10) Besieged locales: Other Locales

War of Independence era mail between 2 besieged locales: undated cover from sender at BE'EROT YITZHAK (per return address) in the besieged Negev to addressee in besieged JERUSALEM; as per the interim 10m frank (for the period letter rate) and the interim TEL AVIV cancel, we can infer that the cover was sent before the end of the interim period (15 May 1948), but it's unclear when at the earliest i...

Semi-siege War of Independence mail: undated MAY 1948 era cover from sender at moshav RAMOT NAFTALI, sent via ROSH PINNA post to addressee in HADERA, franked 10m per period letter rate using pair 5m Mandate pictorials & tied by near full strike of the ROSH PINNA interim postmark in violet; opened gently at back, vertical fold. Ramot Naftali was a small locale founded in 1945. From early 1948 the l...

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 1...

1948 Affula emergency mail counterstamped franks of 4m + 6m of the Mandate pictorial series tied to an undated AFFULA interim postmarked cover addressed to HAIFA; though correctly franked for the base domestic letter rate the specialist literature considers these covers tied by the interim postmark to be philatelic - though likely, the addressee was a well known philatelist and the cover was there...

1948 Affula emergency mail counterstamped frank of 50m of the Mandate pictorial series tied to a locally addressed undated AFFULA interim postmarked express mail endorsed cover; though correctly franked for express mail the specialist literature considers these covers tied by the interim postmark to be philatelic - though likely, the addressee was a well known philatelist and the cover was therefo...