Doar Ivri

Doar Ivri 5 mils on undocumented pink paper: postally used single, tied by 9 Sept 1949 JERUSALEM-1 postmark; bears the physical characteristics of "thin white" paper (very thin, flexible paper; vertically milled surface on gum side). This is one of 3 such examples discovered and documented by this cataloguer, observed in use at least between Sept. 1948 and here Sept. 1949: the paper is actually pi...

Doar Ivri 5m TRANSPARENT PAPER franks (plate block group #26.2) on mail: 16 JULY 1948 local TEL AVIV registered cover from HAKIRYA (TEL AVIV government complex) franked 25m at the DO-2 postage period official mail rate (no letter fee + 25pr registration) using tabbed 3pc 5m vertical strip on thin yellow paper + 5m 1st plate block pair (star to right, CD 16.5mm, on transparent paper - the only issu...

Doar Ivri paper & setting discovery: 10 mils tabbed single affixed to limited edition (22 or 30) folio produced for the occasion of "The Opening of the Constituent Assembly of the State of Israel in Jerusalem, 14 February 1949" & tied by same-day dated strike of special event postmark. The stamp is on medium white type paper but in gray color (not "gray paper"), 11x11 perforation & with an undocum...

Doar Ivri 15 mils with tab settings 9 & 3a + stamp paper discovery: double vertical tab pairs of 15m stamps forming 60m postage affixed to 15 March 1949 postmarked express cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV to HAIFA, tied by single strike of TEL AVIV-23 postmark; backstamped next day arrival; locally rerouted; cut open at top.Of significant note: the stamps are P...

Doar Ivri perforation varieties: Ba #4f 15mil stamp with rare 10:10 perforation on thin yellow paper (as evidenced by the horizontal lacey pattern) using setting A (May 1948 printing, probably from the group 74a per Shabtai, rated as Very Rare), here printed - unusually - on the UNGUMMED side (this issue is usually encountered printed on the gum side), MNH & off center as is typical of this perfor...

Doar Ivri 15 mils with wrong tab (Bale #4b) tied to small sized cover postmarked 31 JAN 1949 locally in TEL AVIV & cancelled by detainees illustrated slogan; rare stamp type on mail....

Doar Ivri 20 mils tabbed stamp with 10 x 11 perforation (Ba #5d), mint-hinged with original gum. The most valuable of the low denomination tabbed Doar Ivri stamps with this perforation variety....

Doar Ivri 10x11 perforated tabbed 20m stamp on late fee paid KLM 1st day airmail: Monday 14 June 1948 postmarked air mail cover sent from TEL AVIV to company in AMSTERDAM, initially franked 28 mils - likely an erronious calculation by the sender of 25m for the 35m base letter rate to the Netherlands (in this period the postage rate to some European countries like Italy and Britain was 25m) + 3m fo...

Major Doar Ivri discovery - 20 mils on 'Thick White' paper: 28 Dec 1948 postmarked local TEL AVIV registered cover franked 40 mils at the DO-2 period postage rate (15m letter + 25m registry fee) using a right marginal horizontal pair of 20 mils Doar Ivri stamps with control number 29203 & edge of 'slug' control symbol - per Bale belonging to plate group Ba126.1 (plate block catalogues at $1500...

Doar Ivri major discovery - 20 mils 1st printing on 'medium white' paper: as air mail postage on 23 March 1949 postmarked real photograph postcard (Ben Yehuda street in TEL AVIV) sent to FLORENCE Italy & tied by TEL AVIV-49 postmark; backstamped by Italian numbered sorting mark. Although the message only bears 3 words, there was no discounted airmail printed matter postcard rate at this time, ...

Major Doar Ivri discovery - 20 mils on DARK CREAM paper: 2x 20m Doar Ivri singles on undocumented dark cream paper of "medium white" type as 40 mils franking for 20m air mail postage affixed to 9 June 1949 postmarked real photograph postcard (YMCA building in Jerusalem) airmail cover sent from JERUSALEM to BUCHAREST Romania, tied by full strike of JERUSALEM-16 postmark; backstamped 14 June arrival...

Rare 20 mils Doar Ivri booklet stamp comprising part of 65m postage on 30 Sept 1949 postmarked air mail cover sent from TEL AVIV to NEW YORK; additional franks are complete series of 1949 IDF Insignia stamps (Ba #18-20) on their 11th day of use, all tied by 3x strikes of TEL AVIV-40 postmark. Stamp booklets of the Doar Ivri issue entered use on 9 Sept., here a stamp from one of the 3 very rare sta...

Doar Ivri block of 4x 50 mils stamps with 10:11 perforation (Ba #6d), MNH...

Early postage dues + double perforations: 30 May 1948 postmarked local HAIFA commercial cover franked 6m with 2x rouletted 3m Doar Ivri stamps (Ba #1c) with left gutter tied by full strike of Haifa Head Post Office postmark, possibly intending to pay for printed matter + additional 50g, as the cover unsealed (per printed-matter regulations), but this unaccepted perhaps because cover not marked "pr...

Doar Ivri PO's, rates & routes: 15 Aug 1948 fully tabbed registered cover from REHOVOT to HAIFA franked 25m at the DO-1 postage period rate (10m letter + 15m registration) using perforation mix of 15m + pair rouletted 5m (Ba2c) tied by 2 full strikes of local postmark + 2 on back, and marked by Mandate registry-label Sacher-4b; backstamped same day TEL AVIV-2 transit (postmark with inverted date s...

Late fee on double weight printed matter + special franks: 6 Feb 1949 postmarked small printed matter cover sent locally in JERUSALEM to the French Consulate, franked 15 mils for 2x 5m printed matter weight + 5m late fee using 1x 10m frank on gray paper & 1x 5m frank on undocumented pink/pinkish paper as discovered by this cataloguer (both 11x11 perforated), and tied by Cyprus Detainees illustrate...

Doar Ivri PO's, rates & routes: 8 Mar 1950 postmarked large express registered commercial cover from HAIFA to TEL AVIV franked 100pr at the DO-2 postage period rate (15pr letter + 40pr express + 25pr registration + 20pr for 2x 10g additional weight) using tabbed 50pr single + 50pr single (Ba6) tied by single strike HAIFA-6(?) postmark + 3 on back, with Mandate registry-label Sacher-RM; backstamped...