Description
Doar Ivri 5m TRANSPARENT PAPER franks (plate block group #26.2) on mail: 16 JULY 1948 local TEL AVIV registered cover from HAKIRYA (TEL AVIV government complex) franked 25m at the DO-2 postage period official mail rate (no letter fee + 25pr registration) using tabbed 3pc 5m vertical strip on thin yellow paper + 5m 1st plate block pair (star to right, CD 16.5mm, on transparent paper - the only issue on this paper recorded in this period; very rare, plate block Ba #26.2 catalogues at $6000) tied by 3+1 full strikes of HAKIRYA postmark on front + 2 on back (Nacht 564/1 on 6th day of use), with "Hakirya" overwritten Mandate registry-label on front; backstamped 18-7-1948 TEL AVIV-3 arrival. Contains same day postmarked PT 512A Mandatory postal packet certificate. Slit open at right; scarce multiple franked cover, very fine. Ben-Arieh certification enclosed.
