Description
1948 Tiberias emergency mail counterstamped franked registered cover, sent locally & nominally franked 71m (10m base letter + 15m registry fee + 7x extra weight 42m, with 4m left over) using 11x 10m surcharged stamps of the Mandate pictorial & revenue series, in black & purple, tied by 4x strikes of the local interim postmark on front + 2x on back; with manuscript docketed dispatch date of 3 May 1948 on front; unsealed. Though the cover bears the hallmarks of a philatelic cover as documented by the specialist literature, this cover predates the use of a dater handstamp observed on these types of covers; in any case rare mail as it only existed between 2-4 May, prior to the introduction of the interim period stamps; here postmarked on the 1st day of use of the local interim postmark.
