Domestic mail 1921-1948

Mandate mixed franking cover: 11 Aug 1927 postmarked commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from HAIFA to brewery in HANNOVER Germany, franked 13 mils per the period base postage rate for surface mail letter using 1m & 2m stamps of the London II overprint series + 3m pictorial, newly entered use on 1 June; one stamp is missing (eg. 7m of the London II series, only the 3m an...

Extremely Rare 2m vertical pair Pictorials on vertically ribbed thin semi-transparent paper in slightly darker gray-blue than the thin semi-transparent paper issue, perforated 13½:14½ (13.50 x 14.50) as per Bale for this type of paper; tied to 19 Dec 1935 postmarked German postal card used for domestic mail, from tiny locale Kibbutz KVUZAT SCHILLER (present day GAN SHLOMO) via REHOVOT to...

Horizontally ribbed 5m Pictoral Ba #93 single stamp as postage for domestic letter, tied to a 24 NOV 1937 postmarked cover from TEL AVIV to JERUSALEM, backstamped same day arrival. Horizonally ribbed pictorals are scarce on mail. Opened roughly at top....

Horizontally ribbed 5m stamp (Ba #93) as inland mail postage tied to 30 SEPT 1938 postmarked commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to KIRYAT BIALIK & tied by machine machine; torn open at back (part of backflap missing)...

Major Coil Discovery - 7 mils machine vended coil stamp: 13 Oct 1937 postmarked registered commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV & franked 18 mils for the period postage rate (5m base letter + 13 registry fee), paid using 2x undocumented types of coils stamps - vertical pair of 2 mils on thick vertically ribbed paper (with single pulled tooth on ...

Pictorials stamp paper type discovery: undocumented 10 mils stamp on brown thick vertically ribbed paper, as part of 18m postage tying 25 Sept 1933 postmarked registered commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary of a Tel Aviv law office; sent (oddly) from JAFFA to a carpentry workshop in TEL AVIV & tied by 2x strikes of REGISTERED JAFFA oval postmark on front + 1x on back; backstamp...

Palestine Mandate JERUSALEM returned mail: 20 DEC 1938 registered commercial cover from Kiryat Moshe Montefiore company, sent to TEL AVIV & returned as undeliverable, with various postmarks + horizontally ribbed 10m stamp; original contents included...

Late use of vertically ribbed stamps: 4 July 1943 postmarked local JERUSALEM registered cover, posted from the Mahane Yehuda branch office, franked 25 mils per the period postage rate using 1x 10m stamp on woven paper & 1x 15m stamp on thick vertically ribbed paper - not in production since May 1940, when stamps on woven paper began to be issued; tied by 2x strikes on front + 2x on back of the...

Major coil stamp discovery: 3 March 1948 postmarked registered commercial cover on imprinted medical service postal stationary, sent from NAHARIYA to Mercantile Bank in HAIFA; franked 25 mils for the period postage rate (10m base letter rate + 15m registry fee) using a vertical pair of 10m and 5m single stamps, tied by 2x strikes of the local postmark on front + 2x on back - oddly without registry...

Major coil discovery: vertical pair of 15 mils machine vended coil stamps (in metallic grayish-blue color) serving as overseas surface mail postage for a 25 Feb 1941 postmarked registered cover sent from TEL AVIV to ZURICH Switzerland (15m surface mail postage + 15m registry fee), tied by 1x strike of the TEL NORDAU branch office postmark on front + 2x on back; backstamped same day REGISTERED TEL ...

Travelling post offices - HAIFA-KANTARA TPO SOUTH (Dorf #22) as dispatch postmark on domestic cover, dated 1 Oct 1925 & tied to 5m franking serving as inland letter rate postage affixed to cover sent to TEL AVIV; machine backstamped same day arrival; cut open at right. A rare instance of a TPO postmark serving as a dispatch rather than transit mark - the sender posted the cover on the train or at ...

Late use Mandate London II stamps: 4 Apr 1927 postmarked commercial cover on business postal stationary from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV, franked 5m per period domestic letter rate & backstamped next day arrival; slit open at top....

Travelling post offices - HAIFA-KANTARA TPO SOUTH transit postmark (Dorf #22 with R registered index letter) dated 30 April 1929 tied to back of 29 April 1929 postmarked registered printed matter bank document sent from JAFFA to NESS ZIONA & franked 15m (2m printed matter + 13m registry fee), tied by 1x strike of AJAMI B.O. JAFFA on front + 2x on back; a rare combination of postage rate & TPO tran...

Mandate postal service free mail: postage free postal concession applied to 22 JUNE 1929 postmarked post office box renewal card (PT 423A) sent locally in JERUSALEM by registered mail; printed in Hebrew-only and office-receipt stamped by the "Vaad HaIr LeYehudey Yerushalayim", ('Committee of the Jewish Community of Jerusalem') the umbrella organization representing the Jews of Jerusalem. The card ...

Palestine Mandate 1930s postmarked 4 mils imprinted postal card sent from HAIFA to RAANANA, tied by the head post office postmark & slight edge of backstamped arrival...

Municipal Mandate mail: 25 JULY 1934 postmarked printed matter cover on TEL AVIV municipality postal stationary, sent locally & franked 2m per domestic printed matter rate; tied by Buy Jaffa Oranges Krag machine slogan cancel & front-stamped next day arrival; unsealed per printed matter regulations....

Palestine Mandate rare type printed matter / small locale: 9 SEPT 1934 postmarked miniature greeting card sized cover sent from MOSHAV EIN GANIM via PETACH TIKVA post to Geula neighborhood in JERUSALEM, containing imprinted Rosh HaShana (Jewish New Year's) greeting; franked 2m per period printed matter rate & front-stamped 21 SEPT arrival. The card was sent before the Petach Tikva post office rece...

Prepared and 5m franked Palestine Mandate cover on imprinted business postal stationary, addressed to the Branch Manager of the Bank of Rome in JERUSALEM; unused and unsealed, vertically folded & filing holes. Dates to 1935-1940 as per the production date of the envelope and the period of use of the 5m inland letter rate....

Mandate prepared commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary pre-addressed to organization in TEL AVIV, franked 5m per period inland letter rate - but not postmarked and not posted; unsealed, with vertical fold...

Palestine Mandate Advice of Receipt: 21 AUG 1937 postmarked registered cover sent from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV, franked 18m per period postage rate (5m letter + 13m registry fee) & tied by multiple strikes of the oval REGISTERED JERUSALEM postmark + the A.R. instructional marking (Sach #L18; fee paid separately on AR card); backstamped next day transit arrival; torn open at right....

Undocumented JERUSALEM single circle arrival postmark (3-letter month, 24mm diameter, round bottom J and U; C index letter) dated 22 Dec 1937 tied 2x on back of 21 Dec 1937 postmarked express cover sent from HAIFA to JERUSALEM, franked 30m for the 25m express fee + 5m letter rate & tied by 2x strikes of the HAIFA-EXPRESS postmark + backstamped next day HAIFA-RAFA TPO with "R" [registered] index le...

Rare postmark combination of very rare JERUSALEM "J.M." dateless triangular cancel (Sacher-C4, rarity rated G) tied to 11 Sept 1938 dated Jerusalem Jewish National Fund JNF meter franking (Sacher-G12) of 2 mils serving as postage on a locally addressed printed matter cover: both the meter and postmark are here in use over 2 months before Sacher's earliest known dates of use. Of note is the unique ...

Pre-war Mandate registered mail: 3 OCT 1938 postmarked local TEL AVIV registered cover sent from ALLENBY ROAD Branch Office, franked 18m per period postage rate (5m letter + 13m registry fee) & tied by multiple strikes of the branch office postmark (Groten #I8); backstamped same day registry department transit; torn open at left....

Pre-war Mandate registered mail: 12 OCT 1938 postmarked local TEL AVIV registered cover, franked 18m per period postage rate (5m letter + 13m registry fee) & tied by multiple strikes of the oval Registry deparrtment postmark; slit open at top....