Postmarks & Postal Markings of Small Locales

Discovery - BEIT HASHITTA reintroduced Mandate postmark (Dorf #2) on Israeli mail, dated 22 July 1948 & tied to 10 mils Doar Ivri frank affixed to cover addressed to HAIFA; slit open at top. A scarce postmark, rarer as used during the Israeli postal adminstration - but here in use 22 days after it was supposed to have been replaced by the Israeli trilingual postmark, which entered use at this loca...

Rare PETAH TIKVA dateless triangular postmark (Nacht #469/4) tied to Doar Ivri 5 mils franking on printed matter minature cover addressed to TEL AVIV; unsealed at back. This postmark was used on holiday period bulk printed matter mail to obfuscate the posting date in the event holiday mail volume caused delays in delivery; it was in use from Sept. 1948 to Sept. 1955 but is rarely seen on mail....

Shaar Ha'Amakim 11-09-1949 first day cover addressed to TEL AVIV (return addressed to sender at locale), prepared on airmail stationary & tied by special event handstamp; franked 5m per period printed matter rate using Doar Ivri single & tied by the local postmark on first day of use (Nacht #553/1); unsealed per printed matter regulations....

Small locale mail: 30 OCT 1951 cover from Kibbutz TZORA via Hare Yehuda mobile post (note the return address) to JERUSALEM, franked 15pr left marginal single (Ba #57) per period DO-2 letter rate & tied by JERUSALEM-2 postmark: prior to April 1956 Hare Yehuda did not have a postmark of its own - here carried by the service but actually postmarked in Jerusalem; slit open at top. The sending locale, ...