Doar Ivri used as Postage Dues: 2-6-1948 local HAIFA cv franked 10m per period letter rate using M/H "Immigrant Ship" stp (Ba 23) - this demonetized as of 23-5-1948: clerk correctly tied HPO trilingual pmk (w/inverted order of Latin/Heb. datelines) to field of cv and not to frank & marked cv w/"T" tax h/s + m/s "20 mils", paid using 5m + 15m Doar Ivri stamps tied by next day HAIFA-3 pmk...
Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
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Historama Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5
Our new mail auction opens 1 Oct. and runs until 20:00 Israel-time on Wed. Oct. 25th. The sale features a nicely developed and balanced selection of 661 lots of high quality items covering ancient to modern numismatics & exonumia; Judaica (religious books, Rabbinic letters and signatures, Hassidic items, medallic items and ephemera) and Judaic tokens & medals; Israeliana; Jewish, Israeli & Arabian militaria and philately. There are 661 single-item and multiple-item lots, something for every taste and interest. More information is available here.
The philatelic offering is our best yet, highlighted by an extraordinary assembly of postal history documenting the Arab-Israeli conflict (1947 to present); WWII postal links w/Palestine; ‘Baghdad overland mail’; 1948-era mail incl. Israeli interim-period, emergency + early foreign postal links, besieged towns, early postage dues & mail of Arab armies in Palestine; Mandate & Israeli postal history; Mandate cachets & postal markings; Red Cross & POW mail; censored mail; British WWI EEF mail from Egypt; rare Jerusalem postmarks; Jewish/Zionist stamps; Jewish Brigade & displaced persons mail.
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Lot #50527 - Philately > Israeli postal history
Haifa 'provisional' Doar Ivri postage dues: 24-5-1948 local HAIFA pm comm cv on Shell Co. stationary, franked 3m per period pm rate using Mandate Pictoral (Ba 91) - but this demonetized as of 16 May; frank tied by HPO trilingual pmk (Index Alef) contrary to regulations, but cv still marked for 6m tax (double deficiency) using "T" cachet & boxed "To Pay" cachet: this paid using vert. pair...
Lot #50528 - Philately > Israeli postal history
1st day of period DO-2 postage rate: 1-10-1948 reg. cv ex TLV to "Shimon c/o Eliezer Kaplan" (possibly period finance minister) HADERA, franked 93 Pr. (15Pr letter + 25Pr reg. fee; 53 Pr possibly overfranked or 5x extra weight or 40Pr express fee not marked on cv) using Festivals 65Pr & 5Pr tabbed + 20Pr & 3Pr sgls (Ba10/11/13/14) & tied by 3 strikes of TLV-11 pmk on front + 2 on back (...
Lot #50529LA - Philately > Israeli postal history
Lot 3x stampless official mail cv's: a) 27-7-1948 ex Labor Ministry HAKIRYA (Nacht 564/1, early use) on Provisional Govt. stationary to TLV (locally re-routed) & tied on back by dated Ministry endorsement cachet; b) 30 NOV 1948 ex Interior Ministry "elections" matter cv on Provisional Govt. stationary to TLV & tied on back by dated Ministry endorsement cachet +...
Lot #50530LA - Philately > Israeli postal history
Lot 11x early IDF military covers, 1948-49, most marked OAS (m/s or cachet) & sent to POB 3002 TLV ("Correspondence" 'Aliya Pnimit' - match-making agency, connecting people by correspondence) & includes KABA #'s: 839 (Harris unlisted) & 190 x2 ("support cpy", 21st Bn, 2nd 'Carmeli' Bgd) & 148 (Milit. Police, 2nd Bgd) -...
Lot #50531 - Philately > Israeli postal history
Misused postal material - returned: 22-6-57 inland letter sheet (Ba ils3) ex J'LEM (r/a French Consulate) to LONDON - here used against regulations for overseas mail - prefranked 80Pr + 20Pr & 50Pr tabbed using 1956 Tribes (Ba119/122) per 150Pr FA-7 airletter rate & tied by 2 strikes of J'LEM-2 (Sortig office), but penalized for misused stationary & marked by Glassman...
Lot #50532LA - Philately > Israeli postal history
Early Israeli postal links: 7-12 [unclear] a/m cv ex TRIPOLITANIA to TLV, franked 30L using 3x BMA Tripolitania 10 MAL ovpt'd 5d stamps (Sa-7) & tied by 2 strikes of local date-bridge pmk, cv marked "A.V.2" (M-type-14) using local IM h/s - used on 'top of pile' cv of small batch of a/m, grouped together w/other batches to diff. destinations in mail bag, which then opened at var. mail exchanges offices for...
Lot #50533 - Philately > Israeli postal history
Early US-Israel airmail: 2 JUL 1948 a/m cv ex NYC to "Haaretz" newspaper TLV "Palestine" (m/s written "Israel"), meter-franked 25c per period a/m letter rate (service for comm. papers, pm & samples only available from 16 Aug.): commencement of US-Israel airmail began 29 June, so this early airmail.
Lot #50534LA - Philately > Israeli postal history
Lot 30x cv's mostly Israeli, incl: FDC's from 1948-50's incl. 16-5-1948 private FDC, 1948 stampless official mail on provisional govt. stationary, Betar 7th World Conference cv + philatelic souvenir, 5-7-1967 liberation of Western Wall photographic cv, 6-1-1960 FDC for currency conversion w/sequence of tabbed provisional franks, 3x foreign FDCs 1937 & '57-'58, a few Gaza PO FDCs, 1957...
Lot #50535LA - Philately > Israeli postal history
Lot 6x forced registration cv's sent ex various locales US to Etz Hayim Yeshiva J'LEM on its stationary, Sept-Oct. 1951: of note, all tied by boxed "To Pay 25 Prutot" denominated IM h/s & not w/usual m/s written amount - this appears unique to J'LEM-14 PO (Rechavia BO) as not seen on any other types of period forced reg. mail & unlisted in Glassman....
Lot #50536 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
Reintroduced Mandate postmarks from 2 cities: 1 JY 48 HAIFA TELEGRAPHS SC DS (GD-79 - 11 months after their LKD of use) tied to Mandate telegram form PT 6A & tied by J'LEM SC DS 4 JY 48 receipt; the J'LEM cancel believed used at Rehavia in early State period until receipt of Israeli trilingual devices - on telegrams until Oct., here pre-dating Glassman's EKD of mid-July. Horiz. fold at...
Lot #50537 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
First day JERUSALEM 2 (Sorting office; Nacht-289/3) dated 6-7-1948 tied to local J'lem cv (r/a Haifa); near full strike - here with large datelines, unusually with Latin date over the Hebrew; torn open at left, vert. fold. This is the EKD of use per Nachtigal & Fixler.
Lot #50538 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
Early JERUSALEM 14 (Rechavia BO; Nacht-289/15) dated 2-11-1948 tied to Mandate-era telegram stationary PT6; full strike - here with large datelines. J'LEM 14 entered use 5 Oct. 1948.
Lot #50539 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
PROOF strike of 2nd type Jerusalem machine cancel (Nacht-289/22), dated -1.9.1949 & tied to unaddressed cover franked 5Pr - event confirmed in Glassman; 1st commercial use occurred 20 Sept. A rare cancel w/few surviving commercial covers.
Lot #50540LA - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
JERUSALEM "HaVaad HaPoel" slogan machine cancel with date error 27-5-1590, tied to unaddressed cover, franked 3Pr.
Lot #50541 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
RED Jerusalem HPO pmk dated 11-11-1949 tied to local cv, unsealed. This is not the red "Paye" mark, evidenced by "bet" index letter & dateline spacing. Israeli postmarks in red are very rare.
Lot #50542 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
JERUSALEM PAYÉ postage paid ver. 1 (Nacht-289/20, Glass v1) in red, dated 21-9-1949 tied to cv to local address: this type with wide "R", used from 28 Sept. 1948 to 1950. Scarce pmk, near full strike.
Lot #50543 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
JERUSALEM PAYÉ postage paid ver. 2 (Nacht-289/20, Glass v2) in red, dated 17-4-1951 tied to Painters & Sculptors Assoc. House event invitation to local address: this type with narrow "R" first used in 1950, here late-dated as replaced by DC type in Aug. 1951. Scarce pmk, very fine.
Lot #50544LA - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
JERUSALEM PAYE machine cancel spectacular error: purple strike with mismatching Hebrew & Latin dates (28 Elul 5723 vs 20-1-50) + misplaced obliterator (on left instead of right), tied to locally addressed greeting card sized cv (to teachers' college); ungummed/unsealed. Not recorded in the literature.
Lot #50545 - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
Early JERUSALEM PAYE 2nd issue: 10-9-1951 full strike in red of DC DS (Glass-72/Nacht-289/57-58) tied to J'lem Homeowners' Association newsletter (dated next day); a few staple holes. This cancel first used 17 Aug., and used until 1985.
Lot #50546LA - Philately > Specialized Israeli Jerusalem postmarks
JERUSALEM PAYE machine cancel date error: red strike with mismatching Hebrew & Latin dates (19 Adar A' 5717 vs 26-2-57 - if Hebrew correct, should be 2-2-57), tied to locally addressed cv; unsealed. Probably Nacht-289/59 but error not recorded in the literature.
Lot #50547 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
War-affected Egyptian occupation mail: 30 JL 1948 reg. a/m comm. cv ex BETH LAHEM (r/a Br.(?) sender at "Poste Restante Bethlehem Palestine via Egypt") to "Director of Hiring GHQ" CYPRUS (no city written), franked 75m per period double-rate using "Palestine" ovpt'd 1m, 2x2m + Airs 30m & 40m (SG 1/2/27/28) & tied by 5 strikes of Egyptian date-bridge pmk on front + 2x on back &...
Lot #50548 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
War-affected Egyptian occupation mail: 18 OC 1948 reg. a/m comm. cv ex BETH LAHEM (r/a sender ex "Ramallah / Amman Transjordan") to "Dean of Admissions" [U. of Penn.] PHILADELPHIA, franked 165m per period double-rate using "Palestine" ovpt'd Airs 7m, 8m (damaged), 10m, 40m & 100m (SG 23/25/28/30) & tied by 5 strikes of Egyptian date-bridge pmk on front + 3x on back & Mandate R-label; b/s [unclear] 48 CAIRO R.D.[...
Lot #50549 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
Egyptian occupation mail: 30 AU 1948 reg. a/m stationary cv ex HEBRON to "Respected sir, doctor Alfred Isher" ALEXANDRIA, franked 90m per period rate using "Palestine" ovpt'd Airs 5m, 7m, 8m, 20m & 50m (SG 22-24/26/29) & tied by 6 strikes of rare Hebron Egyptian date-bridge pmk on front + 2x on back & Mandate R-label; b/s 4 SE 48 CAIRO R.D.[unclear] transit in blue + purple Cairo...
Lot #50550 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
1948-49 Jordanian occupation of West Bank: 7 FE 1947 comm cv ex TULKAREM to El-Andalous Library JERUSALEM, franked 15m using "Palestine" overprinted Jordanian franks & tied by 2 strikes of local reintroduced Mandate DC pmk; bet. 15 May 1948 & April 1949 region of Qalqilya-Tulkarem-Nablus-Jenin was held by Iraqi Expeditionary Force in Palestine in coordination w/Jordan - here cv opened/resealed...
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