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lot # 649 - PH: Ottoman Holyland

Tuesday Apr 09, 2019 20:00 Asia/Jerusalem

Incoming mail: 18(?) MAR 1899 registered commercial cover on "Pomus Brothers Trade House" stationary from CHITA to Rabbi Zalman-Chaim Rivlin (director of Talmud Torah HaGadol 'Etz Haim') in JERUSALEM, franked 20 Kop. on last day of UPU-2 overseas rate,with manuscript "zakaznoe" ('registered') & dotted 'R' cachet (for overseas registered mail) + bearing 1899 temporary registry-label (before UPU labels introduced); backstamped 18 APR 1899 ODESSA & 21 APR 1899 CONSTANTINOPLE transits, where dispatched 27 APR 1899; backstamped 4 MAY 1899 arrival using rare blue JAFFA postmark #614, predates Bale's earliest year (1900) of use. Scarce origin mail & well documented; est. value $850+
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $269. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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Product Tags: Russian, Holylandish Philately - Postal Covers, Ottoman Holyland & Forerunners and Postal History from Russia, Holyland and from 1882-1903 1st Aliya, 19th Century which are Philately - Significant Addresses/Persons, Philately - significant cachets & postal markings, Philately - Significant Rates/Periods, Philately - uncatalogued/undocumented varieties, Philately - Earliest/Latest, First/Last & Proving dates or places, Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event,

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