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Postal History of Israel from 1948 Mandate Termination-Interim Period to War of Independence era

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1) Mandate Termination Period (6)
2) Minhelet Haam-Interim period (26)
3) Interim Period Foreign Postal Links (1)
4) 1947-1949 War of Independence related mail (8)
5) 14-16 May 1948 1st Day Israel Mail (12)
7) Besieged locales: Safed (2)
8) Besieged locales: Nahariya (5)
9) Besieged Jerusalem (20 April-20 June) (10)
11) Post-Siege Interim Jerusalem (after 20 June) (4)
12) Service Suspended Mail (by non-belligerents) (7)
13) Service Suspended Mail (by belligerents) (3)
14) 1947-49 Arabian mail in War of Independence (3)
15) Emergency Postal Services & Foreign links (6)
16) Early Foreign Postal Links (9)
17) Interim & Provisional Taxed Mail (10)
10) Besieged locales: Other Locales (1)

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2) Minhelet Haam-Interim period

142999
Palestine Israel Interim 3m stamp double perforations & overprint, on 1948 cover
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Palestine Israel Interim 3m stamp double perforations & overprint, on 1948 cover
1948 Interim/Minhelet Haam error franking on mail: interim 3m Tirat Zvi stamp with double vertical perforations (Ba #1a) & double overprint (both unlisted in Bale) + cropped lower-right edge, tied to undated local TEL AVIV printed matter cover on pre-printed return-addressed stationary; unsealed but partially closed due to gum adhesion....
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1) Mandate Termination Period

143856
April 1948 last airmails cover out of Palestine Mandate to Czech, Kafka related
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April 1948 last airmails cover out of Palestine Mandate to Czech, Kafka related
One of the last air mails out of Mandate Palestine - "Kafkaesque": 11 APRIL 1948 postmarked cover from Esther Hoffe in TEL AVIV to Dr. Max Brod in ZURICH, franked 40m per period air mail rate & tied by 3x strikes of the local postmark; of the airlines still operating out of Palestine at this time most probably carried by Swissair to Geneva on its weekly non-stop Thursday flight (15 April), before ...
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140543
Rare incoming registered air mail cover Lebanon to Palestine Mandate 28 Apr 1948
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Rare incoming registered air mail cover Lebanon to Palestine Mandate 28 Apr 1948
LATEST RECORDED INCOMING Mandate / 1948 War 'Destinaire Parti' Arab air mail: 1 APR 1948 registered [airmail] cover on "Imperial" stationary from BAINO (BEINO) Lebanon to HAIFA, addressed in Arabic to "His Excellency Iskandar Kurdush" (return addressed to the sending locale in Akkar, Lebanon), franked 55p using horizontal pair 25p + 'orphan' 5p - for the period 25p registered airmail rate + 25p do...
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140542
Rare 23 April 1948 late incoming Palestine airmail cover from BEIRUT to HAIFA
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Rare 23 April 1948 late incoming Palestine airmail cover from BEIRUT to HAIFA
Rare very late Mandate period incoming air mail (from Lebanon): [Friday] 23(?) APR 1948 commercial airmail on Shell company stationary, from BEIRUT to HAIFA, franked 50p & tied by 2 strikes of the local postmark; the cover was tied by an English-language "BY AIRMAIL" instructional marking handstamp, highlighted by pink crayon emphasis: overseas surface mail service to Palestine officially ended on...
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139405
February 1948 Palestine Mandate Parcel & Postal order service suspension notice
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February 1948 Palestine Mandate Parcel & Postal order service suspension notice
Mandate postal service wind-down - original Post Office notice: mimeographed 23 FEB 1948 notice PBN 2697 from the British General Post Office (London) announcing the temporary suspension of Parcel post and Postal Orders for Palestine and Transjordan - this being the first and earliest step taken by the British to wind down the Mandate Postal Service in Palestine. Filing hole at upper left and piec...
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139407
July 1948 Post Office notice resumption air mail service to Palestine Israel
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July 1948 Post Office notice resumption air mail service to Palestine Israel
1948 wartime Palestine/Israel - original Post Office notice: mimeographed 23 July 1948 notice PBN 2739 from the British General Post Office (London) announcing resumption of unregistered air mail service for letters weighing under 2 ounces & postcards to "certain [Jewish-controlled] places in Palestine" and lists 15 of the "more important" locales (including JERUSALEM, after siege ended 20 June). ...
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139408
1949 Post Office notice about resumption parcel post to Israeli & Arab Palestine
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1949 Post Office notice about resumption parcel post to Israeli & Arab Palestine
1948 Wartime Palestine/Israel - original Post Office notice: mimeographed 10 Feb 1949 notice PBN 2808 from the British General Post Office (London) announcing resumption of parcel post services to "Israeli-controlled areas of Palestine and to certain places in Arab-controlled areas". The notice concludes "full details may be obtaied at any post office". Near-mint condition with filing hole at uppe...
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2) Minhelet Haam-Interim period

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1948 interim Israel lot 3x franked & postmarked unaddressed covers
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1948 interim Israel lot 3x franked & postmarked unaddressed covers
1948 interim Israel period lot of 3x unaddressed covers bearing interim stamps - 2x tied by the TEL AVIV interim postmark & 1x by the RAMAT GAN postmark; 2x are backstamped with different types of the Mandate era Allenby Road branch office postmark; mint....
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143344
1948 interim Israel 10m Diaspora II stamp & postmark on Tel Aviv addressed cover
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1948 interim Israel 10m Diaspora II stamp & postmark on Tel Aviv addressed cover
1948 interim Israel 10m Diaspora II stamp of Synagogue in Rome tied to imprinted patriotic cover addressed to TEL AVIV lawyer in "Eretz Israel being Liberated" & cancelled by single strike of black interim postmark...
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143345
1948 interim Israel red overprinted 5m stamp as franking on local Tel Aviv cover
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1948 interim Israel red overprinted 5m stamp as franking on local Tel Aviv cover
1948 interim Israel 5m Jewish State stamp with red Tel Aviv overprint (Ba #29d) tied to 10m franked local TEL AVIV cover, cancelled by 2x strikes of the interim postmark in violet....
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143386
1948 interim Israel registered extra weight Tel Aviv business commercial cover
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1948 interim Israel registered extra weight Tel Aviv business commercial cover
1948 interim Israel local TEL AVIV registered commercial cover on long business imprinted postal stationary, franked 30m (10m letter + 15m registry fee + 5m for additional weight, 1m underpaid) & tied by multiple strikes of the head post office postmark; scarce as a business imprinted cover in this period....
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143742
Early strike Palestine Israel interim 1948 HERZLIYA postmark APR 1948 postcard
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Early strike Palestine Israel interim 1948 HERZLIYA postmark APR 1948 postcard
Early strike of HERZLIYA interim postmark on family correspondence postcard dated (Thursday) 29 APR 1948 & addressed to small locale KFAR HASSIDIM; franked 7m per period rate using Mandate pictorial single & tied by single strike of the postmark, probably on (Sunday) 2 May with the start of the Minhelet Haam postal service, making this a first day mail item of the interim postal administration. Sc...
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143743
Palestine Israel interim May 1948 NAHALAL violet postmark on cover to TEL AVIV
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Palestine Israel interim May 1948 NAHALAL violet postmark on cover to TEL AVIV
NAHALAL interim cancel in violet on commercial cover to workshop in TEL AVIV, franked 10m per period letter rate using pair 5m Mandate pictorial stamps; return addressed to "kvutzat haSheni" at Nahalal post; opened gently at back. Docketed dispatch date of 4 MAY 1948 on front - sent on the 3rd day of operation of the Minhelet Ha'am postal service (in secondary towns and locales)....
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137719
1948 Palestine Israel Interim registered cover, Interim & Mandate postmarks
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1948 Palestine Israel Interim registered cover, Interim & Mandate postmarks
Very early/"first day" interim registered cover: dateless local HAIFA registered cover from Tuberculosis League, franked 25m per postage period rate (10m letter + 15m registered fee) using interim Technion 5m & pair 10m (Ba13/14,with Haifa overprints) & tied by strike of interim postmark + 2x on back; tied by Haifa-12 (NAHLA Branch Office) registry-label 0019 - this very early use (0003-1672 were ...
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143382
rare 1948 frozen dated Palestine Mandate cancel Israeli interim registered cover
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rare 1948 frozen dated Palestine Mandate cancel Israeli interim registered cover
Frozen dated Mandate cancel on interim mail: undated May 1948 period local TEL AVIV registered mail, franked 25m per period rate, using interim franks & tied by 2x strikes of the local interim postmark (none on the back - unusually, for registered mail); backstamped 5 MAY arrival using the double ring Mandate bar cancel - this being a "frozen dated" device (set to the last date of the Mandate post...
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131326
1948 Israel Minhelet Haam cover with Interim & Palestine Mandate postal markings
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1948 Israel Minhelet Haam cover with Interim & Palestine Mandate postal markings
1948 interim 2-period cover with frozen dated cancel: MAY 1948 undated registered commercial cover from loan society NATANYA to Anglo-Palestine Bank TEL AVIV, franked 25m per postage period rate using mixed interim & Mandate franks (4 mil Pipeline & 20 mil Pictorial) + registry-label 2309 (numbers 2183-2877 known used throughout interim period), tied by 2 strikes of interim postmark in violet on f...
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143129
1948 interim Israel Palestine 1st Day cover from RAMATAYIM with postmark error
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1948 interim Israel Palestine 1st Day cover from RAMATAYIM with postmark error
Interim period / tiny locales mail: [6 MAY 1948] cover from RAMATAYIM to nearby moshav GANEI AM, franked 10m per period rate using interim franks & tied by single full strike of the interim canceller + Mandate postmark (Dorf-7 although with excess at bottom appearing like the larger bar cancel Dorf-6) as a date device - but this misdated as "6 AP 48" (impossible as the interim period began 2 MAY, ...
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140437
1948 Palestine Israel Interim cover with imperforated stamp + Mandate postmark
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1948 Palestine Israel Interim cover with imperforated stamp + Mandate postmark
1948 interim mail: 9 MAY 1948 local QIRYAT MOTZKIN cover on "Mataf" stationary franked 10m per period letter rate using Haifa overprinted horizontally imperforated (top/bottom) Partition Map stamp (Ba 30 - unlisted as such) & tied by full strike of both local interim postmark + dated Mandate 2-bar canceller (Dorf-2, rated C+; unusual on non-registered mail), making this a 2-period cover (Mandate p...
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137716
1948 interim Israel cover Mandate stamps + Haifa Head Post Office postmark
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1948 interim Israel cover Mandate stamps + Haifa Head Post Office postmark
Interim period Haifa Head Post Office postmark: local HAIFA registered cover from Consolidated Refineries Ltd. to Execution Officer, franked 26m per period registered letter rate (25m with 1m convenience overcharge) - fully pre-paid as mail to Government departments was not free of postage (except to the Income Tax office) - using only Mandate pictorals, vertical pair 3m + 20m (Ba 91/99) & tied by...
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137714
1948 registered cover, mixed Israeli Interim/Mandate franking & postal markings
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1948 registered cover, mixed Israeli Interim/Mandate franking & postal markings
1948 Interim period mixed franking mail: MAY 1948 local HAIFA registered cover from MOUNT CARMEL branch office, franked 25m per postage period rate using mix of Mandate pictorals 5m & 10m (Ba93/97) + interim Weizmann 10m (Ba12) with scarce Haifa overprint & tied by 2 strikes of local interim dateless postmark + 2 on back; tied by Haifa-3 (Mt. Carmel) period registry-label 2243 indicating mailing c...
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142995
1948 Interim Israel red ovpt Weizmann stamp on Tel Aviv-Haifa registered cover
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1948 Interim Israel red ovpt Weizmann stamp on Tel Aviv-Haifa registered cover
Interim/Minhelet Haam 10m Weizmann stamp with faint red overprint (Ba #12a) tied to 25m interim-stamp franked registered cover from TEL AVIV to HAIFA, per period rate, tied by local interim postmarks on front & back + 13 MAI 1948 French-language dater on back serving as an arrival marking (Tel Aviv used the mandate cancellation devices for dating registered letters); rare Weizmann stamp, documente...
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143682
14 May 1948 Interim Israel last day cover with red ovpt Warsaw Ghetto stamp
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14 May 1948 Interim Israel last day cover with red ovpt Warsaw Ghetto stamp
Scarce interim frankings on late interim period registered cover (3141 of 3202): uncatalogued red overprinted Warsaw Ghetto 10m stamp (Ba #22b) + marginal gutter Jewish Brigade 10m (Ba #16) + Ben Yehuda 5m (Ba #10) tied to local TEL AVIV cover mail from TEL AVIV-1 (Allenby Road), tied by 3x strikes of local postmark on front + 2x on back & French language 14 MAI 1948 arrival dater tied to back (la...
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137717
1948 Palestine Israel interim 3 period cover, highest recorded registered mail
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1948 Palestine Israel interim 3 period cover, highest recorded registered mail
Highest registered interim/3 period cover from Haifa Head Post Office: dateless registered cover on trilingual business stationary from HAIFA head Post Office to "Cafe Noam" TIBERIAS, franked 25m per postage period rate using interim 2x 10m Immigrant Ship (note print variations) & 5m Weizmann (Ba 11/23, all with TEL AVIV overprints) & tied by 2 strikes of interim dateless cancel of Head Post Offic...
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143002
May 1948 cover posted during Palestine Interim period & received by Israeli post
0599143002
May 1948 cover posted during Palestine Interim period & received by Israeli post
Two postal period postmarked cover: interim period cover on business stationary, from TEL AVIV to HAIFA, franked 10m using interim Negev stamp & tied by interim cancel, received & backstamped 17-05-1948 by HAIFA-4 Israeli trilingual postmark - this unusual as this is not a registered cover; slit open at top, vertical fold....
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