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WWI Military Mail in Palestine (14)
Inter-war Foreign Postal Links 1918-1939 (29)
Baghdad Overland Mail (9)
Domestic mail 1918-1948 (20)
Post WWI Military Mail 1919-1948 (2)
WWII era Foreign Postal Links with Allied, Liberated & Neutral Countries (29)
WWII era Military Mail (24)
Post WWII-Holocaust Foreign Postal Links (8)
Taxed Mail (6)
WWII era Foreign Postal Links with Axis, Related & Occupied Countries (31)

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Palestine Mandate 1928 mixed franking cover with double overprint Ba #71c stamp
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Palestine Mandate 1928 mixed franking cover with double overprint Ba #71c stamp
Mixed franking with double overprint stamp: 18 MAR 1928 registered cover from TIBERIAS to HAIFA, franked 18m per period rate using 1m London II (plate B) with double overprint (Ba #71c) & 4m (Ba #74) + 13m Pictoral (Ba #98) & tied by 3 strikes of local postmark Dorf-3; backstamped same day REG HAIFA arrival (GD-55); wax sealed at back, slit open at top (top left flap tip missing). Extremely rare f...
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133945
Palestine RARE 15m coil stamp on WWII Australian military cover + W2 postmark
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Palestine RARE 15m coil stamp on WWII Australian military cover + W2 postmark
MAJOR DISCOVERY - the 15 mils EXPERIMENTAL COIL stamp on THICK vertically ribbed paper, in dark greenish-blue, tied to WWII Australian forces in Palestine 2 JUNE 1941 postmarked cover from 2nd Brigade HQ Post Office W.2. (undocumented usage period: either KHASSA or QASTINA) to Barclays Bank JERUSALEM; as not marked "OAS" (on active service), the cover was handled as civilian mail and franked 15m -...
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143864
1947 Palestine-Brazil SAMPLES airmail cover, undocumented 5m & 20m COIL stamps
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1947 Palestine-Brazil SAMPLES airmail cover, undocumented 5m & 20m COIL stamps
COIL STAMP DISCOVERY on SAMPLES air mail: 22 MAY 1947 postmarked medium-sized airmail cover from TEL AVIV to RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) endorsed "Samples of No Value" and franked 225m at triple weight rate (3x 75m - new rate as of 15 May) using 4x 50m + 20 single + 5m single pictorals - where both the 20m and 5m stamps are coils. The 5m stamp on flat, woven and brittle paper with frayed top & right p...
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133869
5x covers & letters Jerusalem-Holland WWI 1915-1919 via Turkish & UK army post
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5x covers & letters Jerusalem-Holland WWI 1915-1919 via Turkish & UK army post
Ottoman Palestine/Holyland WWI correspondence: lot of 5x covers sent during Ottoman & British control of the Holy Land, 1915/1918-1919, all to same addressee in THE HAGUE Holland and most appear to be sent from JAFFA + British SZ 45 & SZ 20; the covers are mostly in poor condition, most missing the stamps - but mostly complete physically and bear many dispatch, transit & censor marks: some Turkish...
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WWI Military Mail in Palestine

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1916 WWI Egypt French sea mail postcard French Armenian Legion PORT SAID to LYON
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1916 WWI Egypt French sea mail postcard French Armenian Legion PORT SAID to LYON
World War I French forces in Egypt-Palestine / Armenian Legion mail: 19-11-1916 dated stampless picture postcard of the Golden Gate (Old City Jerusalem), published by the Cairo Postcard Trust, bearing short 'good wishes' message in French, from PORT SAID (Egypt) to LYON (France); mailed unfranked as military mail & tied by CORR D'ARMEES | PORT-SAID double-ring date-stamp + near full strike of nava...
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133933
1918 WWI French Palestine OETA postcard High Commissioner Picot Jerusalem-France
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1918 WWI French Palestine OETA postcard High Commissioner Picot Jerusalem-France
WWI French "Occupied Enemy Territory Administration" in Palestine: circa. 1918 stampless color picture-postcard of Constantinpole with space for address only from [JERUSALEM] to MOULINS tied by illustrated "Commissariat Fran?aise en Palestine" violet cachet and also by very rare violet 2-line text handstamp "Le Haut Commissaire de la R?publique Fran?aise en Palestine" - this undocumented. The illu...
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134101
1917 WWI Holyland German army Palestine registered cover NAZARETH-DAMASCUS
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1917 WWI Holyland German army Palestine registered cover NAZARETH-DAMASCUS
WWI German military post: 29-12-1917 large registered cover from Deutche Feldpost 663 (unit located in NAZARETH since 9 Dec) to DAMAS (Damascus), unfranked as military mail and tied by postmark Ba M-14/FPOP 281 + very rare registry-label Ba R-40-7 of unit 663 & hand-marked "einschreiben"; received by postal service of the Fuel Storage Depot of Army Group F & backstamped twice 'Brief-Stempel Stokra...
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134278
1918 WWI Palestine Holyland Austro-German army registered cover VIENNA via Syria
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1918 WWI Palestine Holyland Austro-German army registered cover VIENNA via Syria
WWI Austro-German military post: JAN 1918 registered cover from Austrian "Liquidierender Rechnungsf?hrer der | k. u. k. Gebirgshaubitzdivision i. d. T?rkei" (Paymaster of the Austrian Mountain Howitzer Division) in Palestine to War Ministry, VIENNA; marked on front by 2-line violet unit cachet; carried to Syria where dispatched using German military post in DAMASCUS, postmarked 11-1-18 at DEUTSCHE...
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142706
WWI 1918 stampless Austrian military postcard SYRIA via civilian post TURKEY
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WWI 1918 stampless Austrian military postcard SYRIA via civilian post TURKEY
WWI Austrian military post - unusual routing: 13(?) II (FEB) 1918 photo picture postcard of Absalom's Tomb in Jerusalem, published by Yaakov Bentov (Bezalel) publishers of Jerusalem, with message in Hungarian dated 6 Feb., sent by sender in the Austro-Hungarian Sanitation Service in Syria from DAMASCUS to locale in HUNGARY (unclear): originally posted stampless & tied by KuK FELDPOSTAMT 452b postm...
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133976
1917 WWI Palestine British military mail from FPO 163 GAZA to Norwich
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1917 WWI Palestine British military mail from FPO 163 GAZA to Norwich
British WWI military mail in Palestine: 23 AP 1917 stampless green honour envelope (no printers mark) from FPO 163 (163rd Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade of 54th East Anglian Division, GAZA area) to NORWICH, tied by double-ring date-stamp Proud-D2. Posted 4 days after unit's involvement in failed 2nd Battle of Gaza (17-19 April). Opened gently at back....
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135063
1917 WWI Palestine British army cover ex APO SZ 14 DEIR EL BELAH + unit cachet
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1917 WWI Palestine British army cover ex APO SZ 14 DEIR EL BELAH + unit cachet
British WWI military mail in Palestine: 12 SEP 1917 stampless long OHMS cover from APO SZ 14 (DEIR EL BELAH, Palestine Lines of Communication) to Anglo-Palestine Bank ALEXANDRIA, tied by violet oval A [unclear] BATTERY | R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery) cachet manuscript dated day before - Firebrace unlisted & single strike APO postmark Proud-D2; backstamped 13 SP BAPO Z transit & next day BAPO Z lo...
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133980
1917 WWI Palestine British military mail cover from FPO 160 GAZA to Croydon
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1917 WWI Palestine British military mail cover from FPO 160 GAZA to Croydon
British WWI military mail in Palestine: 22 OC 1917 stampless green honour envelope (no printers mark) from FPO 160 (160th Welsh Border Brigade of 53rd Welsh Division, GAZA area) to CROYDON, tied by Proud-D2 double-ring date-stamp. Posted 5 days before unit's involvement in victorious Battle of Buqqar Ridge (27 Oct.) and 9 days before the victorious Battle of Beersheba (31 Oct.). Backflap torn open...
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135010
1918 WWI Palestine British military cover APO SZ 19 unlisted postmark on cutout
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1918 WWI Palestine British military cover APO SZ 19 unlisted postmark on cutout
British WWI military mail in Palestine: cutout 24 JY 1918 strike of FPO SZ 19 (PALESTINE?) single dateline postmark: unlisted template in Proud & Firebrace and none listed as being inverted 5 and Z at base; locale assignment not documented in Proud, possibly EEF prior to BAALBEK (7 Nov)....
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135211
1918 WWI Palestine British military mail APO SZ 36 Jericho postmark on cutout
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1918 WWI Palestine British military mail APO SZ 36 Jericho postmark on cutout
British WWI military mail in Palestine: cutout 18 JU 18 strike of scarce APO SZ 36 (JERICHO) single-circle Proud-D1 postmark index B; digit "6" faintly visible, here oddly shaped as per Proud....
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135113
1918 WWI Palestine British military army FPO 162 Meggido unlisted postmark
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1918 WWI Palestine British military army FPO 162 Meggido unlisted postmark
British WWI military mail in Palestine: cutout 26 SP 1918 full strike of FPO 162 (162 East Midland Brigade, MEGIDDO Palestine) double-ring Proud-D2 type postmark (this unlisted -with thick lettering in outer ring). Undocumented postal period for this postmark in Proud....
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Inter-war Foreign Postal Links 1918-1939

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1918 OETA Palestine Mandate extra weight cover APO SZ44 JAFFA-CAIRO 2pia postage
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1918 OETA Palestine Mandate extra weight cover APO SZ44 JAFFA-CAIRO 2pia postage
Mandate stamps / postage rate period 2: 3 Apr 1918 postmarked cover sent from APO SZ 44 (JAFFA) to CAIRO, franked 2 Piastres for the period 5m inland/Egypt letter rate + 5x 3m additional weight, using a horizontal pair of 'Blues 3' Ba #3 stamps tied by 2x strikes of skeleton linear dated 29mm APO SZ 44 postmark + backstamped 5 AP 18 dispatch using larger 32mm APO SZ 44 postmark; front tied by red ...
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135588
WWI era OETA Palestine censored cover JERUSALEM-PARIS franked 1p + postmark
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WWI era OETA Palestine censored cover JERUSALEM-PARIS franked 1p + postmark
OETA Palestine mail abroad: WWI era censored cover from JERUSALEM to PARIS, franked 1p (Ba #10) & tied by strike of OETA-EEF JERUSALEM postmark (Sach #A6), slit open at left...
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135589
1920 rare registered OETA Palestine 2p cover JERUSALEM-PARIS, PORT SAID transit
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1920 rare registered OETA Palestine 2p cover JERUSALEM-PARIS, PORT SAID transit
OETA Palestine mail abroad: 13 JAN 1920 postmarked registered cover from JERUSALEM to PARIS, franked 2p using a vertical pair of typographs in indigo (Ba #10a) & tied by strike of OETA-EEF JERUSALEM postmark (Sach #A6) + 1x on back; backstamped next day PORT SAID transit; slit open at top. Rare as registered mail abroad (not to Egypt)....
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135647
1924 Palestine Mandate 13m franked cover JERUSALEM-PARIS, with London II stamp
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1924 Palestine Mandate 13m franked cover JERUSALEM-PARIS, with London II stamp
Mandate mail abroad: 4 Feb 1924 postmarked cover from JERUSALEM to PARIS, franked 13m per period overseas letter rate using 13m London II overprinted single, torn open at top...
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143160
Business postcard from Belgium to Palestine Tel Aviv Silicate Factory 1925
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Business postcard from Belgium to Palestine Tel Aviv Silicate Factory 1925
Palestine Silicate Factory addressed postal card from Belgium, July 1925, with message in English about the dispatch of samples; handstamped with a Hebrew receipt cachet indicating receipt of the postal card. The Silicate factory in its time was the largest enterprise in Tel Aviv....
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140566
1926 American navy cover USS Pittsburgh HAIFA Palestine to US + special postmark
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1926 American navy cover USS Pittsburgh HAIFA Palestine to US + special postmark
American military maritime mail in Palestine: 7 APR 1926 commercial cover from USS PITTSBURGH in HAIFA to Navy Savings Bank NEW YORK (United States/America), franked 2c per military mail rate & tied by ship's datehead + HAIFA | PALESTINE obliterator - token of a rare short visit by the ship; per crew diaries it appears the sailors visited Nablus (Shchem) by land and made their way to Haifa where t...
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143126
Palestine 1927 mixed London II/Pictorals franking reg cover, stamp plate variety
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Palestine 1927 mixed London II/Pictorals franking reg cover, stamp plate variety
1927 London II/Pictorals mixed franking: 20 JULY 1927 registered cover from JERUSALEM (return addressed "German Colony") to ROHRBACH Germany, franked 28m using mix of then new 3m Pictorals (Ba #91) + 1pia & 3x 5m (Ba #75 - 2x with plate type 1 per Bale & Dorfman /#80 - this as type 218 of London I Somerset printing from the lower pane with dot next to lower left Arabic "1"), for 26m postage rate (...
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143811
1929 Italian Cardinal stationary cover Jerusalem Palestine Mandate to Rome
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1929 Italian Cardinal stationary cover Jerusalem Palestine Mandate to Rome
Mandate surface mail: 21 FEB 1929 postmarked commercial cover on Italian Cardinal's postal stationary from JERUSALEM to rector in ROME, franked 13m per period surface rate to non-UK destination; backstamped 26 FEB arrival; cut open at right, vertical fold....
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143854
1930 Meggido Expedition stationary cover Haifa Palestine Mandate to Chicago
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1930 Meggido Expedition stationary cover Haifa Palestine Mandate to Chicago
Special imprinted postal stationary of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute's Megiddo Expedition return-addressed to HAIFA & postmarked 26 APRIL 1930 to Wayne Hurst at the University in CHICAGO using a pre-printed adhesive label, franked 13m per period overseas letter surface rate; Hurst was the expedition's financial secretary; slit open at top & right side...
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