Postmarks & Postal Markings of Jerusalem

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 v...

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 th...

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....

SUBSTITUTED letter in Hebrew date slug on MIXED post office cover: local JERUSALEM 25 AUG 1948 stampless registered official mail cover on requisitioned OHMS stationary from the Income Tax Authority, tied by 1 full strike on front + 2 on back of JERUSALEM 5 (Main Post Office - Registered letters department) postmark whose Hebrew month is spelled here Alef-Kaf instead of Alef-Bet (for "Av"): the ch...

1948 JERUSALEM interim mail: commercial cover on OHMS requisitioned stationary to TEL AVIV franked 10m at postage period rate using 2nd local issue (Ba105) tied by deformed Sorting Office rosette postmark on last day of use & 20 JUN 1948 dater. The Sorting Office's postmark likely used here as cover posted uncancelled in a street mail box. Slit open at top. Scarce; estimated value $250+...

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....

6 JY 1948 reintroduced JERUSALEM Mandate-period single-circle datestamp tied to local JERUSALEM trilingual Mandate telegram form PT6, date-stamp use here pre-dating Glassman's earliest known date of use "mid-July"; continued in use until Oct. when replaced by Israeli trilingual postmark....

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...

Small locales / Last Day 17-02-1949 dated full strike of the JERUSALEM "Constitutent Assembly" ("HaAsefa HaMechonenet") postmark (Nacht 216/1) on JNF stationary cover to addressee at KIBBUTZ MA'AGAN near MOSHAVA KINNERET, franked 15pr per DO-2 postage period domestic letter rate; vertical fold...

PROOF strike of the rare 1st Israeli JERUSALEM machine-cancel (Nach-289/21; EG-75), 1949: here with Hebrew date of "A Adar 5709" and Latin date of "10 1 1949" (the two don't match). This cancel was used only on morning of 21 Feb 1949 (Kaf-Bet Shvat), a locally manufactured head on a Mandate-era machine - but it broke down and could not be fixed. Considered the rarest of Israel's cancellations....

PROOF strike of 2nd type JERUSALEM machine cancel (Nacht-289/22), dated -1.9.1949 & tied to unaddressed cover franked 5Pr - event confirmed in Glassman; 1st commercial use occurred 20 Sept. A rare cancel with few surviving commercial covers....

First day 21.9.49 strike of 2nd Israeli JERUSALEM machine-cancel (Nach-289/22; EG-76) tied to printed matter cover to ROSH PINA franked 5Pr using 1949 IDF Insignia (Ba18) on its 2nd day of use; unsealed at back per printed-matter regulations. The successor to the rare machine-cancel of 21-02-1949 (see above), this version with Arabic in 2 words; in use until Aug. 1951 (per Nachtigal) and seldomly ...

UNIQUE POSTMARK: RED JERUSALEM Head Post Office postmark dated 11 NOV 1949 tied to locally addressed stampless and unsealed cover. This is not the red "Paye" postage paid postmark but rather the late-issued unnumbered trilingual type (Nacht #289/1) which entered used on 4 May 1949, here uniquely used with red ink as a "postage paid" marking to indicate pre-payment of printed matter postage, and th...

1590 (1950) date error TWICE: JERUSALEM Israeli Vaad HaPoel HaZioni slogan cancel with 27 April 1590 "1950" date error tied to 55Pr franked express cover to TEL AVIV on Pension/hotel postal stationary, backstamped same day arrival by TEL AVIV-22(?) post office postmark with same "1590" date error!...

Last Day slogan cancellations: local JERUSALEM 24-10-1950 postmarked mimeographed invitation document from the Israeli Association of Political Science Studies & franked 5pr per the period printed matter rate using a single 5pr stamp & tied by strike of UNO Day illustrated slogan cancellation (Nacht #30) on its only day of use; rare type of printed matter mail....

Prepaid markings: lot of 3x 1951 era covers with JERUSALEM and TEL AVIV red pre-paid postmarks...

Early Jerusalem machine cancels: 29 OCT 1951 official mail cover from the Foreign Currency Department in TEL AVIV to Bank Leumi in JERUSALEM, franked 15pr per the DO-2 period letter rate using an overprinted Official Mail stamp (Ba 20b) tied by the local postmark & backstamped next day arrival using the scarce 2nd machine cancel type (Nacht-289/22; EG-76, about which he writes "not many covers str...

Last Day slogan cancellations: local JERUSALEM 11-11-1951 postmarked cover to Anglo Palestine Bank, franked 15pr per period domestic letter rate & tied by full clear strike of the Unicef Day illustrated slogan cancellation (Nacht #45) on its only day of use; slit open on top, backflap torn but complete....

Jordanian West Bank: 12 Oct. 1952 local JERUSALEM registered comm cover franked 30m per period rate of 25m using pair 15m (SG-367) & tied by single strike of small local postmark (Ba-Ty4a) on front + 2x on back, with mute R-label #748; as address unknown, returned to sender, front/back stamped 17 Oct 52 return-arrival (note odd shaped "J" - unrecorded). Slit open at top; estimated value per Bale =...

Jordanian West Bank: 30 July 1953 local JERUSALEM registered comm cover franked 30m per period rate of 25m using pair 15m with red "postage" overprint (SG-391) & tied by single strike of small local postmark (Ba-Ty4a) on front + 2x on back, and Registry label; as address unknown, returned to sender, front/back stamped 2 Aug 53 arrival. Slit open at top. Estimated value per Bale = $350+...

JERUSALEM PAYE machine cancel date error: red strike with mismatching Hebrew & Latin dates (19 Adar A' 5717 vs 26-2-57 - if Hebrew correct, should be 20-02-57), tied to locally addressed cover; unsealed - probably printed matter. Probably Nacht-289/59 but error not recorded in the literature....

JERUSALEM PAYE machine cancel SPECTACULAR error: purple strike with totally mismatching Hebrew & Latin dates (28 Elul 5723 vs 20-1-50) + misplaced obliterator (on left instead of right), tied to locally addressed stampless greeting card sized cover (to teachers' college); ungummed/unsealed - presumably printed matter. Undocumented error....