Postmarks & Postal Markings of Small Locales

Travelling post offices - unlisted KANTARA-HAIFA TPO SOUTH transit postmark dated 17 March 1923 tied to back of 16 March 1923 postmarked registered overseas cover sent from JERUSALEM to BUENOS AIRES & franked 26m (13m overseas letter + 13m registry fee), tied by 2x strikes of REGISTERED JERUSALEM oval postmark on front + 1x on back; backstamped 15 June arrival; slit open at top, vertically folded....

Travelling post offices - HAIFA-KANTARA TPO SOUTH (Dorf #22) as dispatch postmark on overseas printed matter picture postcard (Flour Mills of Haifa), dated 30 Sept 1926 & tied 3x to 3m franking serving as overseas printed matter rate postage, sent to LISBON. A rare combination of rate & TPO postmark serving as a dispatch rather than transit mark - the sender posted the card on the train or at the ...

Travelling post offices - unlisted KANTARA-HAIFA TPO NORTH transit postmark dated 29 Dec 1922 tied to back of 28 Dec 1922 postmarked cover on sent from PETAH TIKVA to HAIFA & franked on back 5m per period domestic letter postage rate, tied by 1x strike of PETAH TIKVAH (Dorf #D2) postmark + next day LUDD JUNCTION transit (Dorf #10 rated F+) transit & same day arrival; cut open at right. Docketed re...

Travelling post offices - unlisted KANTARA-HAIFA TPO SOUTH transit postmark dated 13 Feb 1923 tied to back of 12 Feb 1923 postmarked cover on imprinted business postal stationary sent from HAIFA to Colony PETACH TIKVA via LUDD JUNCTION & franked on back 5m per period domestic letter postage rate, tied by 3x strikes of head post office postmark + next day LUDD JUNCTION transit (Dorf #10 rated F+) t...

Travelling post offices - unlisted RAFA-HAIFA TPO as dispatch postmark, dated 7 March 1933 & tied to 5m frank serving as 4m postcard rate affixed to domestic postal card sent to TEL AVIV (return addressed REHOVOT): here the postmark measures 25mm between the inner lines of the ring, being larger than Dorfman #27 or Proud D6 - both at 24½mm. Here a rare instance of a TPO postmark serving as a ...

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...

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...

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 curio - first day 11 JUNE 1946 MASMIYA AL KABIRA single circle date stamp (Dorf #FEN) tied to 15m frank on 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 also visible; slit ...

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...

Doar Ivri PO's, rates & routes: 21 JU 1948 commercial registered cover from NATHANYA to TEL AVIV franked 31m at the DO-1 postage period rate (10m letter + 15m registration + 6m additional 10g weight) with 3 color franking using pair 3m + 10m + 15m (Ba1/3/4) tied by single strike of rare reintroduced Mandate REGISTERED NATHANYA postmark (R2/Dorf-4 - rarity rated G+) + 2 on back, and marked by Manda...