Postmarks & Postal Markings of Small Locales

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....

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, ...