10) Besieged locales: Other Locales

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 interim period wrapper to KFAR GILADI: undated 2-14 May 1948 period printed matter newspaper wrapper sent from TEL AVIV to KFAR GILADI via ROSH PINNA post office, franked 3 mils for the base inland postage rate & tied by strike of the local interim postmark. A rare destination + rare postal item, especially from the interim period: the locale was under enemy fire and often cut off from April,...

Mail between besieged locales - interim mail to JERUSALEM: undated 2-14 May 1948 period cover addressed to siege period JERUSALEM, return addressed KIBBUTZ HAOGEN via KFAR SAVA and couriered to RAMATAYIM where posted; franked 10 mils per period domestic letter postage rate using 2x Mandate stamps; opened gently at back, tear on backflap but complete.Prior to the Haganah's military operation 'Medin...

Interim period mail couriered from ROSH PINNA: undated 2-14 May 1948 period cover addressed to PARDESS HANNA and returned addressed to a boy scouts group at ROSH PINNA, franked 10 mils using a Haifa overprinted interim stamp & posted at HAIFA; cut open at right & vertically folded - a hallmark of couriered covers in this period (folded into pockets). Likely couriered to Haifa as in this period 'Op...

UNIQUE - Besieged Kibbutz HANITA couriered 1948 wartime mail: undated interim period cover on imprinted postal stationary of the nursing home in HANITA, addressed to a doctor in TEL AVIV & return addressed in manuscript on back "Hanita via Nahariya Post", franked 10 mils using an interim stamp & tied by unclear interim postmark, most likely as per its semi-deformed strike & characteristics, the Na...