Interim-Minhelet Haam

1948 interim/Minhelet Ha'am lot 9x used/cancelled stamps...

Lot of 4x JNF stamps with forged 1948 interim/Minhelet Ha'am overprints, MNH...

1948 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 undated local TEL AVIV printed matter cover on pre-printed return-addressed stationary; unsealed but partially closed due to gum adhesion....

Interim 1948 Jerusalem-I locals bottom stamp sheet row of 5x 5mil stamps (Ba #101) + gutters, with offset overprint on the back; MNH & OG, some toning + surficial tear on gum-side of 2nd stamp from left....

Arrival stamped interim mail + error stamp: undated 1948 interim registered cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from the TEL AVIV head post office and addressed to the Kiryat Shmuel neighborhood of TIBERIAS; franked 25 mils per the period postage rate (10m letter + 15 mils registry fee - one stamp is missing) using a rare undenominated (5m) Negev Pipeline stamp (Ba #32c) with Tel A...

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...

Israeli trilingual tied to red overprinted interim frank: 1st day Israel 16-5-1948 local TEL AVIV cover, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate, using red overprinted interim Warsaw Ghetto frank (Ba #22b - unpriced on covers) & tied by single strike of the Israeli trilingual postmark of the Head Post Office + the National Loan cachet applied by the Tel Aviv sorting office; slit open at back. ...

1948 JERUSALEM interim mail: local commercial printed-matter cover franked 5m using rare 3rd local issue (Ba #107; 2m convenience overfrank as city limited to local issue denominations) tied by interim postmark and 23 JUN 1948 dater (3 days after start of use of Doar Ivri franks in city); returned as addressee left (manuscript on back); unsealed per printed-matter regulations. Rare commercial use ...

State of Israel - extended use of interim franks: 19 MAY 1948 cover (on obliterated "express" stationary) from PETACH TIKVA to TEL AVIV, franked 11m for the 10m period letter rate, using interim franks & tied by 3x strikes of the reintroduced Mandate double ring postmark; slit open at bottom. The Minhelet Ha'am era stamps were valid for postage until 22 May (a Saturday, making 21 May the last real...

State of Israel - extended use of interim franks: 19 MAY 1948 registered commercial cover from PETACH TIKVA addressed to a company in TEL AVIV, franked 26m for the 25m period letter rate, using interim franks including left corner red overprinted Ben Yehuda 2m in blue (Ba #9d/Aloni #7b - both unpriced on a cover) & tied by 4x strikes of the reintroduced Mandate REGISTERED PETAH TIKVA postmark + 2x...