11) Post-Siege Interim Jerusalem (after 20 June)

1948 JERUSALEM interim mail: local commercial printed-matter cover franked 5m using rare 3rd local issue (Ba #107; 2m convenience overfrank as city limited to local issue denominations) tied by interim postmark and 23 JUN 1948 dater (3 days after start of use of Doar Ivri franks in city); returned as addressee left (manuscript on back); unsealed per printed-matter regulations. Rare commercial use ...

Jerusalem transition period 24 June 1948 dated 'Liberation' circular postmark of the Head post office tied to local JERUSALEM cover franked 10m (domestic letter rate) using Doar Ivri single in early period uage (these arrived in Jerusalem only on 20 June); slit open at top. The manuscript docketing "7/7" may be the date (7 July) when the cover was received - a rare proving date showing that postal...

Rare use of 1948 interim JERUSALEM postmarks on non-postal form: 27 June 1948 dated circular 'Liberation' postmark (Ba #B-1) + 22 June English office dater tying Mandate era PT 76 invoice for "Account for Telephone Service", in the sum of P11.255, addressed to the commercial business G. Denowicz & Partners at #5 HaSharon street in the city (deposited into their post office box 2038); the form is i...

1948 Jerusalem mixed franking + interim postmarks on couriered cover: 27 June 1948 postmarked cover, return addressed to TEL AVIV but couriered and posted in JERUSALEM (Mahane Yehuda branch post office), addressed to management of school in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood; franked 25 mils for the period triple weight postage rate (10m base letter fee + 2x 6m additional weight, 3m overpaid) using a m...

Scarce combination - reintroduced Mandate postmark of YAGUR NESHER dated 28 June 1948 tying 10 mils Doar Ivri stamp as inland letter postage to to JERUSALEM on imprinted cover of the Vaad HaLeumi (Jewish National Council); opened gently at back. The significance of the cover is the combination of its elements: very little Doar Ivri franked mail is observed addressed to Jerusalem prior to July 1948...

Stampless couriered cover from HAIFA to JERUSALEM where entered into the civilian postal system & unusually not taxed (or even marked as being unfranked); tied by near full strike of JERUSALEM 4 Main Post Office postmark (Nacht-289/5) with large datelines, dated 6 July 1948 (3rd day of use), unusually with Latin date over the Hebrew; torn open at left & vertically folded as typical of period couri...

1948 early post-siege JERUSALEM postage-free postal card on a 1940 issue Mandate era PT 423 form, sent on 7 July 1948 by the city's postal service to a local resident to remind them to renew their post office box rental; the postal service was entitled to free mail. Evidence of the postal service's heavy workload / under-staffing is gleaned by the fact that the notice indicated the rental "will te...

1948 early post-siege JERUSALEM newspaper wrapper on imprinted stationary of the "Hygene and Health" publication and addressed to a doctor in RAMAT GAM, franked 3 mils for printed matter postage & tied by a 8 July 1948 dated strike of the JERUSALEM-4 postmark, near its first day of use. A rare type of postal item in this period....

1948 JERUSALEM Interim & State mail - TRIPLE RARITY: 15 JULY 1948 printed matter commercial cover on loan society stationary ("Totzeret HaAretz" manufacture) from JERUSALEM to BEIT HAKEREM, franked 5m per period printed-matter rate a) using Local III issue stamp (with slanted "5" - rare on covers) & b) tied by full strike of JERUSALEM-1 Sorting Office postmark with METAL DATE SLUG - this very rare...

1948 post-siege JERUSALEM late use & acceptance of interim stamp + red postmark: 26 July 1948 postmarked cover to TEL AVIV, franked 10m using 2nd local issue interim stamp & tied by Israeli trilingual JERUSALEM-1 head post office postmark in red ink - here late use of the interim stamp, over a month after Doar Ivri stamps reached Jerusalem (20 June), and late acceptance of it outside of the city w...

INVERTED Hebrew date slug: 27 July 1948 local JERUSALEM printed matter newspaper wrapper, franked 3m per period rate & tied by JERUSALEM 4 (Main Post Office) cancel whose metal Hebrew date slug is upside down. Undocumented error + rare as wrapper....

Rare - the 1948 Large Minhelet Haam interim postmark of Mea Shearim tied to undated Doar Ivri franked mail cover sent from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV, bearing 15m postage for base letter rate (10m) + extra weight (6m) here underfranked 1m; of note the 5m single is rouletted. The cover dates from 20 June to early August 1948.A very rare postmark, of which only 7 such stamped covers are known to Muenz; l...

SUPREME RARITY - 1948 Israeli postal administration era registered mail with interim franks: 2 Aug 1948 postmarked registered cover sent from JERUSALEM to Bezalel Gaver in REHOVOT, franked 25 mils using Jerusalem 1st local issue 25m stamp (Ba #103) for the period 10m domestic letter postage rate + 15m registry fee, tied by single strike of the JERUSALEM-1 postmark; backstamped next day arrival; cu...

1948 early post-siege stampless official mail in JERUSALEM + postmark error: 20 Aug 1948 postmarked registered cover sent from the Income Tax department to a local address; tied by Hebrew "Official Mail" handstamp endorsement & department handstamp, and sent stampless as postage-free official mail; tied 1x on front + 2x back by JERUSALEM-6 trilingual postmark bearing unusual Hebrew year-date error...

1948 Jerusalem interim stamp - used in TEL AVIV: rare locals III 5 mils stamp tied to mix franked cover with 5 mils Doar Ivri single, as 10m postage for inland letter, postmarked 25 Aug 1948 in TEL AVIV (return addressed Montefiore neighborhood) to local address; cut open at right. The 3rd locals stamp is rare on mail and any Jerusalem interim locals stamp actually used for postage outside the cit...

Very late use of interim Jerusalem locals stamps: 15 Sept. 1948 postmarked local JERUSALEM double weight cover addressed to Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook (the son of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook), franked 15 mils for 10m base letter + 6m extra weight, using 5m and 10m single stamps of the 1st locals series (Ba #101-102) & tied by single strike of JERUSALEM-1 trilingual postmark of the public counter...

1st day use of JERUSALEM Head Post Office "Liberation" postmark as full strike on 21 JUNE 1948 postmarked cover to HAIFA, tied to 10m frank of 2nd locals issue Ba105; torn open at bottom & repaired; cover complete, rare....

DISCOVERY: [13] AUG 1948 period JERUSALEM-6 postmark without the date slug, tied to registered cover to the local council of BAT YAM from a Doctor Ben-Zion in Kiryat Shmuel, franked 25m per period rate & backstamped by full strike of dateless JER-6 cancel + 13 Aug 1948 TEL AVIV (Chet of Av as visible on the Hebrew dateline) transit & 15 Aug 1948 BAT YAM arrival (the 2-day transit is probab...