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Pictorals / Pictorials

143958
Palestine 3m COIL stamp thick vertical ribbed paper 1939 cover + rare cancel
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Palestine 3m COIL stamp thick vertical ribbed paper 1939 cover + rare cancel
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...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
143791
Palestine 5pc 3m COIL stamp STRIP thick vertical ribbed paper 1936 airmail cover
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Palestine 5pc 3m COIL stamp STRIP thick vertical ribbed paper 1936 airmail cover
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...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
143757
Rare Palestine Mandate TEL AVIV postmark, 1937 postcard, booklet pane 3m stamps
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Rare Palestine Mandate TEL AVIV postmark, 1937 postcard, booklet pane 3m stamps
Very rare TEL AVIV double circle date cancel with 3-letter month in date-stamp (Groten #C12, rated E / Sach #B44; with index letter "C" - undocumented) tied to booklet pane (5 of 6 stamps) of 3m Pictorials (on vertically ribbed thick paper, 13.25 x 14.5 perforation) affixed to cover postmarked 3 JUNE 1937 from TEL AVIV to tiny locale DALBY in Denmark; franked 15m per period postage rate for overse...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00
143957
Horizontally ribbed 5m & 6m Palestine Mandate stamps on 1938 airmail to Germany
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Horizontally ribbed 5m & 6m Palestine Mandate stamps on 1938 airmail to Germany
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 ...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
143983
Horizontally ribbed 6m Palestine Mandate stamp on extra weight 1939 airmail USA
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Horizontally ribbed 6m Palestine Mandate stamp on extra weight 1939 airmail USA
Horizontally ribbed 6m stamp as part of 25m postage affixed to 28 JULY 1939 postmarked airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV to CHICAGO via Imperial Airways as per the 15m 10g letter rate with 10m for additional 10g weight, tied by 3x strikes of the head post office postmark; routed via LONDON where the thick pink jusqu'a bars obliterated the air mail imprint indicating onward transmission by sea mail;...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
143827
Earliest known used 1930s Palestine Mandate 15m pictorial stamp dark gray RIBBED
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Earliest known used 1930s Palestine Mandate 15m pictorial stamp dark gray RIBBED
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: ...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00
133945
Palestine RARE 15m coil stamp on WWII Australian military cover + W2 postmark
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Palestine RARE 15m coil stamp on WWII Australian military cover + W2 postmark
MAJOR DISCOVERY - the 15 mils EXPERIMENTAL COIL stamp on THICK vertically ribbed paper, in dark greenish-blue, tied to WWII Australian forces in Palestine 2 JUNE 1941 postmarked cover from 2nd Brigade HQ Post Office W.2. (undocumented usage period: either KHASSA or QASTINA) to Barclays Bank JERUSALEM; as not marked "OAS" (on active service), the cover was handled as civilian mail and franked 15m -...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00
144223
1945 rare use 250 mils single stamp on philatelic matter double weight air mail to US
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1945 rare use 250 mils single stamp on philatelic matter double weight air mail to US
Rare instance of the 250 mils pictorial stamp used as single franking - tied to 6 July 1945 postmarked double weight airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV head post office to RICHMOND California & tied by signed instructional marking handstamp that the cover contains approved philatelic matter; backflap missing + 2 vertical folds. Bale does not list a value for the 250m frank as a stamp single on m...
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Thursday, 21 November 2024 12:11

Israeli Cinderellas

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Israel lot 5x FDC & special event covers, postcard; stamps & cachets 1954-1958
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Israel lot 5x FDC & special event covers, postcard; stamps & cachets 1954-1958
Israel lot of 5x first day & special event covers & postcard, including postage stamps + special cinderella stamps & cachets and event stationary, 1954-1958...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00

Jewish National Fund (JNF)

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RARE JNF Jewish National Fund unlisted 1972 Munich Massacre FDC w/2 types stamps
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RARE JNF Jewish National Fund unlisted 1972 Munich Massacre FDC w/2 types stamps
JNF Jewish National Fund (KKL) unlisted 1972 first day cover "In Memory of Israeli Olympic Sportsmen" (Munich Olympics Massacre), with lavender imprinted emblem + mix of 2x black & 2x red overprinted JNF stamps, similar to Roch #CG38/39 but undocumented with both overprint type - supposedly only 10 such covers exist; MNH...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00

Ottoman Post

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1906 Turkish post office GAZA-JAFFA official mail cover to court house
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1906 Turkish post office GAZA-JAFFA official mail cover to court house
Ottoman Turkish post GAZA date bridge postmark (Ba #794) dated 3 Nov 1906 (last digit inverted as "9") tied to stampless official mail cover sent from local court to court in JAFFA, backstamped next day JAFFA-2 arrival; with 2x intaglio negative seals on tied to front & back; cut open at right. Muenz certification enclosed....
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
144210
Superb 1908 red JAFFA-JEROUSALEM TPO Turkish postmark on official mail cover
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Superb 1908 red JAFFA-JEROUSALEM TPO Turkish postmark on official mail cover
Superb strike of red JAFFA-JEROUSALEM travelling post office TPO postmark (Ba #977r - rarity rated S4) dated 27 March 1908 tied to stampless official mail cover addressed to a court; cut open at bottom & left and partially resealed by the collector. The strike bears the name JERUUSALEM as the letter "O" is documented damaged through use. This example is better than the red and black strikes in the...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
144010
Holyland Armenia Patriarch couriered 1910 stampless cover Jerusalem-Aleppo Syria
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Holyland Armenia Patriarch couriered 1910 stampless cover Jerusalem-Aleppo Syria
Holyland stampless mail: 1910 dated cover on Union Bank stationary, sent from Bishop Papken of the Armenian Patriarchate in JERUSALEM to "Father Hakob Karamanukyan, Halep" (ALEPPO Syria); tied at back with the Patriarchate's cachet. Although eligible for free mail as a religious institution, under the Ottoman postal service the cover was likely couriered as it does not bear a postmark and the addr...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
144304
1912 Turkish Ottoman JAFFA 7 postmark on printed matter postcard + date error
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1912 Turkish Ottoman JAFFA 7 postmark on printed matter postcard + date error
Rare Turkish Ottoman JAFFA 7 postmark (Ba #831 / PM 16) in black error dated 28 Nov "1916" (for 1912), tied to 5 para frank serving as printed matter postage on color picture postcard of Alexandria Egypt (Pacha Street) addressed to PARIS France, with short salutation handwritten on front (less than 5 words for "printed matter" postcard rate)....
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144177
Ottoman NASRE Nazareth blue postmark on 1913 postal card + black CAIFFA transit
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Ottoman NASRE Nazareth blue postmark on 1913 postal card + black CAIFFA transit
Full strike of Ottoman NASRE (Nazareth) postmark in blue (Ba #808b), dated 3 Oct 1913 & tied to 20 Para imprinted prepaid Ottoman postal card (Ba #726) with same-day dated message in French, sent to ZURICH; backstamped with faint CAIFFA transit postmark in black (Ba #791) - Bale unlisted in black for "Chaiffa"....
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
134275
1914 Ottoman Holyland Palestine ERIHA JERUSALEM postmark on postcard Switzerland
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1914 Ottoman Holyland Palestine ERIHA JERUSALEM postmark on postcard Switzerland
Outbound mail: 17-4-1914 superb strike of ERIHA (JERUSALEM) violet postmark (PM3/Ba865v) tied to 20 Para frank with black star overprint (for mail abroad; Ba 331) on picture-postcard of Bedouins baking bread, to NUSSBAUMEN Switzerland; backstamped 21-4-14 octogonal JERUSALEM6 transit postmark (PM26/Ba 872a); marginal small top tear amended....
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00
133869
5x covers & letters Jerusalem-Holland WWI 1915-1919 via Turkish & UK army post
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5x covers & letters Jerusalem-Holland WWI 1915-1919 via Turkish & UK army post
Ottoman Palestine/Holyland WWI correspondence: lot of 5x covers sent during Ottoman & British control of the Holy Land, 1915/1918-1919, all to same addressee in THE HAGUE Holland and most appear to be sent from JAFFA + British SZ 45 & SZ 20; the covers are mostly in poor condition, most missing the stamps - but mostly complete physically and bear many dispatch, transit & censor marks: some Turkish...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00
144207
1917 Only Known HALASA 1 Turkish Palestine Post Office postmarked cover
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1917 Only Known HALASA 1 Turkish Palestine Post Office postmarked cover
HALASA 1 (Halutza/Khalasa) - Major Rarity: 2x strikes of the PM1 postmark dated 1 Oct 1917 tied to uprated 1914-issue Ottoman 20 Para imprinted postal stationary envelope (Ba #799) addressed to officer at telegraph station in DIYARBAKIR (southern Turkey), written by a sender at the local roadside inn (manuscript at bottom right); 3x stamps are visibly missing, constituting the postage for an overs...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
131325
Ottoman Turkish Beersheva BIR-ES-SEBA 2 all-Arabic postmark on telegram receipts
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Ottoman Turkish Beersheva BIR-ES-SEBA 2 all-Arabic postmark on telegram receipts
World War I era Turkish Beersheva BIR-ES-SEBA 2 (Ba 883) rare all-Arabic postmark: 1918-dated 5 full strikes tied to block of 20x 1916 3rd series War Orphans overprinted 20pa stamps (Ba 464/289) - 400 Para - gummed on back of partially torn ledger sheet of 5 attached telegram receipts (with signatures & Arabic manuscript), i.e. 80 Para per receipt....
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00

Foreign Post Offices

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1857 pre-philatelic double weight cover ex French Holy Land post office to Ireland
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1857 pre-philatelic double weight cover ex French Holy Land post office to Ireland
Holy Land French post office pre-philatelic / pre-franked double weight mail to Ireland: 10 April 1857 postmarked stampless cover sent from the French post office in JAFFA to FOULKESMILL Wexford (Ireland "England"), tied by pearl ringed JAFFA SYRIE postmark (Ba #304) & charged "1/6" (1 Shilling + 6 pence = 18 pence) in manuscript on arrival.As of 1840 postage rates to/from any part of the United K...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
141765
1874 Palestine French Holyland franked cover JERUSALEM-COGNAC via JAFFA & Egypt
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1874 Palestine French Holyland franked cover JERUSALEM-COGNAC via JAFFA & Egypt
Palestine Forerunners - the French Holyland Post: 3rd pre-UPU period OCT 1874 folded commercial letter (dated 28 Oct) from JERUSALEM to COGNAC France, franked 80c at the 1871-76 5th postage rate period's letter rate using French Ceres stamp; although a French-run postal agency existed in JERUSALEM (under the Damiani family), here letter transmitted by non-affiliated forwarding agent "W. Duisberg" ...
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144211
Unocumented Austrian Lloyd Steamer Euterpe cachet tying JERUSALEM-Germany wrapper
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Unocumented Austrian Lloyd Steamer Euterpe cachet tying JERUSALEM-Germany wrapper
Undocumented violet oval cachet of the ship LLOYD AUSTRIACO PIROSCAFO EUTERPE (Steamer 'Euterpe') tied to 10 Para overprinted imprinted 5 Heller frank on front of 1900 edition prepaid wrapper of the Austrian Holy Land post office (Ba #151); undated; addressed to addressee in KARLSRUHE Germany & tied by carmine illustrated return-address handstamp of Reinhold Aberle of JERUSALEM.The sender is docum...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
144119
Unique 1906 Holyland French post office taxe handstamped postage due postcard
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Unique 1906 Holyland French post office taxe handstamped postage due postcard
Taxed French post office Holyland mail + discovery: 27 Aug 1906 postmarked picture postcard (Jerusalem - Mosque of Omar; Hermann Striemann) with 25 Aug. dated message numbering 5 words, sent from JERUSALEM to DRESDEN Germany & franked 5c for the printed matter rate (as bearing 5 words or less); likely deposited into a letter box and subsequently postmarked - but also marked for postage dues wi...
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Thursday, 21 November 2024 14:04
143407
Unlisted Hall & Co Jaffa forwarding agents handstamp on Holyland German PO mail
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Unlisted Hall & Co Jaffa forwarding agents handstamp on Holyland German PO mail
Hall & Company Jaffa forwarding agents via German Holy Land post office: 1907 era postmarked picture postcard (Jerusalem - Dome of the Rock interior), sent from JAFFA to addressee at hotel in BRIGHTON (Britain); the franking is missing but as the postcard bears a message longer than 5 words (on front) the rate was likely overseas postcard at 20 para, here tied by the local German post office postm...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00
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