Postmarks & Postal Markings of Small Locales

Well travelled returned cover to NAHARAYIM + postmark discoveries: 20 April 1947 postmarked cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from the Jewish Agency in JERUSALEM to addressee Baruch Irmas in NAHARAYIM (the hydroelectric power station) via TIBERIAS post office, sloganless meter franked 10 mils for the period inland letter rate; backstamped 21 April HAIFA transit & next day NAHARIY...

Petach Tikva postmark discovery: double-ring postmark with large letters & bars (Dorfman #7) dated 12 April 1948 - a year and a half after Dorfman's last known date of use for #7 - postmarking cover to HAIFA, franked 10 mils per period base letter postage rate & tied by single strike of the local post office; the addressee evidently left and the letter could not be delivered, so marked such on fro...

Unlisted GAZA postmark discovery: 13 Nov 1940 postmarked surface mail cover sent from female sender at police headquarters in GAZA to female addressee at BURNHAM UK, franked 10 mils per special surface rate to the UK & tied by Dorfman/Proud unlisted double ring Maltese Cross GAZA postmark - similar to Dorf #3/Proud D2 but the letters are closer together, the letters "A" are flat-topped, the left e...

Small town/Mandate postmarks: near full strike of very rare PARDESS HANNA skeleton date-stamp (Dorf-1, rated H), with inverted 'B' index, as arrival postmark on back of 24 AUG 1933 uprated Romanian pre-paid postal stationary cover from Jewish business IASI & franked 10L in total; backstamped 3 SEP 1933 arrival; slit open at left. Est. value $500+...

The rare EIN KARIM skeleton cancel (Dorf #1) dated 26 DEC 1945 as arrival postmark on color picture postcard of Monaco, sent as stampless On Active Duty OAS military mail from APO 615 (Italy) on 18 DEC 1945; light vertical crease at right...

Mandate postmark rarity: MASMIYA AL KABIRA single circle postmark dated 11 June 1946, on its 1st day of use, tied to a 15 mils franked cover addressed to Hemda Ben Yehuda (1873-1951, the wife of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the main revivalist of modern Hebrew) in Talpiot JERUSALEM; backstamped next day arrival using large 27mm single circle date stamp (Sach #BA); reverse imprint of the Masmiya postmark is...

The scarce TIBERIAS machine cancel (Dorf 10), dated 29 Oct 1947 & tying 3 mils postage on printed matter cover addressed to HAIFA; unsealed per printed matter regulations - here in use 1 week after its first day of use (22 Oct)....

Undocumented ER RAMLE postmark dated 3 MAR 1948 with "A" index letter, with 3½mm high & narrow letters close to the outer edge, which appears to be cracking (diameters: 17.25/26.75mm), tied 2x to cover sent to Dr. Rosner at RISHON LE ZION & franked 10m per period letter rate using Ba #97 single Pictoral stamp; contains same-dated letter in English by Arab patient. Scarce origin at this time i...

Early Israel RARITY - reintroduced MANDATE postmarks tying INTERIM franking during Israeli postal administration: 19 May 1948 postmarked cover on obliterated "express" postal stationary, sent from PETACH TIKVA to TEL AVIV & franked 11 mils for the 10m period domestic letter postage rate, using horizontal strip of 3x interim 2m Herzl stamps (Ba #5) + 1x 5m Histadrut Jubilee interim stamp (Ba #24), ...

Rare combination: single bar reintroduced REHOVOT Mandate postmark (Dorf #10, rarity rated D) dated 23 May 1948 tying 10 mils rouletted Doar Ivri stamp affixed to imprinted postal stationary cover of the Rehovot Local Council & addressed to the HERZLIYA local council; slit open at right. The Dorfman #10 postmark is rarely seen used in the period of the Israeli postal administration; the town recei...

Scarce combination: reintroduced NAHARIYA Mandate postmark dated 30 May 1948 tying 10 mils rouletted Doar Ivri stamp affixed to cover addressed to the Jewish Agency in HAIFA; slit open at top. Nahariya's Mandate postmark is rarely seen used in the period of the Israeli postal administration; the town received the Israeli trilingual postmark on 1 July 1948....

Mandate postmark on Doar Ivri franking: 7 June 1948 postmarked cover sent from a doctor in TIBERIAS (return addressed to Kiryat Shmuel neighborhood) to an organization in HAIFA, franked 10 mils per domestic letter rate & tied by the reintroduced Mandate postmark; Tiberias received the Israeli trilingual postmark, like most secondary & small locales, on 1 July 1948 - here a short lived comb...

Scarce combination: 16 June 1948 era postmarked picture postcard (Technion in Haifa) sent from NAHALAL to NAHARIYA, franked 8 mils for the 7m postage rate using a combination of 3m 10x11 perforation + rouletted 5m stamp, tied by local reintroduced Mandate postmark - a combination possible only until 30 June as the locale received the Israeli trilingual postmark on 1 July; lacking a Nahariya delive...

Mandate Registry postmark typing Doar Ivri stamps - NETANYA: 21 June 1948 postmarked registered commercial cover sent from NETANYA to TEL AVIV, franked 31 mils for the period extra weight postage rate (10m letter + 15m registration + 6m additional 10g weight) using 3 color franking; tied by single strike of rare reintroduced Mandate REGISTERED NATHANYA postmark (R2/Dorf-4 - rarity rated G+) + 2x s...

Rare combination: reintroduced GIVAT BRENNER Mandate postmark (Dorf #2, rarity rated D) dated 21 June 1948 tying 10 mils Doar Ivri stamp affixed to colored imprinted business postal stationary cover & addressed to HAIFA; opened at back, tear to backflap but complete. This settlement's Mandate postmark is rarely seen used in the period of the Israeli postal administration; the kibbutz received the ...