HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Local Hebrew Ottoman post/Small Locales: 20 FEB 1913 strike of rare violet Aioun Cara postmark (Ba 810v) tied to Ottoman 20 Para frank on picture-postcard (Tuck's) from AIOUN CARA (Rishon LeZion) to ROSH PINA, written in Hebrew; backstamped 22 FEB 1913 HAIFA transit (Ba791 postmark). Collins/Steichele (p.40) notes that "this postmark is very rarely clearly struck". Addressed Segal family is closely identified with early Jewish settlement in Holyland; "H. Segal" may be Haim Yona Segal, the "butcher from Rosh Pina" per Tidhar's 'Encyclopedia' (vol. 3 p. 1177); his wife, to whom the card is addressed was Leah. Est value $1500+
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $524. 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: Holylandish Postcards, Holyland Colonies and Postal History from Holyland and from 1904-1914 2nd Aliya, 20th Century, 1910s which are Philately - significant cachets & postal markings, Philately - Small Locales, Philately - Significant Addresses/Persons, Hebrew on/in non-Israeli object, Philately - Unusual Origin, Destination or Postal Link