Special Characteristics Special or significant paper or gum type

BIG DISCOVERY - EXPERIMENTAL COIL 2m vertical pair Pictorials on vertically ribbed thin semi-transparent paper in slightly darker gray-blue than the thin semi-transparent paper issue, perforated 13½:14½ (13.50 x 14.50) as per Bale for this type of paper and with characteristic pulled teeth on the bottom horizontal perforation (suggesting top-end feeding from the stamp vending machine) + close-cr...

MAJOR DISCOVERY: 3 mils Mandate Pictorals stamp in yellow green on undocumented vertically ribbed thick dark BROWN paper, tied to 15 SEPT 1933 postmarked registered cover from JERUSALEM to business in ERFURT Germany, franked 28m per period rate for overseas surface mail (15m letter + 13m registration) & tied by 3x strikes of REGISTERED JERUSALEM oval postmark on front + 1x on back, backstamped...

DISCOVERY: 3 mils Mandate Pictorals stamp in apple green on undocumented vertically ribbed thick light BROWN paper, as printed matter postage tied to 14 SEPT 1931 postmarked picture postcard (Old City Jerusalem - Eliahu Bros) sent from JERUSALEM to ITALY; as bearing a message with 5 words or less, charged as surface mailed printed matter. The stamp is compound perforated horizontally (13.5 at bott...

GROUND-BREAKING anti-coil DISCOVERY: a 16 SEPT 1932 postmarked 3 mils Pictorial single stamp serving as printed matter surface mail postage tied to a cover from JERUSALEM to MINNEAPOLIS USA, in light olive-green on vertically ribbed thin semi-transparent paper, with compound horizontal perforations of 13½:14½ (13.5 x 14.5, top) and 13¼:14½ (13.25 x 14.5, bottom), where the 13.5 gauge on the ho...

The rare thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed 3 mils Mandate pictorial in yellowish-green (Ba #91e) serving as overseas surface printed matter postage affixed to 13 MAR 1930 postmarked cover sent from JERUSALEM to LACROSSE USA & tied by machine cancel; backstamped 3 APR LACROSSE, WIS REC'D arrival; unsealed per printed matter regulations, horizontal fold.A rare paper-type stamp, generally consi...

The rare thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed 3 mils Mandate pictorial experimental coil stamp in pale-green (Ba #91e) serving as overseas surface printed matter postage affixed to 12 SEPT 1932 postmarked cover on imprinted business stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to BROOKLYN & tied by machine cancel; backstamped 30 SEPT SAINT JOHNS PLACE STATION arrival; unsealed per printed matter regulations...

MAJOR DISCOVERY - the 3 mils EXPERIMENTAL COIL stamp on THICK vertically ribbed paper, in lime-green hue, with rounded/bumpy vertical perforation (at right) characteristic of coil stamps - but with perforation of 13½ : 14½ (13.5 x 14.5) as documented for vertically ribbed thin semi-transparent paper and not 13¼ (13.25) horizontally as documented for the thick paper as used here; tied to 30 SEPT...

BIG DISCOVERY - undocumented 3 mils COIL stamp on THICK vertically ribbed paper, in lime-green hue, with perforation of 13¼ : 14½ (13.25 x 14.5) as recorded for this type of paper, affixed as postage for overseas surface mailed printed matter cover, sent from JERUSALEM to GONZALES USA & tied by the rare double circled Sach #F4 18 AUG 1939 dated machine cancel (rarity rated F out of J), o...

GROUND BREAKING coil stamp DISCOVERY: vertical strip of 5x 3 mils pictorial stamps in yellow-green on thick vertically ribbed paper, as 15m airmail postage via Imperial Airlines, tied to 2 JULY 1936 air mail cover, from TEL AVIV to MUNICH & tied by 3x strikes of rare postmark with 3-letter month in date-stamp (Groten #C12, rated E / Sach #B44; without index letter - undocumented). Airmail to Europ...

SUPERB 3 mils pictorial horizontally ribbed single (Ba #91d) tied to 1937(?) postmarked overseas surface printed matter cover, sent from JERUSALEM to LONDON & virtually untouched by the machine cancel except on the very tips of a few right vertical perforations, otherwise pristine. The machine cancel originally creased the cover so the date is unclear; mailed unsealed but has become sealed due to ...

Horizontally ribbed 5m Pictoral Ba #93 single stamp as postage for domestic letter, tied to a 24 NOV 1937 postmarked cover from TEL AVIV to JERUSALEM, backstamped same day arrival. Horizonally ribbed pictorals are scarce on mail. Opened roughly at top....

Horizontally ribbed 5m & 6m pictorial stamps (Ba #93d/94d) as part of 15m franking on 15 AUG 1938(?) postmarked airmail cover, from TEL AVIV to HAMBURG & tied by 2x strikes of the single circle postmark of the sorting office (i.e. the cover was deposited into a pillar box uncancelled & processed later when the box was emptied); subsequently tied by the thick black "jusqu'a" cross used at BRINDISI ...

GROUND-BREAKING DISCOVERY: 7 mils pictorial stamp in scarlet on thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed paper - undocumented in this color on this paper; used. The transparency is evident by running the stamp over a dark object under standard room light (illustrated here - though less pronounced on camera): the object will be mostly and instantly visible aross the field; on standard [thick] vertic...

Thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed 8 mils Mandate pictorial stamp (Ba #106e) tied 13 April 1933 postmarked surface mailed picture postcard (Jerusalem - General View & Mount of Olives) sent from JERUSALEM to HANAU Germany & tied by single strike of the head post office postmark. Here the date of use predates Dorfman's date of July-August 1934 for this issue, which he associates with a certain ...

Thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed 8 mils Mandate pictorial (Ba #106e / Dorf #106a, 13½:14½ perforation as documented for this paper) tied to picture postcard of Jews at the Wailing Wall (Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo publishers), postmarked 15 APR 1933 from JERUSALEM to PARIS per period surface mail postcard rate. Here the date of use predates Dorfman's date of July-August 1934 for thi...

Palestine Mandate JERUSALEM returned mail: 20 DEC 1938 registered commercial cover from Kiryat Moshe Montefiore company, sent to TEL AVIV & returned as undeliverable, with various postmarks + horizontally ribbed 10m stamp; original contents included...

DISCOVERY: 10 mils Pictorial stamp on undocumented woven grayish colored paper, as part of 125m postage (using 5x different colored stamps) tied to 11 NOV 1946 air mail commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to NEW YORK CITY & tie by 3x strikes of the head post office postmark; slit open at left with small piece from top left corner missing, vertically folded...

Discovery: earliest known used rare 15m stamp in dark gray (Ba #108c) here undocumented on vertically ribbed paper, tied to 21 JUNE 1933 postmarked air mail cover on Tanne & Co. business postal stationary, from TEL AVIV to police president in DUSSELDORF Germany, as postage for the Imperial Airlines rate - rare as a single frank - & tied by single strike of local Head Post Office postmark: ...

Discovery: undocumented rare 15m stamp in dark gray (Ba #108c) on vertically ribbed paper, serving as surface letter postage tied to Aug 1938 machine cancelled Baghdad overland type surface mail cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to TEHRAN; backstamped 17 Aug BAGHDAD transit & 21 Aug arrival; cut open at top, tear to backflap not affecting the postmarks.The 15m pict...

EARTHQUAKE: the 1st documented example of a 20 mils Pictorial COIL STAMP, here as a vertical pair bottom-fed coil leader on woven paper, serving as 40m airmail postage on 8 JAN 1948 postmarked cover from HAIFA to PARIS (the year looks like "1946" but the rate paid entered use 15 May 1947, so the"6" is an "8"); torn open at top but complete + vertical fold.The coil leader exhibits all of the classi...

DISCOVERY: the undocumented 20 mils coil stamp as used single on thick vertically ribbed paper, evidenced by the pulled teeth at base and the crimp mark above the 4th bottom perforation hole from the right - caused by a feeder pin in the stamp vending machine; partially tied by an oval REGISTERED postmark. This cataloguer first discovered the existence of the 20m coil stamps in July 2021, those be...

GROUND-BREAKING DISCOVERY: 100 mils pictorial stamp on thin semi-transparent vertically ribbed paper - undocumented as such; used & tied by 27 AP 1934 REGISTERED JERUSALEM oval postmark (likely Sach #D7 based on wide digits & think letters). The transparency is evident by running the stamp over a dark object under standard room light (illustrated here - though less pronounced on camera): the objec...

Doar Ivri 5m TRANSPARENT PAPER franks (plate block group #26.2) on mail: 16 JULY 1948 local TEL AVIV registered cover from HAKIRYA (TEL AVIV government complex) franked 25m at the DO-2 postage period official mail rate (no letter fee + 25pr registration) using tabbed 3pc 5m vertical strip on transparent paper + 5m 1st plate block pair (star to right, CD 16.5mm, on transparent paper - very rare, pl...

Doar Ivri perforation varieties: Ba #4f 15mil stamp with rare 10:10 perforation on thin yellow paper (as evidenced by the horizontal lacey pattern) using setting A (May 1948 printing, probably from the group 74a per Shabtai, rated as Very Rare), here printed - unusually - on the UNGUMMED side (this issue is usually encountered printed on the gum side), MNH & off center as is typical of this pe...