Doar Ivri

Doar Ivri official publicity leaflet, with cyclometric number 2989 (only 4000 produced); on ungummed glazed white paper as issued. These 'black sheets' were produced by the Ministry of Communications and distributed primarily to the press corps in order to publicize the country's new stamps....

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 transparent paper + 5m 1st plate block pair (star to right, CD 16.5mm, on transparent paper - very rare, pl...

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 pe...

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 PO's, rates & routes: 28 DEC 1948 local TEL AVIV registered cover franked 40pr at the DO-2 postage period rate (15pr letter + 25pr registration) using pair 20pr with control number (29203) on right margin (1st plate - Ba126.1, plate block catalogues at $1500) tied by 2x full strikes of 10th Macabbi Congress machine slogan cancellation (Nacht #3, on 3rd day of use; in used only between 26...

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

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...

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...

Double unclaimed email: undated JUNE 1948 era local TEL AVIV registered cover, franked 25m per period rate using rare 15m 10¾ perforated single (Ba #4e) & 10m (Ba #3), tied by single strike of reintroduced Mandate ALLENBY ROAD BRANCH OFFICE REGISTERED single circle postmark (Groten-I9; with mostly missing date head) + 2x strikes on the back (5 JU barely visible on one strike) + #1334 interim-...

Doar Ivri PO's, rates & routes: 5-7-1948 commercial registered cover from TEL AVIV to HERTSELIYA franked 25m at the DO-1 rate (10m letter + 15m registration) using perforation mix of horizontal strip 3x rouletted 5m (Ba2c) + pair of tabbed 5m (Ba2) franks tied by 3 full strikes of TEL AVIV-1 (Allenby Road branch office; with index number between the date lines) postmark + 2 on back, and Mandate R-...

Doar Ivri PO's, rates & routes: 15-8-1948 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 slu...