Postmarks & Postal Markings of Tel Aviv

AJAMI JAFFA postmark discovery: 1 Nov 1923 postmarked picture postcard (Jordan River), sent from JAFFO to PREFAILLES France, franked 8 mils per postage rate & tied by undocumented single-circle postmark AJAMI B.O. JAFFA, with serifed "J" and where first and last letters of the legend are not horizontally aligned with the dateline (as in GD #51); backstamped 12 Nov. arrival....

Meter frank machine discovery - new latest date of use: 21 Oct 1930 postmarked registered commercial cover, sent from Anglo-Palestine Company in JAFFO to a business in LOGELBACH France, franked 23 mils per period postage rate (13m surface mail letter + 13m registry fee) using double tableted meter franking by the business' meter (Sacher #G1), here 8 months after his last known date of use 25 Feb 1...

Palestine Mandate rare triligual slogan cancellation of the 1932 Levant Fair (GD #G5) as 25 FEB 1932 arrival backstamp on 15 FEB 1932 postmarked surface mailed cover from ZYWIEC Poland to TEL AVIV, franked 60gr; slit open at top...

Dateless triangular cancellation on overseas mail/embarrassing postal packet: dateless pre-WWII era minature business-card sized printed matter cover, from TEL AVIV to BERLIN and endorsed "Germania" in Hebrew, franked 3 mils per period overseas rate using Pictorials single stamp (on vertically ribbed thick paper, with compound horizontal perforation of 13.25 at base and 13.5 on top - this latter n...

Tel Aviv 1936 Levant Fair illustrated machine slogan cancel tied to 30 MAR 1936 postmarked surface mailed cover, sent from TEL AVIV to NEW YORK CITY & franked 15m per period rate to non-UK destination; torn open at top, complete....

Overweight but untaxed Mandate air mail: 20 Aug 1936 postmarked cover from TEL AVIV to Cathrinebjerg manor at VARMARK in Denmark, franked 15 mils per period letter rate on Imperial Airlines, using 15m single & tied by very rare TEL AVIV double circle date cancel with 3-letter month in date-stamp (Groten #C12, rated E / Sach #B44; with index letter "C" - undocumented) - however the cover was found ...

Rare postmark + Late Fee airmail: TEL AVIV double circle date cancel with 3-letter month in date-stamp (Groten #C12, rated E / Sach #B44; with index letter "C" - undocumented) tied to 30 mils franking on 6 Nov 1936 postmarked air mail cover from TEL AVIV to Cathrinebjerg manor at VARMARK in Denmark, charged as per the period 25m base postage rate on K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines + 2 mils late fee, u...

The rare Dizengoff Street Branch Office skeleton postmark (Groten #I10, rarity rated E of E) dated 12 April 1938, tied as full strikes 3x on front + 1x back to airmail small Registered Envelope, sent from TEL AVIV to IPSWICH Britain & franked 53 mils for 13m registry fee + quadruple weight (4x 10g @ 10m each) as per the newly instituted "All Up" air mail postage rate; backstamped next day REGISTER...

French Paquebot mail via Palestine - discovery: c.9-10 Oct 1938 postmarked photographic postcard of the ship 'SS Champollion' bearing correspondence written in JAFFO dated 9 Oct. 1938 & addressed to LYON France; franked 55 centimes using French definitive stamp & tied by double ring handstamp cachet of the ship "Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes | PAQUEBOT CHAMPOLLION" + 2x strikes of PAQUEBOT h...

Rare combination: 21 Dec 1938 dated TEL AVIV POSTAGE PAID skeleton postmark in red ink (Groten F1 rarity rated D; Proud PD3; Sacher E7) tied to newspaper wrapper addressed to LAUSANNE Switzerland - an unusual use of the postage paid postmark on foreign mail, especially here as a wrapper. The postage paid would have been 3 mils for overseas surface mail....

Mandate dateless triangular postmark on mail sent abroad: March 1939 era postmarked printed matter commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV to MONTLUCON France, franked 3 mils for the period postage rate for printed matter surface mail - and tied by the TLV dateless triangular postmark normally used for domestic holiday-season bulk mail, against regulations as n...

Rare Arabic-only instructional marking on Mandate mail: 16 July 1945 postmarked registered cover, sent from TEL AVIV to Arab storekeeper in JAFFA; franked 25 mils per period postage rate (10m domestic letter + 15m registry fee) & tied by 2x strikes of the oval registry division postmark on front + 2x on back; backstamped same day JAFFA REGISTERED arrival. The next day the postman found that the ad...

Scarce double circle TEL AVIV postmark - new earliest known date of use: 24 Sept 1946 dated #C27 postmark (Groten rarity rated D out of E) tying local TEL AVIV minature printed matter cover, franked 3 mils; unsealed per printed matter rate. Groten's earliest recorded date of use is 25 Sept. 1946....

Rarity - TEL AVIV PARCEL POST postmark (Groten #F5/Sach #H6/Proud #PP2) as 11 Oct 1943 dispatch mark on imprinted printed matter business inquiry postal card, sent from TEL AVIV to business in NEW YORK via Palestine & Egypt Lloyd (PEL) whose permit holder handstamp is tied to the front (as per WWII wartime censor regulations bulk printed matter mail abroad had to be sent via authorized businesses)...

Rarity - TEL AVIV PARCEL POST postmark (Groten #F5/Sach #H6/Proud #PP2) as 8 Nov 1943 dispatch mark on same-day dated folded printed matter business inquiry, sent from TEL AVIV to BROOKLYN via Palestine & Egypt Lloyd (PEL) whose permit holder handstamp is tied to the back; franked 5m per period surface mail printed matter postage rate; passed local censor KK/39, tied by octagonal censor mark & fro...

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...

Scarce combination Mandate postmark on mixed perforation Doar Ivri franked registered letter: 2 June 1948 postmarked local TEL AVIV registered printed matter cover franked 18m at period rate (3m printed matter rate + 15m registration fee) using 3 color mixed perforation Doar Ivri franking: 3m (10x11 perf) Ba #1d, 5m Ba #2 & 10m rouletted Ba #3c franks tied by 2x strikes of reintroduced Mandate TEL...