5) 14-16 May 1948 1st Day Israel Mail

1st day Israel rarity: HAIFA overprinted interim 10 mils Warsaw Ghetto stamp on cream paper (Ba #22f) as domestic letter postage tied to imprinted HAIFA business postal stationary cover addressed to TEL AVIV & cancelled by Israeli trilingual postmark on 1st day of the Israeli postal administration, 16 May 1948; locally rerouted to a post office box; vertically folded, slit open at top. Interim fra...

Latest dated interim airmail abroad + mixed franking: 14 May 1948 postmarked cover, sent from TEL AVIV (return addressed RAMAT GAN "Palestine") and addressed to NEW YORK USA; affixed with British armail etiquette on front & franked 65 mils per the base letter airmail postage rate to the US - using mixed Mandate & interim franking, 30m by Mandate pictorial stamps & 35m using various interim stamps,...

Last day Mandate interim JERUSALEM mail from Dead Sea Potash company: 14 May 1948 postmarked local JERUSALEM commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary of Palestine Potash Ltd., addressed to Anglo-Palestine bank, franked 10 mils per domestic letter rate; evidentally entered into a letter box as subsequently cancelled by the rosette postmark of the sorting office; slit open at top. Th...

SHOWPIECE - True 1st Day ISRAEL 15 MAY 1948 cover + with *INTERIM* postmark: local HAIFA [registered] cover from the AHUZAT SAMUEL town agency to addressee Lilly Meissner at nearby 9 Vitkin street in AHUZA, franked 40 mils for the period registered letter postage rate with extra weight (10m letter + 15m registry + 2x 6m additional weight, with 3m overpaid) using top-left corner block of 4x blue in...

DISCOVERY - True 1st Day ISRAEL 15 MAY 1948 cover + with *INTERIM* postmark: local HAIFA [registered] cover from the AHUZAT SAMUEL town agency to addressee at KIBBUTZ GAATON (next to Nahariya), franked 33 mils for the period registered letter postage rate with extra weight (10m letter + 15m registry + 6m additional weight, with 2m overpaid) using 5x different interim stamps (none of philatelic sig...

UNIQUE 15 May 1948 true 1st day Israel mail from JERUSALEM: 15 May 1948 postmarked cover on requisitioned official mail (OHMS) postal stationary, addressed to a lawyer in TEL AVIV & franked 10 mils per the domestic letter postage rate. As the postmark bears the "rosette" device of the city's interim sorting office, this cover was evidently deposited into a letter box and processed once that bo...

True 1st day Israel mail 15 May 1948 via besieged NAHARIYA emergency mail service: stampless & undated commercial cover on inprinted business stationary (H. Maisler printing factory), return addressed HAIFA and addressed to the Local Council in NAHARIYA; couriered to the 'Ogen' shipping agency at Haifa harbour which transported the letter by sea using the 'emergency sea mail service' operating bet...

JERUSALEM siege era outbound couriered mail: 16 May 1948 1st day Israeli postal service postmarked cover addressed to lady in TEL AVIV and return addressed to lady in JERUSALEM, franked 10 mils per domestic letter rate using a still valid interim stamp (of a type unavailable in Jerusalem) & postmarked in TEL AVIV by the head post office Israeli trilingual postmark on its first day of use + tied by...

1st Day Israel mail addressed to TEL AVIV AIRPORT day after being bombed & forerunner army mail: 16 May 1948 postmarked cover sent locally in TEL AVIV (return address on lower-front) to a Yochanan Breslauer, "ground worker" at "Air Port" & franked 10 mils per inland letter rate using interim period Immigrant Ship stamp (Ba #23) & tied by strike of local trilingual postmark on its first day of use ...

Exact 2m Late Fee on 1st Day Israel double-rate mail: 16 May 1948 postmarked printed matter cover sent locally in TEL AVIV, franked 8 mils using 3m (10x11 perf) & 5m single Doar Ivri stamps for double weight printed matter postage (2x 3m = 6m) + 2m LATE FEE for the late submission of mail, tied by 2x strikes of the head post office postmark - here a very rare instance of the fee being paid exa...

Interim franking / small locale mail on 1st day of Israel: 16 MAY 1948 postmarked printed matter cover between health maintenance organizations, from TEL AVIV to Moshav EIN VERED, franked 3m per printed matter rate using an interim single stamp & tied by full strike of the head post office; unsealed per printed matter regulations; light vertical fold. Ein Vered, located between Herzliya and Netany...

1st day Israel cover with postmark error - discovery: 16 MAY 1948 postmarked local HAIFA registered cover, franked 25m at the DO-1 period postage rate (10m letter + 15m registration) using 5m + 20m (Ba2/5) franks tied by single full strike of 1st day HAIFA-1 trilingual postmark on front + 2 on back - where the Hebrew dateline's year has a "Gimmel" letter rather than a "Tav", undocumented; cut open...

Israeli trilingual tied to red overprinted interim frank: 1st day Israel 16 May 1948 local TEL AVIV cover, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate, using red overprinted interim Warsaw Ghetto frank (Ba #22b - unpriced on covers) & tied by single strike of the Israeli trilingual postmark of the Head Post Office + the National Loan cachet applied by the Tel Aviv sorting office; slit open at back...

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 postal ...

Official 1st day Israel mail with special franks + Late fee: 16 May 1948 postmarked commercial cover sent from doctor in REHOVOT (business cachet on back) to addressee in Kibbutz ALONIM, franked 19m for double weight letter and late fee (10m base rate + 6m extra weight + 2m regular letter late fee, with 1m overpaid), using different shade & different perforated 3m Defence & Development sta...

1st day Israel mixed franking: 16 May 1948 postmarked printed matter cover, sent from HAIFA to TEL AVIV & franked 10 mils for either double or triple weight 3m postage, using new 5m Doar Ivri stamp & 5m interim Weizmann stamp with Haifa overprint, tied by single strike of HAIFA-4 trilingual postmark; unsealed per printed matter regulations. Interim stamps were valid for postage until 22 May, inclu...

1st day Israel Mandate postmark & Doar Ivri combination: 16 May 1948 postmarked cover rubber stamped "First Day Envelope", sent from TIBERIAS to TEL AVIV, franked 10 mils per domestic letter rate using a Doar Ivri single stamp & tied by reintroduced local Mandate postmark; vertically folded. Tiberias received the Israeli trilingual postmark on 1 July. A scarce combination from a city on the periph...

Israel era Mandate postmark tying Interim stamp - Rare combination: 1st day Israeli postal administration 16 May 1948 postmarked cover sent from GIVAT BRENNER to HAIFA, franked 10 mils per domestic base letter postage rate using interim stamp & tied by single strike of the reintroduced local Mandate postmark - a rare combination in this period; slit open at bottom. Interim stamps were tolerated fo...

Israel era Mandate postmark tying Interim stamp - Rare combination: 1st day Israeli postal administration 16 May 1948 postmarked Nehorai family correspondence cover sent from HERZLIYA to KIBBUTZ GINNEGAR "via Affula post office", franked 10 mils per domestic base letter postage rate using interim stamp & tied by 2x strikes of the reintroduced local Mandate postmark - a rare combination in this per...

BAT GALIM post office in May 1948: 16 May 1948 (1st day Israeli postal service) postmarked unaddressed but Doar Ivri franked envelope tied by the reintroduced Mandate postmark of this post office; slit open at bottom - a significant postal item as the specialist literature believes that the Bat Galim post office in Haifa did not operate during the interim period of 2-14 May, and one writer, the se...

Interim franking on 1st day Israel mail: 16 May 1948 postmarked local TEL AVIV cover (return addressed Melchett street) franked 18m using faintly overprinted interim stamps, for 10m domestic letter rate + 6m additional weight (with 2m overpaid), tied by 2x full strikes of the new Israeli trilingual cancel of the head post office; slit open at top. A scarce stamp/postmark combination possible only ...

1948 interim mail/Nahariya 7th slogan: 14 May 1948 "Last Date" (of Mandate)/Independence Day commercial cover (Doctor's return address stamped on front) from beseiged NAHARIYA to Barclays Bank HAIFA, franked 10m per period letter rate using Haifa overprinted interim Technion stamp tied by blue local Minhelet Ha'am post office postmark (opened locally since 6 May; prior to that cancelled by Post Of...

1st day Israeli trilingual postmark error + tied to Interim period frank: 16 MAY 1948 latin-dated local HAIFA cover, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate using single interim Minhelet Haam (Tel Aviv overprinted) Ramat Gan 25th anniversary frank (Ba #26) during the extended grace period of 14-22 May & tied by single strike of the HAIFA Head Post Office Alef-shift cancel - this mistakenly Heb...