1948-49 War Arab POW mail: stampless undated cv on NABLUS municipality stationary (no r/a) to "Respected sir, Mahmoud Abdelhady Khalaf | Prisoner no. 6180 | Detention Camp no. 795", transferred to Israel via Red Cross whose red cachet is tied to front; b/s by Iraqi Army censor negative cachet whose expeditionary force operated in area of Qalqilya-Tulkarem-Nablus-Jenin bet. 15 May 1948...
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 #50552 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
1948-49 War Arab POW mail: [7 DE 1948] cv ex TULKAREM to "Central Detention Camp | Prisoner no. 3381 | El-sayed Mohamed Saeed Dood El-Samra | By International Red Cross | Ramallah", originally franked (Jordanian stp) & tied by local pmk, now removed & most of pmk not visible (m/s date written top front, presumably dispatch); f/s by Iraqi Army censor negative cachet whose expeditionary force operated...
Lot #50553 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
Egyptian occupation of Gaza Strip: 10 AP 1951 reg. cv ex GAZA to British Embassador CAIRO, franked 35m & tied by GAZA-R pmk on front & back + registry boxed cachet; b/s next day CAIRO transit & delivery + marked on front by censor "106" (K-Type-1, this number unlisted in Kibble); slit open at top.
Lot #50554 - Philately > 1948 Foreign Arab mail in Palestine
Egyptian occupation of Gaza Strip: 20 DE 1954 Egyptian Avis de Receipt official form, franked 15m using 1953 issue 5m & 10m (SG 36/38) & tied by 2 strikes of GAZA-R Egyptian date-bridge pmk + registry boxed cachet; marked on front by purple Cairo censor "106" (K-Type-1, this number unlisted & past Kibble's LKD of use 1952). Front m/s "Gaza...
Lot #50555 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Iraqi postal boycott of Israel: 6 JUN 1949 a/m cv on business stationary ex NEW YORK to REHOVOT, franked 25c per period a/m rate & tied by local machine cancel; mis-routed via IRAQ where b/s 11 JUN 49 BAGHDAD arr. + m/s marked on front "No Postal Communication w Palestine Returned to Sender" & returned. This is earliest known example of Israel-bound mail received in Iraq: very rare as...
Lot #50556 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Israeli "no service" marks on mail from Arab states: 30 MAY 1950 a/m cv ex E. J'LEM (Jordan) to MODENA, franked 75m per period rate to Europe using mixed franking 1st & 2nd defs. & tied by 2 strikes of local pmk; b/s 31 V 50 BEYROUTH transit; arr. Italy but as addressee left, so marked on back Italian m/s + "AL MITTENTE" (RTS) IM h/s 2x on front & RTS: as r/a only "J'LEM" w/o...
Lot #50557 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Unusual Israeli "no service" marks on mail from Arab states: 6 OCT 1952 air letter ex AMMAN to RIO DE JANEIRO, franked 40F & tied by strike of local pmk; cover lacks further instructional marks, but as b/s 14-11-55(!) HAIFA(!) arr., must have been RTS & misrouted - for over 3 years (unless Israeli pmk misdated & this unrecorded -...
Lot #50558 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Israeli "No Service" mail vis. Arab countries: 15.6.1956 a/m cv ex BEYROUTH to POUSO ALEGRE Brazil, franked 95pia & tied by 3 strikes of local pmk; b/s 1956 21 JUN by unclear transit pmk - but here mis-routed to Israel as sender placed his name ("Ismael") in center of cv & addressee above(!); b/s 5-7-56 TLV-15 arr. where marked "no service" red manuscript (this rare as Isr....
Lot #50559 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Israeli "no service" marks on mail from Arab states: 15 NO 1952 surface mailed cv ex J'LEM (Jordan) to COPACABANA, franked 4m & tied by strike of local pmk; b/s 8 JAN 1953 COPACABANA arr. but as addressee left (IM h/s on back), RTS (m/s + "AU REMETENTE" (RTS) IM h/s on front): mis-routed via ISRAEL, where b/s 17-6-53 HAIFA arr. + "PAS DE SERVICE" IM h/s K-Type-H.I.2 on LKD of use &...
Lot #50560 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Israeli "no service" marks on mail to Arab states: 26-6-1952 a/m cv ex TAROUDANT Morocco to BETHLEHEM ("Hashemite Kingdom/Palestine"), franked 40f & tied by 3 strikes of local pmk; b/s same day CASABLANCA transit - but mis-routed via ISRAEL (with whom Morocco had postal relations, to 1959), b/s 28-6-1952 J'LEM arr. & censored "Tzadi" + marked "PAS DE SERVICE VIA ISRAEL" IM h/s K-Type-...
Lot #50561 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Israeli mail sent to Egypt: 15 V 1953 surface mailed reg. comm cv on Bank Leumi stationary ex HAIFA to IBADAN Nigeria, meter franked 1.55Pr per SU-3a period rate (95Ag letter + 60Ag reg. fee) & tied by Heb. "registered" IM + Isr. "Ayin" censor h/s on front & 2x b/s same day HAIFA-3 dispatch; b/s 21 JU 53 REG. IBADAN arr., but as unclaimed, marked such on front & sent back AUG. 53 - here misrouted via EGYPT...
Lot #50562 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Egyptian "No Service" mail sent to Israel: 23-7-1956 a/m cv ex ALEXANDRIA to SOUTH AMBLTON (UK) whose sender & addressee details erroniously misplaced on front - franked 52m & dispatched ex ALEX., but as sender's name "Esmaiel" & appears in addressee field, Egy. PO treated it as "Israel", censored it (K-Type-7, #80) & marked "no relaciones" + "retour" (red m/s...
Lot #50563 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Iraqi postal boycott of Israel: 1 NOV 1957 a/m cv ex LONDON to TLV, franked 9d & tied by machine cancel; mis-routed via Iraq (b/s 3 NOV 57 BAGHDAD DELIVERY arr.) where manuscript-marked "No Not Posted" w/arrow to "Israel" & returned to sender undelivered. Rare: misrouted mail via Arab countries other than those in immediate proximity of Israel is rare - via Iraq only 2 covers known;...
Lot #50564 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Pre-1961 Tunisian severance of postal relations w/Israel: pair airmail cv's to TLV, 1) 13-5-1960 ex SFAX, franked 80m & tied by 3 strikes of local pmk; 2) 1-6-1960 ex SOUSSE on national a/m stationary, franked 60m tied by national day pmk. From 1948 Tunisia & Israel had no diplomatic relations but maintained postal relations; on 18 Aug. 1961 Tunisia terminated postal relations (until c.2008) following admission to...
Lot #50565 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Egyptian postal boycott of Israel: 10-7-1969 a/m cv ex HERZLIYA to W. BERLIN, franked 80Ag per FA-18 period rate (40Ag letter to EU + 40Ag reg. fee) & tied by local pmk; when arr. re-routed to CAIRO / Poste Restante, as addresee travelling abroad & b/s 16-7-69 CAIRO AIRPORT arr. - however as cv's origins & markings Israeli, censored using K-Type-8 h/s & stamped by K-Type-II "...
Lot #50566 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Pakistani postal boycott of Israel: 1968 a/m cv ex PRAGUE to REHOVOT, franked 1.60k & tied by unclear local pmk; this mis-routed via PAKISTAN, where marked in KARACHI by "KAR AIR/3 | MISSENT TO | PAKISTAN." IM h/s + m/s "No Service for Israel from Pak R-T-S [return to sender] P-T-O" & returned. This is one of only two known covers to Israel misrouted to Pakistan (both via Karachi):...
Lot #50567 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Bahranian postal boycott of Israel: 16 AUG 1974 large a/m pm cv ex Temple University PHILADELPHIA to Weizman Institute REHOVOT, meter franked 78c; mis-routed via BAHRAIN, where f/s 20 AU 74 MANAMA arr. + marked in m/s "No Service to Israel" & returned to sender; m/s crossed-out on arrival & resent to Israel. This is the only known example of "no service" mail to Israel via Bahrain....
Lot #50568 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Chadian postal boycott of Israel: 29-8-1980 a/m comm cv ex J'LEM to MOUSSORO Chad, franked 27.15L during new "Old Shekel" curr. per. (starting 22 Feb 1980 - here worth 2.715 IS) & tied by 2 strikes of TLV-27 pmk; Chad under Libyan attack/occupation since 22 March (3rd such in Chadian-Libyan conflict/civil war, 1978-87), capital captured 16 Dec.; as suspended relations w/Isr. already Sept. 1972...
Lot #50569 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Iranian postal boycott of Israel: 6 [unclear] 1984 a/m cv ex DAR ES SALAAM to PETACH TIKVA, franked 1.55TSh & tied by unclear machine cancel; unusual postal connection & routing as nation cut diplomatic links with Israel in 1973 (renewed 1995): here cv routed via IRAN where b/s'd 24 OCT 1984 TEHRAN transit; as no postal relations now w/Isr., transit stopped but cv not marked...
Lot #50570 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Iranian postal boycott of Israel: 17-12-1982 a/m comm. cv ex KARLSRUHE to Nuclear Research Center YAVNE, meter franked 1.30DM; routed via IRAN (as postal relations with Israel existed until some time in 1982) but now marked by TEHERAN PO English IM h/s K-Type-Ia "THEREIS(sic) NO POSTAL RELATIONS | BETWEEN IRANAND(sic) ISRAEL" & returned to sender. Postal history gem:...
Lot #50571 - Philately > Unusual Arab-Israeli postal links
Iranian postal boycott of Israel: c. OCT 1986 a/m cv ex TEHERAN to Arab business HEBRON "Israel/West Bank", franked 45R & tied by unclear machine cancel; as postal relations w/Isr. "officially" suspended late 1982, cv marked by rare Farsi IM h/s K-Type-III "BACK TO SENDER | THERE IS NO POSTAL SERVICE CONNECTION" + Iranian censor (#7) cachet & returned to sender, b/s'd 28 NOV 1986 arr. This is...
Lot #50572 - Philately > 1948-49 War "Suspended Service" mail
1948 Egyptian seizure of mail to Israel: 22-3-1948 surface mailed reg. cv ex CHELYABINSK (USSR) to BEIT ALFA (scarce destination), franked 1.90R & tied by 3 strikes of local pmk; b/s 31-3-48 MOSCOW transit; as surf. mail cv probably routed via UK on to EGYPT (as mail origin located E. of Pal.), where as of early April mail to Jews in Palestine is seized, censored & returned to sender...
Lot #50573 - Philately > 1948-49 War "Suspended Service" mail
1948 Egyptian seizure of mail to Israel: 12-4-1948 surface mailed cv ex W. BERLIN to GAN ZVI (scarce destination), franked 50Pf & tied by local machine cancel: this mailed 6 days after UK suspended surface mail to Pal. (Ger.'s usual route), here possible sent via FRANCE (as not marked "no service" or RTS); routing went via EGYPT, where as of early April mail to Jews in Palestine...
Lot #50574 - Philately > 1948-49 War "Suspended Service" mail
1948 Egyptian seizure of mail to Israel: 24 IV 1948 a/m cv ex BASEL to HAIFA, franked 70c & tied by strike of local pmk; dispatched 2 days before all airmail to Palestine gets returned due to service suspensions: here transported via CAIRO, where since early April mail to Jews in Palestine is seized, censored & returned to sender, as done here - opened/resealed using...
Lot #50575 - Philately > 1948-49 War "Suspended Service" mail
1948 Egyptian seizure of mail to Israel: 19-4-1948 surface mailed reg. cv ex SIEFHENNERSDORF (Ger., Sov. zone) to TLV, franked 1.10DM & tied by 2 strikes of local pmk: this mailed 13 days after UK suspended surface mail to Pal. (Ger.'s usual route), here possibly sent via FRANCE (as not marked "no service" or RTS) - late s/m; route went via EGYPT, where as of early April mail to...
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