Post WWII-Holocaust Foreign Postal Links

Late use of continuous roll coil stamp on Mandate mail: 7 JAN 1947 postmarked airmail cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV to NEW YORK CITY, franked 125m per period postage rate using 1x 5m coil stamp (with 14 horizontal holes & cropped vertical edges) + 20m pair & 4pc stamp block & tied by 4x strikes of the head post office postmark; slit open at top. The coil stamp u...

DISCOVERY - undocumented shade of 15m Ba #108c stamps, in greenish-gray, as 2x 15m franking part of 130m franking applied to 21 MAR 1945 postmarked airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV to NEW YORK CITY "via England", on imprinted business postal stationary; backstamped 10 APR arrival; slit open at top. The cover was charged for the faster & more expensive 130m per 10g postage rate via Britain rather t...

The rare 15m pictoral stamp in dark gray (Ba #108c) on woven paper, as part of 55m air mail postage on 26 JULY 1946 postmarked commercial business cover on imprinted postal stationary, sent from HAIFA to MORAVICANY Czechoslovakia & tied by 2x strikes of the Head Post Office postmark; slit open at top, light vertical fold. Bale values this stamp on mail @ $550. Ben-Arieh certificate enclosed....

Major stamp vending machine coil stamp discovery: undocumented variant of a 20 mils coil stamp strip as part of 95 mils postage on 20 Feb 1945 postmarked registered air mail cover sent from TEL AVIV to GLASGOW, composed of 4x 20m + 5m single + 10m single stamps serving as double rate postage on BOAC Airways (2x 40m letter weight + 15m registry fee); tied by multiple strikes of REGISTERED TEL AVIV ...

Late period westbound Baghdad overland mail from Iran: 9 Nov 1946 registered airmail cover from Jewish Agency TEHRAN to the Jewish National Fund head office JERUSALEM, franked 26R on back & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark; backstamped 13 NOV 46 REG BAGHDAD transit postmark & 15 NOV 46 REG JERUSALEM arrival; opened roughly at top, complete. Rare origin & route: as per the week-long transit time...

WWII Palestine censorship gadfly rarity: Tel Aviv Philatelic Exhibition 11 April 1945 postmarked registered cover (with same day correspondence enclosed) with 10 stamp philatelic franking of the low values of the Pictorials stamp series, sent from the fair grounds (return addressed to HADERA) & addressed to a Jewish soldier in the Palestinian Regiment army unit, tied by multiple strikes of the spe...

Mandate overseas printed matter: 27 NOV 1945 postmarked commercial cover on imprinted illustrated business postal stationary, from JERUSALEM to LOS ANGELES, franked 5m for the period printed matter surface mail rate & tied by a single strike of the head post office canceller; unsealed per printed matter regulations, some folds and creases....

Postwar/Holocaust covert Jewish refugee mail: 13 Dec 1945 postmarked registered cover, sent from "Merkaz LaGola" (Center for the Refugee) in MILAN Italy to TEL AVIV, franked 25 Lira & tied by 3x strikes of the local postmark; backstamped same day NOVA FERROVIA RACCOMANDATE railway registry department transit + handstamp of Italian military censor of civil mail on front; backstamped 13 Feb 1946 REG...

Early postwar WWII airmail to Sweden: 8 Jan 1946 postmarked commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV to MALMO & franked 70m at the period postage rate, tied by 3x strikes of the head post office postmark; slit open at top and part of right side. Postal communications with Sweden were renewed in May 1945 and Sweden served as Palestine's hub to other Scandinavian ...

Extremely rare 'Small Packet' mail: 20 Jan 1946 postmarked registered cover, return addressed KIRYAT BINYAMIN (in KIRYAT ATA) and addressed to LONDON; couriered to HAIFA where posted at the Hadar HaCarmel branch office; affixed with PT 538 customs declaration label describing the contents as "chain with souvenir". Franked 55 mils for the 15m registry fee + 40m airmail postage - but as a "small pac...

Mandate overseas printed matter: 7 FEB 1946 postmarked commercial cover from JERUSALEM (return addressed "return postage guaranteed") to POTTSTOWN USA, franked 5m for the period printed matter surface mail rate & tied by a single strike of the head post office canceller; unsealed per printed matter regulations, cut open at right....

MAGNITOGORSK mail: 14 Feb 1946 postmarked registered surface mail cover, sent from HAIFA to addressee at the "Kram" factory of the Magnitogorsk iron and steelworks (MMK) factory in MAGNITOGORSK, Soviet Union; franked 25 mils per the period postage rate (20m base surface mail + 15m registry fee) & tied by 2x strikes of the REGISTERED HAIFA oval postmark on front + 2x on back; backstamped 14 April M...

Uncancelled Mandate stamps cancelled by foreign postal administration: c. April 1946-1947 era minature printed matter surface mail cover, sent from JERUSALEM to ARNBACH Germany, franked 6 mils for double weight postage - but the stamps were not cancelled by the local post office. As per regulations of the Universal Postal Union (eg. 1929 convention), in the event that one postal administration not...

The 125m postwar WWII transatlantic route via Britain: 8 April 1946 postmarked registered commercial air mail cover, sent from TEL NORDAU branch office in TEL AVIV to NEW YORK CITY; franked 140m per the period rate (via UK only) - 125m letter rate + 15m registry fee & tied by 2x strikes of the branch office's postmark on front + 2x on back; backstamped same day REGISTERED TEL AVIV transit, 1 May N...

Early postwar WWII airmail from Austria: 10 April 1946 postmarked air mail cover sent from DEUTSCHFEISTRITZ to JERUSALEM, posted stampless as prepaid in cash & indicated so in pen manuscript at left (6 Frank) & written in pencil by the postal clerk at right, where tied by the local postmark; censored by the British censor as this locale was in the British occupation zone of Austria; cut open at ri...

Postwar WWII illegal Jewish immigration mail service: April 1946 era postmarked commercial cover sent by a Displaced Person on board the "Dov Hoz" illegal immigrant ship & posted at LA SPEZIA Italy, addressed to MESHEK YAGUR; the franks & a portion of front are torn away - the cover would have been franked 15 Lira; backstamped with ship's bilingual circular handstamp "Repatriation Ship Fede - Dov ...

Postwar WWII 12x heavyweight mail to USA: piece on thick board of registered surface mailed postal item dispatched on 26 Apr(?) 1946 from JERUSALEM to GENEVA New York, franked 179 mils postage for 15m registry fee + 20m base 20g surface weight + 11x 13m additional 20g weight, for a total of 178m postage for 240 gram weight (with 1m overpaid); tied by local customs handstamp & US customs handstamps...

Postwar WWII Mandate air mail: 23 May 1946 postmarked airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV to company in HOOGEZAND Netherlands, franked 40m per period base airmail rate using vertical strip of 4x 10m stamps & tied by 2x strikes of the head post office postmark; slit open at top....

Late Fee airmail: 17 JUNE 1946 postmarked air mail cover (etiquette removed), sent from JERUSALEM to PENZANCE (UK) & franked 43m for the 40m postage rate using 15m + 13m + 7m + 8m stamps & tied by 3x strikes of the 8:30PM time-stamped General Post Office canceller: the precise postage of 40m could have been assembled at the GPO; with the time being 8:30pm this would be in line with the last moment...

Mandate overseas surface mail: 20 JUNE 1946 postmarked commercial cover from JERUSALEM to LOS ANGELES, franked 5m per period surface mailed printed matter & tied by local machine cancel; unsealed at back per printed matter regulations....

1946 new airmail postage rates: 27 July 1946 postmarked airmail cover sent from HAIFA to SCHAFFHAUSEN Switzerland, franked 80 mils for double weight (2x 40m base rate) as per new airmail postage rates which entered effect on 15 May, tied by 3x strikes of the head post office postmark; slit open at top....

Mandate overseas surface mail: 30 JULY 1946 postmarked commercial cover from JERUSALEM to COLUMBIA USA, franked 20m per period rate & tied by local machine cancel; slit open at bottom...

The 125m transatlantic airmail rate, applied to 30 JULY 1946 postmarked air mail cover, sent from JERUSALEM to NEW YORK CITY & franked using vertical pair 50m + 20m + 5m and tied by 2x strikes of the head post office postmark; slit open at top....

Rerouted Mandate air mail: 30 Sept 1946 postmarked registered airmail cover sent from KFAR SAVA to PARIS, franked 40 mils per period postage rate & tied by 1x strike of the local postmark on front + 2x on back; backstamped same day oval REGISTERED TEL AVIV transit + 18 and 19 Oct PARIS transit arrival and re-routing as addressee moved (manuscript on back + unusual round handstamp); opened gently a...