Postmarks & Postal Markings of the Palestine Mandate

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....

Rare combination: undated 1930s era color picture postcard (Faculty of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon) sent from HAIFA and addressed to HAMBURG (New York, USA), as bearing a greeting of 5 or less words it is franked 3 mils for the overseas surface mail printed matter rate (rather than the 8m postcard rate - both postage rates existed between 1921/23 - 1940/43) using a booklet stamp (cropped top horiz...

Haifa Bazaar - new earliest known date of use of double ring/Maltese cross postmark (GD-108/Proud D2) as full strike 22 March 1930 arrival backstamp on 14 March 1930 postmarked registered cover on imprinted postal stationary sent from PARIS to HAIFA, franked 3Fr & backstamped 22 March HAIFA REGISTERED transit-arrival; slit open at bottom. The current EKD of use is 10 April 1930 - here c.3 weeks ea...

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...

Mandate surface mail: 4 MAY 1932 postmarked commercial cover on legal office's postal stationary from HAIFA to business in PEITZ Germany, franked 13m per period surface rate to non-UK destination & tied by Levant Fair slogan machine cancel; backstamped 10 MAY arrival; opened at back, slight tear to flap....

Scarce 1934 PURELY ARAB FAIR machine slogan cancel (Sach #F11, rarity rated F out of J) dated 1 Apr 1934 tying 8 mils franked picture postcard (Jacobs Well) sent from JERUSALEM to NEUSTADT Germany. The slogan cancel was in use for just 5 weeks....

Rare JERUSALEM-JAFFA TPO postmark as dispatch on overseas air mail: 30 Nov 1934 railway traveling post office postmarked airmail cover addressed to LONDON and franked 13 mils per period base postage rate via Imperial Airways, tied by 2x strikes of rare TPO postmark (Dorf #6, rarity rated F+). Opened gently at back....

British Paquebot seapost in the Mediterranean - possibly from HAIFA: 13 Feb 1935 hand dated picture postcard (Banks of the Nile, Cairo) with sightseeing message, addressed to NEW YORK; evidentally written and posted aboard a British ship, franked 1 1/2d using a British stamp for the surface postcard postage rate & tied by framed, bold PAQUEBOT handstamp of the ship's post office - unlisted in Seym...

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....

British Paquebot seapost from HAIFA: 13 May 1936 hand dated sightseeing message on picture postcard of RMS 'Orion' on ship's imprinted postal stationary, addressed to WOONSOCKET Rhode Island USA; written and posted aboard the 'Orion', likely prefranked 1 1/2d using a British stamp for the surface postcard postage rate & tied by framed, bold PAQUEBOT handstamp in violet of the ship's post office - ...

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...

Undocumented JERUSALEM single circle arrival postmark (3-letter month, 24mm diameter, round bottom J and U; C index letter) dated 22 Dec 1937 tied 2x on back of 21 Dec 1937 postmarked express cover sent from HAIFA to JERUSALEM, franked 30m for the 25m express fee + 5m letter rate & tied by 2x strikes of the HAIFA-EXPRESS postmark + backstamped next day HAIFA-RAFA TPO with "R" [registered] index le...

Rare postmark combination of very rare JERUSALEM "J.M." dateless triangular cancel (Sacher-C4, rarity rated G) tied to 11 Sept 1938 dated Jerusalem Jewish National Fund JNF meter franking (Sacher-G12) of 2 mils serving as postage on a locally addressed printed matter cover: both the meter and postmark are here in use over 2 months before Sacher's earliest known dates of use. Of note is the unique ...

Haifa postmark proving cover: 14 June 1944 postmarked express cover sent from JERUSALEM to HAIFA, franked 35 mils per the postage rate & tied by 2x strikes of the JERUSALEM-EXPRESS postmark (G index letter - late shift); backstamped next day by 2x different 24mm single-circle postmarks of different departments of the Haifa head post office - one with wide "H" and "F" in "HAIFA" & index letter "T" ...

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...

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....