. Photo. Estimated Value $275
Lot #740 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
1st EXPEDITIONSKORPS FELDPOST cancel of July 5, 1906, violet Austrian unit handstamp "Kuk Gebrigshaubitzdivision v.Marno", addressed to Zagreb. Clean. Photo. Estimated Value $350
Lot #741 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
"DEUTSCHE Feld-Flieger-ABT 300 Pascha" violet double circle bilingual cachet (Bale #M20) on "Real Photo" Picture Postcard of Aviation officers in the desert, probably Sinai. November 8, 1916, the only known postal item FLOWN INTO BEER SHIVA. Addressed to Germany. Exhibit item. Photo. Estimated Value $1000
Lot #742 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
PICTURE POSTCARD from soldier with the MACHINE GUN COMPANY 607 (violet handstamp), July 14, 1016, addressed to Germany. Corner bend. Photo. Estimated Value $250
Lot #743 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
TWO PICTURE POSTCARDS, FIRST EXPEDITIONSKORPS, June and October, addressed to Germany, one with damage. Photo. Estimated Value $300
Lot #744 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
FELDPOSTKARTE Postcard, July 16, 1916, from a member of the German Machine Gun Company 606, stationed in Auja-El-Kafir, mailed to Germany via Austrian Field post in Beer Sheva, through Beyrouth, as indicated by the red Austro-Hungarian censor mark in Zemun. The only proven case where the KuK fieldpost has handles German mail in the Holy Land. Photo. Estimated Value $400
Lot #745 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
JULY 21, 1916 Cover + Letter from the Military Health Depot 101, in Auja-el-Hafir, mailed from Beer Sheva to Berlin, with the only known UNIT OFFICE CACHET on the from of the envelope. Photo. Estimated Value $400
Lot #746 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
PICTURE POSTCARD July 29, 1916 from Beer Sheva, Machine Gun Company 602, addressed to Germany, Feldpost cancel. Large corner crease. Photo. Estimated Value $150
Lot #747 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
FELDPOSTKARTE July 29, 1916 from nurse Paula Koch in El-Arish, with Field Hospital 213, stationed there (Belonging to the 1st Expedition Corp headquartered in Beer Sheva, censor mark 35. Postcard mentions Bir Mezar (=Bir-ul-Mezar) in the Sinai desert. Photo. Estimated Value $400
Lot #748 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
PICTURE POSTCARD of WILHELMA, written there on Aug. 6, 1916, addressed to an under-officer of the "Field Flight Detachment 300" in Beer Sheva, and sent via a courier to Beer Sheva (probably flown by a member of FFA 300). Redirected in Beer Sheva to "Convalescence Home, Jeruslame", and posted as fieldpost receiving "1st Expeditionary Corps, August 9, 1916 postmark of Beer Sheva. The ONLY KNOWN German Military Misson item addressed into Beer...
Lot #749 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
EL ARISH Aug. 18,1916, Picture postcard written by a member of the "Special Well Drilling Unit", cancel of Feldpost/Mil. Miss. 1st Expeditionkorp in Beer Sheva, and mailed to Soldier in the Eastern Front (Russian Front), rare destination. Corner fold. Photo. Estimated Value $400
Lot #750 - GERMAN MILITARY MISSION IN BER SHEVA, 1915-1917
GERMAN FIELD Hospital "Feldlazarett 213" Located in Beer Sheva, dated August 23, 1916. Special censor markings. Photo. Estimated Value $350
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