Locales in Holyland/Israel: + Austria

Austrian Post in Holyland 1891 Emperor's profile issue with Turkish denomination: 2 Piaster overprinted on 20 Kr. stamp with 10¼ (10.25) perforation (Ba #39 unlisted as such), tied by black DR JERUSALEM pmk (presumably Ba 121)...

Unlisted perforation variety on mail: 12 JULY 1908 hand-dated (on front) picture postcard of the plaquette "The Matchmaker" by Boriz Schatz/Bezalel, of the Bezalel Museum postcard series (Niztanim-Wilhelm Gross publishers), from HAIFA to JERUSALEM; franked 20pa per period inland postcard rate using 1907 series Austrian Holyland post Emperor profile 10 Heller stamp overprinted 20 para (Ba #60) - bu...

Holyland Palestine Austrian Post: 12 FEB 1913 postmarked imprinted postcard of the "Moledet" (Homeland) childrens' magazine, from JAFFO to GENEVA Switzerland, franked 10 Centimes for the period 20 Para overseas postcard postage rate using an Austrian Crete-issued 10 cent stamp which was sold in the Holyland at a rate of 10c for 20para & tied by 2x full strikes of the local postmark. Sent by Jacob ...

JNF/Jewish National Fund (KKL) Austria office pair of labels of the 1976 75th Anniversary of the JNF issue (Roch #L3-5), MNH...

Outbound mail: 1903 printed-matter wrapper (envelope cut open on both sides) from SAFFED to Jewish liqueur business in HOLLESCHAU, Moravia ("via Vienna Post"), posted via Ottoman PO & franked 10pa per printed-matter rate using Ba165 (oddly not the 'matbua' overprinted type for printed-matter mailed abroad) & tied by scarce blue local postmark (PM5/Ba 812b); backstamped 25-3-03 arrival; scarce as w...

Double franked WWI era Ottoman-Turkish mail: 30 Dec 1915 postmarked postal card, sent from HAIFA to addressee at Anglo-Austrian Bank in GRAZ Austria, franked 20 para per period postage rate - but here with stamp affixed over the imprinted frank, as of 1915 imprinted franking on postal stationary was no longer valid for overseas postage; tied by single strike of the local postmark; front-stamped 3 ...

WWI Austro-Hungarian military mail in Palestine via the German military post in Syria: Jan. 1918 era stampless registered cover sent from Austrian "Liquidierender Rechnungsführer der | k. u. k. Gebirgshaubitzdivision i. d. Türkei" (Paymaster of the Austrian Mountain Howitzer Division) in Palestine to War Ministry, VIENNA; unfranked as military mail - handstamped "einschreiben" and "Portofreie Di...

Imperial Airlines Mandate airmail to Austria: 12 SEPT 1935 postmarked air mail cover sent from TEL AVIV to VIENNA, franked 15m per period base postage rate via Imperial Airlines & tied by single strike of head post office postmark; backstamped next day VIENNA transit-arrival & 16 SEPT arrival; torn open at left....

Spanish Civil War interrupted Palestine mail: 19 Jan 1937 postmarked registered surface mail cover, sent from TRIESTE Italy (return addressed to TEL AVIV Palestine) to BARCELONA Spain (corrected by the sender to "Spagna" in Italian), franked 2.75 Lira (on back) & tied by 3x strikes of the TRIESTE-3 postmark on back (20:00 time stamp) + registry label & "REGISTERED" handstamp on front; backstamped ...

VERY LAST mail from Nazi Germany on eve of WWII - by air: 31 AUG 1939 (17:00) postmarked [complete] German postal reply card with long message in German dated the same day, air mailed from MAGDEBURG to care-of addressee in JERUSALEM (via VIENNA per penciled routing instruction), uprated from 15pf to 25pf for overseas usage (15pf postcard rate + 10pf for air mail) & tied by German air mail etti...

VERY LAST mail from Nazi Germany on eve of WWII - by sea: 31 AUG 1939 (17:00) postmarked [detached] German postal reply card with long message in German dated the same day, air mailed from MAGDEBURG to addressee in NAHARIYA (via VIENNA per penciled routing instruction), uprated from 15pf to 25pf for overseas usage (15pf postcard rate + 10pf for air mail) & tied by German air mail ettiquette: World...

EXTRAORDINARY & IMPOSSIBLE once-in-a-wartime postal link: 27 Sept 1941 postmarked cover from VIENNA (GERMANY) to addressee "J. Davidai" (i.e. Jewish name) at Kibbutz "GINNEGAR [via] Afula Palestine via ANKARA Turkey", franked 25pf per period rate for overseas surface mail (other than to Hungary & former Czechoslovakia) using a Hindenburg medallion single adhesive stamp & tied by single...

Judaic & Zionist philately/paraphilately: lot of 7x covers and postcards from Austria, Canada, Sweden and Switzerland, from 1964-1995; featuring images, designs, stamps and imprints related to Israel, Synagogues, the Holocaust/White Buses, Moses & Aaron, the Zionist movement; includes special cachets & special stamp tabs....

Tabbed stamps on air mail to Austria: 17 Dec 1950 postmarked registered airmail cover, sent from TEL AVIV to VIENNA & franked 65pr at the FA-2a postage period rate (40pr letter + 25pr registration) using a pair of half-tabbed 30pr 1st Airmail (Ba #33) + 5pr 1950 3rd Coinage (Ba #42) stamps tied by 2x full strikes of the TEL AVIV-39 postmark on front + 2x on back; tied on front by the Israeli "dot ...

1956 taxed air mail to Austria: 11 Jan 1956 postmarked airmail cover sent from BINYAMINA to Israeli Consulate in VIENNA & franked 1.20L instead of 1.50L at the FA-5/6 period rate to Europe (1.20L was the rate only for Cyprus), paid using vertical pair 60ag 1955 Tribes series stamps (Ba #123) tied by a single strike of the BINYAMINA-2 postmark; subsequently manuscript marked for tax at a rate o...

Polish official express mail abroad: 13 VI 1924 express cover on Lublin Province official stationary (handstamped in red "Lubelski Urz?d Wojew?dzki"), from LUBLIN to VIENNA, franked 30gr using Eagle in Wreath single (Sc #223) & tied by single strike of the local postmark; sealed at back by official Voivodeship express mail red/white embossed label; cut open at right....

Hungarian Polish internee mail: stampless 11 MAR 1942 hand-dated bilingual Hungarian & French postage-free Red Cross Prisoner of War postal card, from Anton Borsuk of the Royal Hungarian 1/2 "Polish Technical Labor Camp" (location not revealed - possibly the SZENTGYÖRGYMEZŐ region of the city of ESZTERGOM) to his wife in LEMBERG (LVOV) Poland/Generalgouvernement; the postcard is tied by a 2-...

WWII/Holocaust era camps > Vienna to Chelm: 29 Dec 1942 postmarked family correspondence cover sent from the Lager der DAF in VIENNA-LOBAU (labor of the Germany Labor Front) to female civilian in WLODAWA in the Chelm province of German occupied Poland; franked 12pf & tied by single strike of the local postmark. Slit open at bottom + original correspondence in Polish included.The referenced camp is...

WWII/Holocaust era camps > Vienna (Austria): 20 Dec 1943 postmarked cover sent from WIEN GEMEINSCHAFTSLAGER (community camp) to civilian in PRAGUE; franked 12pf & tied by local slogan postmark + handstamp of the camp with censor signature endorsement; cut open at left + original 19 Dec. 1943 dated correspondence in Czech included; the return address is a governmental office ("Amt") of some kind....

Third Reich propaganda in collectible cigarette cards: set of 50x minature (63 x 48mm) photographic collector cards of the series called "Hitler's Path to Greater Germany", published by the Austria Tabakwerke company, circa. February 1940. The series uses the then-recent annexation of Austria into the Third Reich (March 1938) to draw the collector into the notion that Austria was liberated by Nazi...