Jerusalem I

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 RARITY: postally used 1 Piastre Palestine stamp with 15:14 perforation & setting I overprint (raised dashes, as Kaufman type 17 & 19), Ba #21a; only 5 used copies known to Bale & valued such at $1000 in 2010 - much undercatalogued (another sold for $3800 in 2019). Tests negative under UV ultraviolet light....

Jerusalem I RARITY: 1 Piastre Palestine stamp with 15:14 perforation & setting I overprint (as Kaufman type 17), in deep indigo violet (Ba #21a), MNH with full original gum - Bale unpriced as such (and only 5 used copies known to him). Included in the images is a comparison to a setting II example in indigo (as Kaufmann type 19). Tests negative under UV ultraviolet light....

EXTRAORDINARY WWII German postal link via PALESTINE: 12 JULY 1941 postmarked registered surface mail cover on imprinted bank postal stationary with teleprinted address, sent from BERLIN to TEHRAN Iran & franked 55pf; with manuscript routing "via Istanbul-Erzurum" + stamped with boxed customs-declaration cachet "foreign exchange bank, contents - no goods"; the cover was opened & sealed by t...

Mandate Jerusalem postmarks: 10 NOV 1920 registered cover from JERUSALEM to PARIS franked 2Pia per period rate using Ba #22 (Jerusalem I, setting II) - rare as a single frank on cover - tied by rare JERUSALEM RGD skeleton date-stamp (Sach-D1, rated E) + one strike on back; backstamped 26-11-20 civilian Post Office transit in France; opened roughly at top & repaired, bottom left corner creased....