Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

Beseiged Safed interim post: 10 MAY 1948 local pm cv franked 5m per period 3m pm rate (2m overcharge) using Mand. Ba93 tied by full strike carmine "circular local" pmk; cut open at top. Probably posted sealed (against pm reguations) to protect contents as op. to liberate town began same day; Mand. frank justified as local issue only avail. in 10m. Evaluated as genuine cv: pmk matches known dimensions (39mm/26mm), lettering & ink color (not red); imprint of pmk on back, like cv in mail stack; stp affixed close to edge (unlike unaddressed souvenirs); address is w/o street as most known local cv's of period & addressee not known phil. name. Rare as bearing Mand. frank (no longer sold, as local issue avail; 3m known used on 7- & 8-05-48 wrappers, supply possibly used up, hence 5m here).