Postmarks & Postal Markings of Jerusalem

Scarce 1934 PURELY ARAB FAIR machine slogan cancel (Sach #F11, rarity rated F out of J) dated 1 Apr 1934 tying 8 mils franked picture postcard (Jacobs Well) sent from JERUSALEM to NEUSTADT Germany. The slogan cancel was in use for just 5 weeks....

Rare JERUSALEM-JAFFA TPO postmark as dispatch on overseas air mail: 30 Nov 1934 railway traveling post office postmarked airmail cover addressed to LONDON and franked 13 mils per period base postage rate via Imperial Airways, tied by 2x strikes of rare TPO postmark (Dorf #6, rarity rated F+). Opened gently at back....

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 ...

Rare censor-mark cover on Jerusalem mail: 9 AP 1919 registered commercial cover from JERUSALEM to PARIS, probably franked 2Pia per period rate (cut out from front) & marked by mute registry-label, tied by 2 strikes of double-ringed OETA-EEF JERUSALEM postmark (Sach-A6) on front + 1 on back; as of Feb. 1919 censorship in Palestine ended: as surface mail with transit via CAIRO, cover marked by rare ...

Mandate Jerusalem Postmarks: undocumented 7 SEPT 1929 JERUSALEM 24mm single-circle date-stamp tied to Palestine Posts, Telegraphs & Telephones receipt stationary form PT 13 - this would be the smallest known single-circle date-stamp of this type....

Mandate Jerusalem postmarks: 20 JA 1930 undocumented JERUSALEM double-circle date-stamp "UERUSALEM" tied to 13m frank (Ba98) per period overseas surface rate to Egypt on commercial cover from JERUSALEM to CAIRO, backstamped next day arrival; opened roughly at left, frayed edge....

Jerusalem machine cancel DISCOVERY: new earliest known date of use of BUY JAFFA ORANGES slogan cancel (Sach #F6/Proud #M2 state 4), serving as 12 DEC 1933 10pm transit-arrival backstamp on same day postmarked 5m franked cover from TEL AVIV to Rabbi Avraham Kook at the Chief Rabbinate; backstamped 13 DEC 1933 MEA SHEARIM arrival (Sach #J6) + office filing number on front; opened gently at back. Pro...

Mandate postal markings: 3 March 1934 local JERUSALEM cover from City Engineer's Department on official postal stationary, franked 5m per period inland letter rate & tied by postmark; attempted delivery on 5 March, but address was unknown - backstamped with instructional markings "unknown" cachet Sach-L38 (month before his earliest date of use) + walk/postman handstamp Sach-L56 (month before his e...

Mandate Jerusalem machine cancels: 24 AUG 1934 dated BUY JAFFA ORANGES machine cancel (Sach #F6) tied to surface mailed printed matter cover sent from JERUSALEM to WILKES BARRE USA & franked 3m per period postage rate; unsealed per printed matter regulations. Note the spelling mistake in the German text "UND" and "AND"....

Jerusalem postmarks - machine cancels: the rare double circled Sach #F4 18 AUG 1939 dated machine cancel (rarity rated F out of J), on its 2nd day of use, tied to overseas surface mailed printed matter cover franked 3m, from JERUSALEM to PHILADELPHIA; mailed unsealed per printed matter regulations (but sealed from compression in the collector's stockbook). Sacher suggests that this Krag machine ca...

The rarest Palestine Mandate machine roller cancel - PASSED BY CENSOR JERUSALEM in black (Sach #Q47) , dated 13 Oct 1939 as transit-arrival mark tied to 9 Sept 1939 postmarked 'shnore' self-addressed Yeshiva donation fund cover sent from OMAHA USA as surface mail & franked 5c; opened gently at back. The donation amount of $1 is declared by the sender in manuscript on the front; the Hebrew manuscri...

Latest known usage dates of JERUSALEM & TEL AVIV 'BUY JAFFA ORANGES' machine slogan cancels: Jerusalem strike (Sach F7, LKD 19 OC 40) dated 11 NOV 1940 tied on front of cover to TEL AVIV, franked 14m per period 7m letter rate + 5m additional 20g weight, using 2x 7m Pictoral stamps; backstamped same date, same machine cancel (Sach F9, LKD 3 NO 40) TEL AVIV arrival; opened roughly at top, creased. A...

DISCOVERY: 22 Sept 1944 postmarked 4-sided pamphlet with High Holiday calendar, of Yeshivat Aluma, sent locally in JERUSALEM & tied by red 6m POSTAGE PAID postmark (unlisted and unknown in Sacher & Proud), for double the printed matter rate - scarce, folded horizontally...

Mandate Jerusalem Postmarks: 20 FEB 19471 misdated JERUSALEM date head machine cancel (Sach-F5) tied to stampless OHMS stationary cover from Department of Labour to business in JAFFA, tied by 2 strikes of Sach-50a (but no known dates of use recorded!) boxed GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE | DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR | JERUSALEM cachet (front/back); backstamped next day arrival (GD-16, a month after its last kn...

JERUSALEM PARCEL POST postmark (Sach #H31) dated 2 April 1947 tied to a Palestine Mandate Receipt for Customs Import Duty (form PT 214), torn at left from removal from booklet...

Machine cancel error: "KEEP DEATH OFF THE ROAD" machine slogan cancel (Sach #F8) missing the datehead, applied to stampless official OHMS cover sent locally in JERUSALEM from the Department of Broadcasting on 7 AUG 1947; opened gently at back. This cancel entered use 11 July....

Jerusalem machine cancels - undocumented inverted year error in 19 AUG 1947 date head of "Keep Death Off The Road" slogan cancel, tied to surface mail commercial printed matter cover sent from JERUSALEM to WATERTOWN USA, franked 5m per period postage rate; unsealed per printed matter regulations. Sacher only records 4 dates with fully inverted date head errors for the Universal machine cancel (#F5...

6 July 1948 dated reintroduced JERUSALEM Mandate-period single-circle datestamp tied to local JERUSALEM trilingual Mandate telegram form PT6, date-stamp use here pre-dating Glassman's earliest known date of use "mid-July"; continued in use until Oct. when replaced by Israeli trilingual postmark....