Postmarks & Postal Markings of Mandate Government

Mandate Chief Secretary's Office mail: 28 DEC 1944 postmarked stampless official mail cover on OHMS postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV & tied by single strike of single circle postmark of the head post office's sorting office + backstamped with red-carmine boxed cachet C.S.O. JERUSALEM (Sach #14H - 2 months exactly before his earliest known date of use); backstamped same day tansit...

Mandate postal markings: 22 FE 1930 stampless cover from Government Office JERUSALEM to RISHON LE ZION, tied by endorsed & dated oval PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER | GOVERNMENT OFFICE | JERUSALEM cachet (Sach-47e - 17 years before his recorded date of use) & strike of local postmark; backstamped next day arrival (Dorf-6); opened roughly at back, backflap missing. Sir John Chancellor w...

Mandate postal markings: 7 DEC 1934 stampless local JERUSALEM OHMS cover from Criminal Investigation Department to Chief Rabbi Yaakov Meir, tied by Sacher 1995/1998 unlisted dated red circular CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT | HQ | PALESTINE POLICE cachet + "certified official" instructional marking handstamp & strike of local postmark; unsealed. Rabbi Meir (1856?1939) was the first Sephardic Ch...

Mandate postal markings: 21 SP 1941 stampless OHMS cover from Council of Legal Studies JERUSALEM to civilian TEL AVIV, tied by Sacher unlisted red circular COUNCIL OF LEGAL STUDIES | JERUSALEM trilingual cachet (front/back) & strike of local postmark; backstamped same day arrival; opened roughly at top + vertical fold, complete....

Mandate postal markings: 28 JU 1943 stampless local Public Information Office stationary invitation JERUSALEM to civilian, tied by Sacher unlisted trilingual GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE | PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE boxed cachet (52x32mm) & local postmark; unsealed. The PIO served a censory role over the preparation & dissemination of news in the Mandate, including the Palestine Broadcasting Service; it...

Mandate postal markings: [13 JUNE 1947] stampless local JERUSALEM OHMS cover from Department of Migration to civilian, tied by Sach-57h DEPARTMENT OF MIGRATION | CERTIFIED OFFICIAL boxed cachet (front/back) - 8 years after Sacher's date, not postmarked; enclosed with rare government stationary form certifying issuance of immigration certificate to couple c/o the addressee, tied by Sacher unlisted ...