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Locales in Holyland/Israel: + Postal stationary - official, post office & military

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Pictorals / Pictorials

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MEGA RARE Palestine Mandate experimental coil 2m vertical pair on 1935 postcard
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MEGA RARE Palestine Mandate experimental coil 2m vertical pair on 1935 postcard
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...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00

Ottoman Post

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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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144298
Double franked 1915 WWI Ottoman-Turkish postal card, invalidated imprinted frank
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Double franked 1915 WWI Ottoman-Turkish postal card, invalidated imprinted frank
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rate - but here with stamp affixed over the imprinted frank, as of 1915 imprinted franking on postal stationary was no longer valid for overseas postage; tied by single strike of the local postmark; front-stamped 3 ...
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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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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

Foreign Post Offices

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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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144186
Rare 1914 WWI Austria-Hungary mail to Palestine transmitted via British censor
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Rare 1914 WWI Austria-Hungary mail to Palestine transmitted via British censor
EXTRAORDINARY WWI postal link - Austria-Hungary via British Censor to Ottoman Palestine (Central Powers mail facilitated by Britain): 24 Sept 1914 postmarked uprated postal card (stamp missing) bearing message in Hebrew-written Yiddish, sent from BUDAPEST to JERUSALEM & tied by local machine cancel (with offset imprint on reverse); subsequently tied by boxed violet handstamp FORWARED BY BRITISH CE...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00
134278
1918 WWI Palestine Holyland Austro-German army registered cover VIENNA via Syria
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1918 WWI Palestine Holyland Austro-German army registered cover VIENNA via Syria
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...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00

German Colonies & Sub Post Offices

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1910 Holyland Palestine German post office postcard JAFFA to Germany via SARONA
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1910 Holyland Palestine German post office postcard JAFFA to Germany via SARONA
German Post Office & colonies in Holyland: 31-12-1910 "Aus Sarona bei Jaffa (Deutsche Post)" violet cacheted (Ba412/FPOP 248) 1907 issue German Levant prepaid postal stationary commercial postcard with watermark (Ba408), franked 20Pa on 10pf tied by single ring JAFFA postmark Ba401, to EBINGEN. Message in German written in the Walhalla German colony in Jaffa. Very fine; Muenz certified; rare as fa...
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Saturday, 31 August 2024 03:00

WWI Military Mail in Palestine

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1917 WWI Palestine British army cover ex APO SZ 14 DEIR EL BELAH + unit cachet
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1917 WWI Palestine British army cover ex APO SZ 14 DEIR EL BELAH + unit cachet
British WWI military mail in Palestine: 12 SEP 1917 stampless long OHMS cover from APO SZ 14 (DEIR EL BELAH, Palestine Lines of Communication) to Anglo-Palestine Bank ALEXANDRIA, tied by violet oval A [unclear] BATTERY | R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery) cachet manuscript dated day before - Firebrace unlisted & single strike APO postmark Proud-D2; backstamped 13 SP BAPO Z transit & next day BAPO Z lo...
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133980
1917 WWI Palestine British military mail cover from FPO 160 GAZA to Croydon
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1917 WWI Palestine British military mail cover from FPO 160 GAZA to Croydon
British WWI military mail in Palestine: 22 OC 1917 stampless green honour envelope (no printers mark) from FPO 160 (160th Welsh Border Brigade of 53rd Welsh Division, GAZA area) to CROYDON, tied by Proud-D2 double-ring date-stamp. Posted 5 days before unit's involvement in victorious Battle of Buqqar Ridge (27 Oct.) and 9 days before the victorious Battle of Beersheba (31 Oct.). Backflap torn open...
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Inter-war Foreign Postal Links 1921-1939

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Business postcard from Belgium to Palestine Tel Aviv Silicate Factory 1925
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Business postcard from Belgium to Palestine Tel Aviv Silicate Factory 1925
Palestine Silicate Factory addressed postal card from Belgium, July 1925, with message in English about the dispatch of samples; handstamped with a Hebrew receipt cachet indicating receipt of the postal card. The Silicate factory in its time was the largest enterprise in Tel Aviv....
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144038
Palestine 1936 10m KLM airmail postcard TEL AVIV-POLAND, sorting office postmark
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Palestine 1936 10m KLM airmail postcard TEL AVIV-POLAND, sorting office postmark
Pre-war Mandate airmail postcard to Poland: 15 JULY 1936 postmarked uprated 4m frank imprinted postal card, sent from TEL AVIV to ZGIERZ; affixed with British Air Mail etiquette & franked 10m per the period postage rate by either Imperial Airlines or Dutch KLM and tied by 2x strikes of the sorting office single circle postmark (the postal card was deposited uncancelled into a letter box and proces...
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143786
1938 Russian covertly censored mail Palestine Mandate marked Damaged en route
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1938 Russian covertly censored mail Palestine Mandate marked Damaged en route
Soviet covertly censored mail as "Damaged" mail during the Arab Revolt: 21 Jan 1938 50 kopek imprinted postal cover sent from KIEV to TEL AVIV, franked at the period overseas letter rate & tied by single strike of local postmark; backstamped 31 Jan RISHON LE ZION transit-arrival (this routing possibly due to series of Arab attacks on transport arteries at this time, during the Arab Revolt) & seale...
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MAJOR RARITY Registered letter 20m LATE FEE on 1938 All-Up airmail cover HAIFA-UK
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MAJOR RARITY Registered letter 20m LATE FEE on 1938 All-Up airmail cover HAIFA-UK
MAJOR RARITY - Registered letter LATE FEE: 20 Dec 1938 postmarked small Registered Letter postal stationary air mail cover with imprinted 13m stamp, sent from HAIFA to tiny locale BURES Britain, uprated & franked 43 mils for 13m registry fee + 10m base letter postage rate for "All Up" airmail service to the UK (flat air mail postage rate anywhere within the British Empire) + 20m registered letter ...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 22:00

Baghdad Overland Mail

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July 1947 late dated Palestine Mandate Baghdad overland registered mail to Iraq
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July 1947 late dated Palestine Mandate Baghdad overland registered mail to Iraq
Late period overland mail to Iraq: 10 July 1947 postmarked Registered Letter envelope, sent from Arabic sender in HAIFA to addressee in Iraq, franked 48 mils for the 15m registry fee (imprinted frank) plus double weight surface mail (20m base rate + 13m extra weight); tied by 2x strikes of REGISTERED HAIFA oval postmark on front + 1x on back; backstamped BAGHDAD arrival; slit open at right. A rare...
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Domestic mail 1921-1948

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Palestine Mandate postal service postage free 1929 PO Box renewal postcard
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Palestine Mandate postal service postage free 1929 PO Box renewal postcard
Mandate postal service free mail: postage free postal concession applied to 22 JUNE 1929 postmarked post office box renewal card (PT 423A) sent locally in JERUSALEM by registered mail; printed in Hebrew-only and office-receipt stamped by the "Vaad HaIr LeYehudey Yerushalayim", ('Committee of the Jewish Community of Jerusalem') the umbrella organization representing the Jews of Jerusalem. The card ...
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144075
Palestine 1930s 4 mils imprinted postal card HAIFA to RAANANA, partial backstamp
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Palestine 1930s 4 mils imprinted postal card HAIFA to RAANANA, partial backstamp
Palestine Mandate 1930s postmarked 4 mils imprinted postal card sent from HAIFA to RAANANA, tied by the head post office postmark & slight edge of backstamped arrival...
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135624
1941 Palestine Mandate small locale mail postcard to *Kibbutz Lashichrur*
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1941 Palestine Mandate small locale mail postcard to *Kibbutz Lashichrur*
Mandate small locales: 6 JU 1941 uprated Mandate postal stationary postcard from JERUSALEM to KIBBUTZ LASHICHRUR (via Rechovot PO), franked with pre-printed 4m + 3m Pictorals stamps per period inland postcard rate. Hebrew long message on back. This Kibbutz was established in 1934 by Polish & Hungarian members of the HaShomer HaTzair Zionist-Socialist youth movement; it was one of 3 settlements kno...
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144033
Palestine Mandate 1941 stampless official mail OHMS cover, EKD tax office cachet
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Palestine Mandate 1941 stampless official mail OHMS cover, EKD tax office cachet
Free official Mandate mail: 3 SEPT 1941 postmarked stampless official registered cover on OHMS postal stationary sent locally in TEL AVIV from the Income Tax Office, backstamped with the department's boxed cachet (Sach #11f) - 3 months before Sacher's earliest known date of usage; torn open at right....
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Palestine Mandate 1942 7m postal card JERUSALEM-TEL AVIV sorting office postmark
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Palestine Mandate 1942 7m postal card JERUSALEM-TEL AVIV sorting office postmark
Wartime Palestine Mandate postcard: 10 NOV 1942 postmarked 7m frank imprinted postal card, sent fron JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV & cancelled by the sorting office single circle postmark (the postal card was deposited uncancelled into a letter box and processed later when the box was emptied)....
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1944 Palestine Mandate postal card JERUSALEM-TEL AVIV, messages Jewish sites
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1944 Palestine Mandate postal card JERUSALEM-TEL AVIV, messages Jewish sites
Interesting correspondence: 24 Aug 1944 postmarked Mandate postal card with family correspondence, from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV, sent by two daughters to their father Meir Caspi, and relates their visit to Rachel's Tomb (Kever Rachel) and the Western Wall (here during the Jewish month of Elul). Caspi (b.1887) is documented in David Tidhar's Encyclopedia of Founders and Builders, among his credits he...
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144053
Palestine Chief Secretary John Shaw 1944 stampless official OHMS cover + cachet
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Palestine Chief Secretary John Shaw 1944 stampless official OHMS cover + cachet
Mandate Chief Secretary's Office mail: 28 DEC 1944 postmarked stampless official mail cover on OHMS postal stationary, sent from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV & tied by single strike of single circle postmark of the head post office's sorting office + backstamped with red-carmine boxed cachet C.S.O. JERUSALEM (Sach #14H - 2 months exactly before his earliest known date of use); backstamped same day tansit...
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Monday, 14 October 2024 22:00

WWII era Foreign Postal Links with Allied, Liberated & Neutral Countries

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WWII 1939 Bulgaria-Palestine 1939 WWII postal card - rare mail link
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WWII 1939 Bulgaria-Palestine 1939 WWII postal card - rare mail link
WWII rare postal links - BULGARIA: 26 Sept 1939 postmarked postal card with same day dated family correspondence in French, sent from SOFIA to TEL AVIV; imprint franked 4 Leva & tied by single strike of the local machine cancel; tied on front by TEL AVIV T13 Palestine censor hexigonal handstamp. A scarce postal link, especially so in WWII: Bulgaria remained neutral until March 1941 (declaring war ...
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