Philatelic Auction Closes on Thursday, 3 April at 22:00 Israel-time (12:00pm PDT / 15:00 EDT / 20:00 BST / 07:00 AEDT)

A budget buyout auction featuring outstanding and intriguing postal history & stamps from the Palestine Mandate, Israel and the world with specialized topics such as Doar Ivri, Mandate overprints, coil stamps, postage dues, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Holocaust - plus lots of JNF stamps. Bids of at least 75% of the starting price are accepted.

 
This is a "buy or bid" sale, where the starting prices can be underbid by up to 25% and lots can be also bought out; maximum bids are kept confidential. There is a 5 minute time extension for bids received within the last 2 minutes of the auction time. The buyer's fee is 18%.

Bids may be submitted in writing by any method - through the auction program, by the bid form (above), email, fax, sms/whatsapp; bidders can request to set 'bid budgets' and thereby bid on many items while keeping their total exposure limited to a certain sum - and setting priorities for which lots they most prefer to secure of those they bid on. Contact us for assistance.

Bid Budgets - bidders can use "bid budgets" to maximize their bids: specify a global amount to limit bids to and then submit a list of prioritized bids; whatever lots are won are awarded to the bidders according to their preference within their budget. Example: a person with a budget of $100 can bid on any number of lots up to $100 each and be awarded any of them as long as they are within his budget. Contact us.

Where there are 2 or more bids/bidders on a lot, if the winner has used a bid budget and forfeits his win in favor of a different lot, this lot will be awarded to the runner-up at his bid amount *prior* to the winner placing his bid (eg. awarded at his bid level net of any increases resulting from competition with the winner).

Where there is only 1 bid/bidder on a lot there is still a chance he's bidding with a 'bid budget': those interested in bidding at or below the starting price may submit their bids by email and we will keep them on file; in the event that a sole bidder is the winner of the lot but forfeits it for another lot, we will award the present lot to those bidders who submitted their alternative bids by email.
 
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We encourage visitors to look closely at the display and read the descriptions carefully: there is a lot of information there, much never seen before, painstakenly assembled from primary sources. Over 90% of the information comes from our compilation called the "Handbook of Holyland Postal History and Philately", available free here; the rest comes from cited sources in the descriptions. There's a lot to learn and much to marvel at.
 
Our latest and pioneering research is published on our research center; our new "JerusalemStamps Bulletin" research journal is now online. This is our Facebook "Israel-Holyland Philately Research Group" - join us for latest groundbreaking news, from the past!

Featured Items in Stock

JNF Jewish National Fund 5pc stamp set 1953 Schapira, Roch #1417-20 +1419 imperf
WWII Oct 1944 UK-Palestine airmail suspension marking on cover, arrival postmark
Egyptian mint 1886-87 20pa rose-red postage dues stamp, without watermark
1944 Palestine Mandate printed matter pamphlet unlisted 6m POSTAGE PAID postmark
April 1948 late dated mail JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV, rerouted due to war danger
4 mils Jerusalem II position 90 overprint variety stamp, Ba #33; used
JNF Jewish National Fund/Union Hebrew Congregations 1973 War tree certificate
1917 WWI EEF Egypt stampless British army OAS cover FPO EY 230 to ALEXANDRIA
1985 Israeli high inflation 124is registered cover with rare stamp franking
1954 French mail cover to HEBRON routed via Israel, refused service & returned
Palestine Mandate 1936 15m Imperial Airlines airmail cover TEL AVIV-POLAND
Israeli Member Knesset Parliament Avraham Hirschson 2001 cover, security cachet
JNF 2x blue stamps 1934 Bialik issue, Roch #280, different paper/printings; MNH
1996 Israeli postage due sender taxation notice for shortpaid overweight letter
1940 WWII Greco-Italian war cover Greece-Palestine, 3 different censor marks
1948 interim Israel lot 3x franked & postmarked unaddressed covers
Palestine Israel 1948 besieged JERUSALEM cover, Mandate stamp & interim postmark
1950 Israel-US official printed matter airmail cover, short paid & untaxed
RARE 1 pia Jlem I sett I Type 17 ovpt stamp + plate var 15:14 perf Ba #21a; used
UNIQUE 1st day Israel 15 May 1948 couriered HAIFA-NAHARIYA emergency mail cover
1944 WWII Jewish soldier postcard from VATICAN CITY to Palestine via Egypt
1918 WWI EEF Egypt stampless British army OAS cover BAPO K KANTARA to INDIA
1962 Israeli printed matter return taxed top of pile cover, 272ag for 34 letters
1942 WWII special British Empire 40 mils air mail postage rate to South Africa


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