Postmarks & Postal Markings of Haifa

Early Mandate Postal Fine: 10x strikes of 11 DEC 1920 rare right-set single-circle "TELEGR PHS HAIFA" skeleton postmark GD-78/Sach-H9 tied to 7-12-1920 postal employee fine of 1 Piastre (for errors in transmitting telegram) signed by postmaster and franked by 20x 5m Jerusalem I setting II Ba29 (perforation 14), with various overprint varieties. Unusual (ref: HLPH journal #5 p.219)....

Mandate Haifa postmarks: 12 AUG 1925 1st day use of machine cancel GD-87/Sach-F1 on back of incoming cover from STUTTGART to German Colony of Haifa; backstamped same day arrival using scarce CARMEL AVENUE B.O. postmark GD-95; cut open at left. Very fine....

Mandate Haifa postmarks/Discovery Item: 4 JAN 1929 commercial cover to SWANSEA franked 7m per period surface rate to UK using Pictorals Ba95 tied by single strike of rare MOUNT CARMEL postmark - similar to GD-104/Sach-J27 but larger & predates their earliest date (3 MAR 1929); as Proud D1 - here used per his earliest date (first date). The Mount Carmel postal agency opened 3 Dec. 1928; it is possi...

Mandate Haifa postmarks: July-Aug 1929 commercial cover from PARIS to HAIFA (stamps cut out) backstamped 8 AU 1928 HAIFA transit & rare HAIFA BAZAAR B.O. postmark GD-107/Sach-J9; slit open at top and right. Est. value $100+...

Mandate Haifa postmarks / Saturday mail: 10 APR 1930 stampless "certified official" cover on OHMS stationary from "Station Office 'B' Division Haifa" (cachet on front) to Arab prisoner at Acre Prison, tied by HAIFA BAZAAR.B.O. postmark GD-108 on 1st day of use and backstamped same day HAIFA transit; dispatched unusually on Saturday 12/04 (this possible per postal regulations at post offices & post...

Mandate Haifa postmarks: 24 JULY 1938 local commercial cover franked 5m per period letter rate using Pictorals Ba93 tied by scarce double-ringed AHUZAT SAMUEL HAIFA postmark GD-115/Sach-J3 on 1st day of use; torn open at back but complete.....

Mandate Haifa postmarks: 8 AU 1938 local commercial cover franked 5m per period letter rate using Pictorals Ba93 tied by full strike of rare AHUZAT SAMUEL HAIFA postmark GD-114/Sach-J2; opened roughly at back (inverse imprint of postmark on back), complete. Est. value $120+...

Mandate Haifa postmarks: 24 SP 1940 local registered commercial cover in Arabic on business stationary with stamps cut out (probably 25m for letter + registration fee) but backstamped twice using scarce HAIFA REGISTERED single-circle skeleton datestamp GD-59 (rated D)/Sach-D8 on 4th day of use; as unclaimed returned to sender (marked by various instructional handstamps). Estimated value $150+...

Mandate Haifa postmarks: bulk printed matter message on slip of paper from lawyer in HAIFA to client in KIRYAT HAIM, franked 3m at period rate and tied by dateless triangular "H.A." postmark GD-83, circa. 1940's....

Haifa Postage Paid postmark on mail abroad: full strike of scarce red 17 JAN 1946 dated 5 mils "POSTAGE PAID" postmark (GD-70) tied to stampless printed matter surface mail commercial cover to Texas University AUSTIN; unsealed per pm regulations. Rare postmark for overseas mail, used when stamps are unavailable....

Mandate Haifa postmarks: 23 OC 1946 front of stampless "certified official" registered cover from HAIFA to ACRE tied by rare SC "LICENSING AUTHORITY" radio-telephone postmark GD-72 here on last known date of use - this usually used on license forms but also as letter canceller; frayed edges....

Mandate Haifa postmarks: machine cancel GD-88/Sach-F5 with different dated date-heads 2 DEC 1947 and 2 JAN 1948 tied to local commercial printed-matter cover franked 3m per period rate; unsealed per printed-matter regulations. Rare error unrecorded in GD and Sacher....

Reintroduced Mandate postmarks from 2 cities: 1 JY 1948 HAIFA TELEGRAPHS single-circle date-stamp (GD-79 - 11 months after their last known date of use) tied to trilingual Mandate telegram form PT 6A & tied by 4 JY 48 JERUSALEM receipt using single-circle date-stamp; the JERUSALEM cancel believed used at Rehavia in early State period until receipt of Israeli trilingual devices - on telegrams until...