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1948-1949 Domestic Mail Rates, Routes & Postal Handling

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Rare TRANSPARENT PAPER Israeli 5m Doar Ivri plate block #26.2 stamps 1948 cover
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Rare TRANSPARENT PAPER Israeli 5m Doar Ivri plate block #26.2 stamps 1948 cover
Doar Ivri 5m TRANSPARENT PAPER franks (plate block group #26.2) on mail: 16 JULY 1948 local TEL AVIV registered cover from HAKIRYA (TEL AVIV government complex) franked 25m at the DO-2 postage period official mail rate (no letter fee + 25pr registration) using tabbed 3pc 5m vertical strip on transparent paper + 5m 1st plate block pair (star to right, CD 16.5mm, on transparent paper - very rare, pl...
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144012
Israel Doar Ivri 15m wrong tabbed stamp as postage on 1949 Tel Aviv cover
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Israel Doar Ivri 15m wrong tabbed stamp as postage on 1949 Tel Aviv cover
Doar Ivri 15 mils with wrong tab (Bale #4b) tied to small sized cover postmarked 31 JAN 1949 locally in TEL AVIV & cancelled by detainees illustrated slogan; rare stamp type on mail....
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
134377
1948 local Israeli registered mail with rare Doar Ivri plate block stamps
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1948 local Israeli registered mail with rare Doar Ivri plate block stamps
Doar Ivri PO's, rates & routes: 28 DEC 1948 local TEL AVIV registered cover franked 40pr at the DO-2 postage period rate (15pr letter + 25pr registration) using pair 20pr with control number (29203) on right margin (1st plate - Ba126.1, plate block catalogues at $1500) tied by 2x full strikes of 10th Macabbi Congress machine slogan cancellation (Nacht #3, on 3rd day of use; in used only between 26...
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135936
Israeli 1948 New Years Flying Scroll stamp issue registered first day cover FDC
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Israeli 1948 New Years Flying Scroll stamp issue registered first day cover FDC
Israeli 1948 Festivals/New Years (Flying Scroll) stamp issue registered first day cover FDC, tied by full series of single stamps (Ba #10-14) & postmarked on their first day of use 26 Sept 1948 using special slogan mashine cancel + 3x strikes of Jerusalem-9 post office postmark...
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1950-1959 Domestic Mail Rates, Routes & Postal Handling

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Israeli 1951 New Years stamp print error/variety on unusual postal stationary
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Israeli 1951 New Years stamp print error/variety on unusual postal stationary
1951 New Years print error on unusual stationary: print error variety of 40pr single (Ba #57), where apostrophe in Hebrew date is missing on the right frank of a vertical pair, tied to a 24-10-1951 registered cover on a reused envelope, from KFAR SAVA to JERUSALEM, franked 40pr per period DO-2 registered letter rate; slit open at top. Note on reverse inverted watermarked text visible on the "Mataf...
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1948-1949 Domestic Mail Rates, Routes & Postal Handling

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May 1948 cover posted during Palestine Interim period & received by Israeli post
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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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Israeli Military mail

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1948 Palmach Jerusalem army cover predating local APO 5 postmark use
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1948 Palmach Jerusalem army cover predating local APO 5 postmark use
1948 PALMACH Jerusalem mail PRE-APO 5 postmark: 22 May/early June era stampless undated cover sent from soldier Natan Levin at army unit post office KABA 219/3, self identified in the return address as belonging to "Company A" (Pluga Alef) - of the Yiftach brigade of the Palmach, and addressed to the British Institute in JERUSALEM; the front is tied 2x by the triangular handstamp of KABA 219 - but...
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144116
July 1948 Army mail PROVING letter-cover with Rosette + APO 5 provisional postmark
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July 1948 Army mail PROVING letter-cover with Rosette + APO 5 provisional postmark
Key 1948 Army mail proving cover: undated stampless cover with original pen written letter inside Hebrew dated Alef Sivan 5708 (8 June 1948), signed "Shmuel" [Rubkhash] with his unit number "211/25" & bearing on its backside the endorsement "on active service" together with the address Moshe Levi Family near the Avihayil Bakery at the Zichron Moshe neighborhood [next to Mea Shearim] in "JERUSALEM"...
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144251
1948 Israeli Army postal service handled mail to Palmach Yiftach brigade unit
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1948 Israeli Army postal service handled mail to Palmach Yiftach brigade unit
1948 incoming Army mail to Palmach handled by IDF unit: 29 July 1948 postmarked civilian cover sent from TEL AVIV to relative in "Company 3 of Battalion 3" at "P.O.Box 724", franked 10 mils per inland letter postage rate & tied by strike of the head post office; backstamped same day regional Army Post Office APO 3 (TEL AVIV) transit & 30 July transit-arrival at "Communications Office" of the Kirya...
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131435
1948 War Independence 2 month delayed Army mail + 2x APO postmarks missing dates
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1948 War Independence 2 month delayed Army mail + 2x APO postmarks missing dates
War of Independence delayed army mail + postmark discoveries: stampless 29 July 1948 postmarked On Active Service OAS family correspondence cover sent from sergeant at army unit post office KABA 188 at "training base" to addressee at KFAR HAROEH via HADERA, tied by the KABA 188 triangular handstamp & regional APO 7 postmark - with date-slug missing, and supplemented by English office dater. The un...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
137407
1948 War Misrad Kesher Jerusalem Signals Corp Israeli military cover - Air Force
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1948 War Misrad Kesher Jerusalem Signals Corp Israeli military cover - Air Force
1948 Jerusalem Military mail: 4 AUG 1948 "Misrad Kesher | Yerusalayim" (Signals Corp) inter-unit stampless correspondence sent to "Officer in charge of Enemy Property", re-directed to "deputy battalion commander Y. Meiri" of Southern Command (Jerusalem), and received 6 AUG, tied by 2x strikes of the MK unit's abbreviated double ring datestamp M-K/J-M; inter-unit/intercity correspondence was handle...
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144250
Unique 1948 PALMACH army mail with special Official Mail endorsement & postal markings
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Unique 1948 PALMACH army mail with special Official Mail endorsement & postal markings
UNIQUE 1948 PALMACH army mail: stampless & undated cover tied by the Palmach emblem on reverse with manuscript signature-endorsement "Jerusalem", addressed on front to Eli Ron at the "Communications Department" at army post office "KABA" 222 (5th Battalion of the Harel brigade) + uniquely endorsed as "Official Mail" rather than "On Active Service" or "Army Mail"; front-stamped 2(?) Oct 1948 transi...
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1948-1949 Domestic Mail Rates, Routes & Postal Handling

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1948 1st Day Israeli cover trilingual postmark cancelling Interim stamps
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1948 1st Day Israeli cover trilingual postmark cancelling Interim stamps
1st Day Israel trilingual postmark cancelling Interim franks: 16 May 1948 postmarked local TEL AVIV commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, franked 10 mils per period domestic letter postage rate, using pair of 5m Weizmann Minhelet Haam stamps (with Tel Aviv 'Doar' overprints) & tied by the Head Post Office trilingual cancel on the 1st official day of independent Israel's pos...
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Israeli Military mail

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1948 civilian mail to Kiryat Anavim handled APO 5 Jerusalem - DOUBLE PROVING COVER
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1948 civilian mail to Kiryat Anavim handled APO 5 Jerusalem - DOUBLE PROVING COVER
1948 Jerusalem Army processed civilian mail DOUBLE proving cover: 11 June 1948 postmarked cover sent from a civilian in TEL AVIV to soldier Avraham Ziskind of the "Kvutzat Portzim" unit at KIRYAT ANAVIM "near Jerusalem", franked 10 mils per domestic letter postage rate using a tabbed rouletted right marginal single stamp (Ba #3c) & tied by full strike of TEL AVIV head post office cancellation ...
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1948-1949 Foreign Postal Links

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Aug 1948 very early Israeli postal censorship on incoming mail cover from USA
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Aug 1948 very early Israeli postal censorship on incoming mail cover from USA
Very early (incoming) postal censorship: 20 AUG 1948 airmail cover from NEW YORK (United States/America) to HAIFA "Palestine", franked 25c per period overseas letter rate; [torn] opened at back & sealed with Haifa censor's cream & blue Israeli "Army Censor" label 1005 and tied by "Chet-25" (Haifa) censor cachet (unusual design - fonts/spacing, different from the period types usually seen) + backst...
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143894
Rare Late Fee & 1st day Flying Scroll stamps on printed matter cover Switzerland
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Rare Late Fee & 1st day Flying Scroll stamps on printed matter cover Switzerland
Rare Late Fee & FDC combination: 26 Sept 1948 postmarked surface mailed printed matter cover sent from BAT YAM to TEUFEN Switzerland, franked 8 mils for 5m base surface mailed printed matter + 2m Late Fee, using 5m & 3m New Years/Flying Scroll stamps (Ba #10-11) on their first day of use; unsealed per printed matter regulations.A rare combination of rates & franking possible for only 5 days as the...
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144115
Rare FULL TABBED 65 mils Flying Scroll stamp for airmail + LATE FEE, Switzerland
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Rare FULL TABBED 65 mils Flying Scroll stamp for airmail + LATE FEE, Switzerland
Late Fee with Full tabbed 65 mils News Years/Flying Scroll stamp affixed to 11 Oct 1948 postmarked airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV to BERN Switzerland, serving as franking for the FA-1 period 40m postage rate + 5m late fee (per the DO-2 period postage rate, newly raised from 2m as of 1 Oct.), with 20m overpaid & tied by single strike of Daled shift (late shift) index lettered TEL AVIV-29 post...
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1948 airmail cover JERUSALEM Israel to US, 65m long-tabbed Flying Scroll stamp
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1948 airmail cover JERUSALEM Israel to US, 65m long-tabbed Flying Scroll stamp
1948 "Flying Scroll" stamp airmail to US: 22-10-1948 cover from JERUSALEM to NEW YORK CITY franked 65m at the FA-1 period airmail rate to US (10 days before start of new rate period) using 1948 New Years with long tabbed 65m Ba14, tied by JERUSALEM-2 (sorting office) postmark; arrived arround 1 NOV and marked "unknown" / "not at address given" and returned to Bowling Green Station (backstamped), b...
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144104
1948 Israel 210m triple weight airmail cover TEL AVIV-NEW YORK, Doar Ivri stamps
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1948 Israel 210m triple weight airmail cover TEL AVIV-NEW YORK, Doar Ivri stamps
Triple weight airmail in FA-2 period: 18 Nov 1948 postmarked commercial air mail cover sent from TEL AVIV to NEW YORK, franked 210m for 3x weight at the period 70m letter rate, using 4x 50m + 1x 10m Doar Ivri stamps, tied by 3x strikes of the TEL AVIV-28 postmark; slit open at top. The FA-2 period postage rates came into effect on 1 Nov....
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133948
1948 era AV2 airmail cover TRIPOLITANIA to TEL AVIV Israel + MAL ovpt'd stamps
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1948 era AV2 airmail cover TRIPOLITANIA to TEL AVIV Israel + MAL ovpt'd stamps
Early Israeli postal links: 7 DEC [unclear] airmail cover from TRIPOLITANIA to TEL AVIV, franked 30L using 3x BMA Tripolitania 10 MAL overprinted 5d stamps (Sa-7) & tied by 2 strikes of local date-bridge postmark, cover marked "A.V.2" (M-type-14) using local instructional marking handstamp - used on 'top of pile' cover of small batch of airmail, grouped together with other batches intended for...
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Multiple re-routed German airmail to BEERSHEVA, via Army postal service & SODOM + rare franking
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Multiple re-routed German airmail to BEERSHEVA, via Army postal service & SODOM + rare franking
Early 1948 era [air] mail to Beersheva - rare combination: 4 Dec 1948 postmarked registered airmail cover sent from tiny locale TITISEE Germany (return addressed tiny locale ELTERS in American occupation zone) to a Michael Turk in Beersheva "Palestine", likely franked 1.20 DM for the period postage rate (30pf letter + 50pf non-Europe airmail + 40pf registry fee) - but some stamps fell off already ...
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Dec 1948 Israeli telegram to Turkey, Cable & Wireless handstamp & censor mark
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Dec 1948 Israeli telegram to Turkey, Cable & Wireless handstamp & censor mark
Early Israeli telegrams: 16 Dec 1948 transmitted telegram sent from ISTANBUL Turkey to TEL AVIV, with ticker-tape pasted to telegram form; tied 17 Dec receipt using Mandate era Cable & Wireless handstamp & stamped by the Tav 10 military censor in Tel Aviv...
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1949 Israeli postmarks tying JNF Jewish National Fund stamps on cover to USA
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1949 Israeli postmarks tying JNF Jewish National Fund stamps on cover to USA
Unusual TEL AVIV-26 Israeli trilingual postmarks dated 11 Jan 1949 tied to 4x Chaim Weizmann JNF Jewish National Fund labels affixed to imprinted business postal stationary cover addressed to NEW YORK; unsealed at back. Possibly philatelic....
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144330
RARE 1949 War era DIRECT airmail from Jordan to Israel + ARRIVAL backstamp
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RARE 1949 War era DIRECT airmail from Jordan to Israel + ARRIVAL backstamp
RARE - 1949 wartime mail to Israel directly from an Arab country: 17 (Jan-Feb) 1949 postmarked commercial cover sent from AMMAN Jordan to the Shell Oil Company in HAIFA "Palestine", likely franked for air mail service though at least one stamp is missing, the remainder totalling 40 mils & tied by 2 weak strikes of the local postmark - part of the date is visible. At this time Transjordan was i...
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