2) Minhelet Haam-Interim period

Interim/Minhelet Haam error franking on mail: interim 3m Tirat Zvi stamp with double vertical perforations (Ba #1a) & double overprint (both unlisted in Bale) + cropped lower-right edge, tied to local TEL AVIV printed matter cover on pre-printed return-addressed stationary; unsealed but partially closed due to gum adhesion....

Early strike of HERZLIYA interim postmark on family correspondence postcard dated (Thursday) 29 APR 1948 & addressed to small locale KFAR HASSIDIM; franked 7m per period rate using Mandate pictorial single & tied by single strike of the postmark, probably on (Sunday) 2 May with the start of the Minhelet Haam postal service. Scarce as a genuine used postcard during the interim period....

Interim/Minhelet Haam MESHEK AYELET HASHAHAR near-perfect postmark strike in black tied to 3m interim frank on printed matter cover (unsealed per printed matter regulations), addressed to box "20" of the settlement, written in period handwriting. The rubber postmark exhibits mild distortion on the upper ring & general text clarity observed on other strikes from this post office in the latter inter...

Interim/Minhelet Haam printed matter wrapper franked 3m per period rate, sent from TEL AVIV to small locale of KFAR ONO ("via Tel Aviv post office") & sealed by period-style mimeographed address label...

The Legendary 20 Mils Registered Mail LATE FEE, applied to dateless MAY 1948 interim period registered commercial cover from TEL AVIV to RAMAT GAN, as part of 45m total franking composed of 10m letter rate + 15m registry fee + 20m late fee, using marginal block of 4x 10m Immigrant Ship (Ba #23) stamps + 5m Defense & Development (Ba #2) marginal single & tied by 2x strikes of local violet interim p...

Double-rate printed matter using Pictorals in the interim period: undated MAY 1948 period local TEL AVIV small greeting-card sized cover franked 6m for the period printed matter double rate (extra weight) using 2x 3m Mandate pictorals & tied by the local interim postmark in violet; unsealed per printed matter regulations. Scarce rate & scarce combination of all-Mandate franking with an interim can...

NAHALAL interim cancel in violet on commercial cover to workshop in TEL AVIV, franked 10m per period letter rate using pair 5m Mandate pictorial stamps; return addressed to "kvutzat haSheni" at Nahalal post; opened gently at back. Docketed dispatch date of 4 MAY 1948 on front....

Interim period / tiny locales mail: [6 MAY 1948] cover from RAMATAYIM to nearby moshav GANEI AM, franked 10m per period rate using interim franks & tied by single full strike of the interim canceller + Mandate postmark (Dorf-7 although with excess at bottom appearing like the larger bar cancel Dorf-6) as a date device - but this misdated as "6 AP 48" (impossible as the interim period began 2 MAY, ...

1948 interim mail: 9 MAY 1948 local QIRYAT MOTZKIN cover on "Mataf" stationary franked 10m per period letter rate using Haifa overprinted horizontally imperforated (top/bottom) Partition Map stamp (Ba 30 - unlisted as such) & tied by full strike of both local interim postmark + dated Mandate 2-bar canceller (Dorf-2, rated C+; unusual on non-registered mail), making this a 2-period cover (Mandate p...

Rosh Pinna interim cancel on small locale mail: undated registered cover from TEL AVIV to KVUTZAT HULIOT (Kibbutz Sde Nehemia) via ROSH PINNA POST, franked 30m per period rate (15m registry + 10m domestic letter) plus 30g additional weight, using interim stamps, here underfranked 1m; backstamped 12 MAY 1948 HAIFA REGISTERED transit using late-usage of Mandate postal marks during the interim period...

Interim/Minhelet Haam 10m Weizmann stamp with faint red overprint (Ba #12a) tied to 25m interim-stamp franked registered cover from TEL AVIV to HAIFA, per period rate, tied by local interim postmarks on front & back + 13 MAI 1948 French-language dater on back serving as an arrival marking (Tel Aviv used the mandate cancellation devices for dating registered letters); rare Weizmann stamp, documente...

Scarce interim frankings on late interim period registered cover (3141 of 3202): uncatalogued red overprinted Warsaw Ghetto 10m stamp (Ba #22b) + marginal gutter Jewish Brigade 10m (Ba #16) + Ben Yehuda 5m (Ba #10) tied to local TEL AVIV cover mail from TEL AVIV-1 (Allenby Road), tied by 3x strikes of local postmark on front + 2x on back & French language 14 MAI 1948 arrival dater tied to back (la...

Highest registered interim/3 period cover from Haifa Head Post Office: dateless registered cover on trilingual business stationary from HAIFA head Post Office to "Cafe Noam" TIBERIAS, franked 25m per postage period rate using interim 2x 10m Immigrant Ship (note print variations) & 5m Weizmann (Ba 11/23, all with TEL AVIV overprints) & tied by 2 strikes of interim dateless cancel of Head Post Offic...

Two postal period postmarked cover: interim period cover on business stationary, from TEL AVIV to HAIFA, franked 10m using interim Negev stamp & tied by interim cancel, received & backstamped 17-05-1948 by HAIFA-4 Israeli trilingual postmark - this unusual as this is not a registered cover; slit open at top, vertical fold....

1948 interim / small locales in battle: undated German-language family correspondence cover from ROSH PINA (return addressed [Kibbutz] AMIAD - probably couriered) to Shikun Sablawi TEL AVIV ("Tell a viv") franked 10m per period letter rate using 4m & 6m Mandate pictorals (this rare: not sold over the counter in interim period but perhaps in possession of sender in Amiad) & tied by full strike of s...