PROOF strike of the 1st Israeli JERUSALEM machine-cancel (Nach-289/21; EG-75), 1949: here with Hebrew date of "A Adar 5709" and Latin date of "10 1 1949" (the two don't match). This cancel was used only on morning of 21 Feb 1949 (Kaf-Bet Shvat), a locally manufactured head on a Mandate-era machine - but it broke down and could not be fixed. Considered the rarest of Israel's cancellations....
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 #1077 - PH: Israeli 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 with few surviving commercial covers.
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Lot #1078 - PH: Israeli Postmarks
First day 21.9.49 strike of 2nd Israeli JERUSALEM machine-cancel (Nach-289/22; EG-76) tied to printed matter cover to ROSH PINA franked 5Pr using 1949 IDF Insignia (Ba18) on its 2nd day of use; unsealed at back per printed-matter regulations. The successor to the rare machine-cancel of 21-02-1949 (see above), this version with Arabic in 2 words; in use until Aug. 1951 and seldomly encountered....
Lot #1079 - PH: Israeli Postmarks
RED JERUSALEM Head Post Office postmark dated 11-11-1949 tied to local cover, unsealed. This is not the red "Paye" mark, evidenced by "bet" index letter & dateline spacing. Israeli postmarks in red are very rare. As unsealed & postmark in red, possibly a clerical error of using a regular postmark instead of the red "pre-paid" postmark on printed matter(?) cover.
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Lot #1080 - PH: Israeli Postmarks
JERUSALEM PAYE machine cancel SPECTACULAR error: purple strike with totally mismatching Hebrew & Latin dates (28 Elul 5723 vs 20-1-50) + misplaced obliterator (on left instead of right), tied to locally addressed stampless greeting card sized cover (to teachers' college); ungummed/unsealed - presumably printed matter. Undocumented error.
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Lot #1081 - PH: Israeli 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 20-02-57), tied to locally addressed cover; unsealed - probably printed matter. Probably Nacht-289/59 but error not recorded in the literature.
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Lot #1082 - PH: Israeli Postmarks
Israeli "paquebot" mail: 27-6-1954 picture-postcard of S/S JERUSALEM to JERUSALEM, written in German, franked 70Pr at SU-5 surface mail rate (from Israel, here to Israel) using 1950 3rd Coinage 10Pr (Ba43) & 1954 Independence Day 60Pr (Ba97) franks tied by single strike of large "S/S JERUSALEM" cancel (Nach-36/1) on 1st day of use; part of machine cancel on back per arrival. Rare as Israeli...
Lot #1083 - PH: Israeli Postmarks
Israeli "paquebot" mail: 29-7-1956 black & white picture postcard of S/S Negba to TEL AVIV, franked 70Pr at SU-5 surface mail rate (from Israel, here to Israel) using 1955 12 Tribes 20pr & 50pr (Ba 119/122) franks tied by a single strike of large "S/S Negba" cancel (Nach-39/1); rare route & postmark.
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Lot #1084 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
Doar Ivri tabbed franking airmail to US: 14-3-1949 commercial cover from JERUSALEM to CHICAGO, franked 70 Pr at the FA-2 period airmail rate to US using tabbed grey paper 50pr and tabbed 20pr Doar Ivri franks Ba5/6a, tied by single full strike of JERUSALEM-1 (sorting office) postmark; slit open at top, vertical fold. Estimated value $150+
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Lot #1085 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1949 "Flying Scroll" stamp mixed franking airmail to US: 31-01-1949 cover from JERUSALEM to BEVERLY HILLS franked 70 Pr at the FA-2 period airmail rate to US using 65pr 1948 New Years Ba14 with bottom gutter + tabbed 5m Doar Ivri Ba2 tied by special Cyprus detainees slogan cachet & single strike of local Head Post Office postmark (with inverted Hebrew date). Slit open at...
Lot #1086 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1948 "Flying Scroll" stamp airmail to US: 22-10-1948 cover from JERUSALEM to NEW YORK CITY franked 65m at the FA-1 period airmail rate to US (10 days before start of new rate period) using 1948 New Years with long tabbed 65m Ba14, tied by JERUSALEM-2 (sorting office) postmark; arrived arround 1 NOV and marked "unknown" / "not at address given" and returned to Bowling Green Station (backstamped), being...
Lot #1087 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1948 "Flying Scroll" mixed tabbed franking airmail to US: 7-02-1949 cover from JERUSALEM to NEW YORK, franked 70pr at the FA-2 period airmail rate to US using long tabbed 65m Ba14 + tabbed 5m Doar Ivri Ba2, tied by 2 strikes of JERUSALEM-2 (sorting office) postmark; manuscript notation "Contents in German"; slit open at top, flap tear resealed, vertical fold. Estimated value $450+...
Lot #1088 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1948 "Flying Scroll" stamp multiple tabbed franking airmail to US: 3-04-1949 commercial cover from JERUSALEM to NYC franked 70 Pr at the FA-2 period airmail rate to US using short tabbed 65pr & long tabbed 5pr Ba11/14, with 2 strikes of JERUSALEM-11 (Mea Shearim) postmark (none on 5pr frank). Back flap missing but does not detract from cover. Estimated value $650+.
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Lot #1089 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1949 2nd Coinage: 25-2-1951 "Lacol" austerity period stationary airmail express cover from HOLON to CHICAGO franked 120pr at the FA-2a postage period rate to US (80pr letter + 40pr express), using 30pr tete-beche + tete-beche gutter pairs (Ba25a/25b), tied by 3 strikes of Holon postmark; with Israeli "bet" censor cachet & "airmail" and "express" labels on front; backstamped same day TEL...
Lot #1090 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1949 2nd Coinage mixed franking mail: 25-2-1951 "Lacol" austerity period stationary airmail cover from HOLON to CHICAGO franked 80pr at the FA-2a period letter rate to US, using 15pr 1949 (1950) 2nd Coinage tete-beche + tete-beche gutter pairs (Ba24a/24b) + full tabbed 1950 New Year 5pr and 15pr (Ba38/39) tied by 3 strikes of Holon postmark; with "airmail" label and Israeli "bet" censor mark on front. Slit...
Lot #1091 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1949 2nd Coinage mixed franking mail: 19-3-1951 "Lacol" austerity period stationary airmail cover from HOLON to CHICAGO, franked 85pr (5pr overfranked) at the FA-2a period letter rate to US, using 5pr tete-beche & tete-beche gutter pairs + 5x singles (Ba22/22a/22b) + 40pr 1949 UPU (Ba27), tied by 4 strikes of Holon postmark; Israeli "gimmel" censor cachet and "airmail" label on front; slit open at top....
Lot #1092 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1949 2nd Coinage mail: 13-4-1951 "Lacol" austerity period stationary airmail cover from HOLON to CHICAGO, franked 80pr at the FA-2a period letter rate to US, using 10pr tete-beche & tete-beche gutter pairs + 4x single (Ba23/23a/24b), tied by 3 strikes of Holon postmark; Israeli "gimmel" censor cachet and "airmail" label on front; slit open at top. Scarce multiple franking cover; estimated...
Lot #1093 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1949 2nd Coinage mixed franking mail: 3-6-1951 "Lacol" austerity period airmail stationary registered cover from TEL AVIV to VANCOUVER franked 105pr at the FA-2a postage period rate (80pr letter rate + 25pr registration), using 15pf 1949 (1950) 2nd Coinage tete-beche gutter pair (Ba24b) + 10pr 1950 3rd Coinage single (Ba43) + 50pr 1950 1st airmail (Ba35), tied by 3 strikes of TEL AVIV-94 postmark + 1 on back...
Lot #1094 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes: 26-3-1950 '1st day' airmail cover from TEL AVIV to BOMBAY franked 70pr at the FA-2a period rate using mix of 40pr (Ba27) on 1st day of use + 30pr 1949 2nd Coinage (Ba25) franks tied by single strike of TEL AVIV-41 postmark; 1 APR 1950 Bombay arrival postmark on back; opened and resealed by Israeli censor; roughly opened at back, piece of flap tip missing but does not detract...
Lot #1095 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes / taxed mail: 26-3-1950 commemorative 1st Day Cover pre-franked 120pr using 40pr & 80pr (Ba27/28) and tied by 1st day Haifa cancellation, left unused by owner and franked a month later 26-4-1950 on back 140pr for airmail dispatch from HAIFA (return addressed Nahariya) to SANTIAGO Chile using mix of 80pr (Ba28) + 40pr 1950...
Lot #1096 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes (heavy mail): 26-3-1950 airmailed OHMS Registered Envelope (No.172) 'first day cover' from TEL AVIV (philatelic service) to NEW YORK franked 425pr at the FA-2a postage period rate (80pr letter rate + 25pr registration + 8x 40pr R-letter additional 10g weight) using mix of 4x 80pr & 2x 40pr (Ba28/27) on 1st day of use + 10pr...
Lot #1097 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes: 2-6-1950 airmailed commemorative cover from JERUSALEM to NEW YORK CITY franked 80pr at the FA-2a period rate using half-tabbed 80pr (Ba28) tied by single full strike of local Head Post Office postmark; gently opened at back, very fine. Estimated value $55+
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Lot #1098 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes: 15-6-1950 "Lacol" austerity period airmail stationary cover from TEL AVIV (return addressed HOLON) to NEW JERSEY franked 80pr at the FA-2a period letter rate to US using full tabbed 80pr (Ba28) tied by single strike of local postmark; gently opened at back. Estimated value $100+
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Lot #1099 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes: 17-7-1950 "Lacol" austerity period airmail stationary cover from TEL AVIV to NEW YORK franked 160pr double-rate at the FA-2a postage period rate to US for extra weight using mix of full tabbed 40pr (Ba27) + 20pr 1950 Independence (Ba29) + 100pr 1950 1st airmail (Ba36) tied by single strike of TEL AVIV trilingual postmark; opened roughly at left, piece of side...
Lot #1100 - PH: Israeli Air Mail
1950 UPU / rates & routes: 26-7-1950 "Lacol" austerity period airmail stationary cover from HAIFA to LOS ANGELES franked 160pr double-rate at the FA-2a postage period rate for additional weight, using 4x multiple 40pr singles (Ba27) tied by 2 strikes of Haifa Head Post Office postmark; opened and resealed by Israeli censor with "approved" cachet; opened roughly at top, small piece of backflap missing but...
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