Jerusalem I

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 2 (Arabic letter "N" below the line; Arabic letter "S" as initial; dashes & Hebrew letter "Yud" slightly raised) tying 1 millieme 15:14 perforated stamp (Ba #16) with partly missing Arabic overprint (catalogue unlisted); mint-hinged, full original gum....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 5 (short right top of Hebrew "Shin"; short right foot of Hebrew "Alef"; break in Arabic "F" + 2x dots; opening in Arabic "I"; lowered English "I"; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 1 millieme 15:14 perforated stamp in sepia (Ba #16); used....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 10 (Arabic letter "T" with large break; English "L" without serif; raised dashes; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 1 millieme 15:14 perforated stamp in brown (Ba #16a); mint hinged, full original gum....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 24 (top part of Arabic "T" missing; solid Hebrew "Pay" & elongated English "E"; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 1 millieme 15:14 perforated stamp in brown (Ba #16a); mint never hinged....

Jerusalem I overprint Major Discovery: 1 mil 15x14 perforated stamp in sepia (Ba #16) with undocumented setting I overprint - tiny letters (c. 1 micron smaller than normal) in all 3 languages; unusual Hebrew letter "Nun" - looks inverted (upside-down); unusual E"I Hebrew letters, positioning & spacing (the YUD may even be misplaced with the apostrophe); mostly missing Hebrew letters Lammed & Shin;...

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 14 (breaks between Arabic "F", "L" & "S"; Hebrew "Yud" slightly raised; left stroke of Hebrew "Pay" slightly slanted) tying 3 milliemes 15:14 rough perforated stamp (Ba #18b); used, tied by 10 Oct. 1920 dated JERUSALEM skeleton postmark....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 22 (truncated top of Hebrew "Lammed"; break in Arabic "T"; English "A" lowered; Hebrew "Nun" raised; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 3 milliemes 15:14 perforated stamp (Ba #18); mint-hinged, full original gum....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 5 (short right top of Hebrew "Shin"; short right foot of Hebrew "Alef"; break in Arabic "F" + 2x dots; lowered English "I"; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 4 milliemes 15:14 perforated stamp (Ba #19); used....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 9 (Arabic "N" below the line; dashes raised; break in English "S" & "IN" lowered; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type; also undocumented break in Arabic "F") tying 4 milliemes 15:14 perforated stamp (Ba #19); used....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 16 (break between Arabic "S" & "T"; break in Arabic "T"; dashes slightly raised above Hebrew "Alef") tying 4 milliemes stamp (Ba #19); used....

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 23a (top of Hebrew "Lammed" partly truncated; Hebrew "Yud" & dashes raised slightly; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 4 milliemes stamp (Ba #19); used, tied by 31 Oct. 1920 dated JERUSALEM skeleton postmark....

Jerusalem I overprint: 5m 14:14 perforation stamp Ba #29 / Setting I within Setting II - block of 4x with top pair from row 5 of overprint arrangement Delta, where the left stamp has the setting I overprint (the new Setting II Type 13 - lacking the dot over the Arabic "N" + break in Arabic "I"), and the right stamp has setting II overprint. On this printing (of 3m & 5m franks) the 4 horizontal row...

Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 14 (defective Arabic "L"; breaks between Arabic "F", "L" & "S"; Hebrew "Yud" slightly raised; left stroke of Hebrew "Pay" slightly slanted; left stroke of Hebrew "Shin" missing; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 5 milliemes 15:14 perforated stamp in yellow-orange (Ba #20); used, tied by 4 Oct. 1920 dated HAIFA post...

Jerusalem I 14x14 perforated 5 mils stamp with setting I (type 19, short Arabic "T" and "L" letters) overprint (Ba #29), used - tied by 28 Dec 1920 dated JERUSALEM skeleton postmark; much original gum remains....

Rare - Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 20 (large & raised Hebrew "Yud"; short right foot of Hebrew "Alef"; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 5 milliemes 14:14 perforated stamp in red orange (Ba #29); mint-hinged, full original gum....

Rare - Jerusalem I setting I overprint types - type 20 (large & raised Hebrew "Yud"; short right foot of Hebrew "Alef"; vertical alignment of letters as documented for this setting type) tying 5 milliemes 14:14 perforated stamp in red orange (Ba #29) with plate position of either 106 of the upper pane or 202 of the lower pane (nib at top left tip of "P"); used....

Palestine Jerusalem I overprint RARITY: postally used 1 Piastre stamp (Ba #21a) with 15:14 perforation & setting I type 5 overprint (short right top of Hebrew "Shin"; short right foot of Hebrew "Alef"; distorted curve in Arabic "F"; vertical letter alignments as documented in Bale 2001 & 2010); only 5 used copies known to Bale & valued such at $1000 in 2010 - much undercatalogued (anot...

Major rarity - 1 Piastre Jerusalem I setting I Ba #21a on mail: 9 Dec 1920 postmarked registered cover sent from JERUSALEM to BERLIN Germany, franked 2 Piastres per period postage rate (1pia overseas letter + 1 pia registry fee) using 2x 1pia stamps both in deep indigo violet color, of which one (at left) is setting I type 16 - 'shin' missing interior stroke, break in Arabic T, general vertical al...

Rarity - Jerusalem I setting I overprint on 1 Piastre stamp, 14x15 perforations (Ba #21a); used - very rare as only 5 used copies are known to Bale. The overprint is type 16: open space between Arabic letters "S" and "T", slightly raised dashes; the letters vertically align as documented for this setting type: the Hebrew "Yud" extends beyond the English "P", the left stroke of English "N" hits exa...

Palestine Jerusalem I overprint EXTREME RARITY: 1 Piastre stamp in deep indigo violet (Ba #21a) with 15:14 perforation & setting I type 17 overprint (complete Arabic overprint; Arabic "S" slightly raised; vertical stem on Hebrew "Lamed"; vertical letter alignments as documented in Bale 2001 & 2010), Mint Never Hinged with full original gum - Bale unpriced as such (and only 5 used copies known to h...

Palestine Jerusalem I overprint EXTREME RARITY: 1 Piastre stamp (Ba #21a) with 15:14 perforation & setting I type 17 overprint (dashes slightly raised; complete Arabic overprint; vertical stem on Hebrew "Lamed"; vertical letter alignments as documented in Bale 2001 & 2010) + undocumented plate variety with thick "1" in bottom right panel, used & rare as such (only 5 used copies known to Bale), cat...

Jerusalem I rough perforation discovery - 1 Piastre setting I type 17: flawless Arabic & English overprint, dash slightly raised, upright vertical topped Hebrew "Lamed", vertical alignment between "P" & "Yud" and "N" and "Lamed" and Arabic "N" with "AL" as documented for this setting type; also short right foot on Alef, a characteristic unique only to setting I overprints; mint hinged; Ba #21c but...

MAJOR RARITY - 1 Piastre Jerusalem I SETTING I on mail: 20 Dec 1920 postmarked commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from JAFFO to MARSEILLE France, franked 1 Piaster per period base letter postage rate using extremely rare Ba #21a stamp in deep indigo violet, with type 20 setting I overprint (key characteristics being large letter 'Yud' & letter 'Alef' with shortened righ...

MAJOR RARITY - 1 Piastre stamp with Jerusalem I SETTING I overprint, type 21 (13.5mm Hebrew overprint; English "I" slightly lower, short right arm on Hebrew "Shin", fused dashes, Hebrew "Yud" ends just before vertex of English "P" - the letter alignments are not as type 5 setting II), in deep indigo violet, heavily inked & 14x15 perforation; mint-lightly hinged (so "mint" as per Bale); Ba #21a...