Mail Auction #30

Palestine Forerunners Austrian Post - Multi Franked cover (5 stamps of 8 Para each) mailed from Jerusalem April 1906 to Alexandria Egypt with arrival p/m on back 25.4.1906. F+VF.

Palestine Forerunners Austrian Post RARE DESTINATION  1893 Jerusalem to Calcutta India . Franked 1 Piastre stamp tied by Single circle post mark dated Jan. 4 1898 with Transits & arrival P/Ms on reverse - Post Said Jan. 8 1893, Sea Post office Jan.18  &  India Jan. 27.  Cover with normal wear on top & one tear above address at right side. F-VF & rare.

Palestine Forerunners Austrian Post  RARE DESTINATION & unusual routing - Jerusalem 1896 via London England  to Johanesburg South Africa, back to England and returned  to Jerusalem. Franked 1 Piastre tied by Jerusalem double ring postmark, sent by mistake to London, postmarked there January 18 1896, reroute to South Africa where transit arrival postmarks Z.A.R  applied dated Febuary 7 & April 27 , sent back to England where imprinted...

Palestine Forerunners Austrian Post extremely RARE DESTINATION -  Jerusalem to the Australian Island of Tasmania.  Printed matter cover (flap is unsealed) franked 10 Para tied by Jerusalem double circle postmark dated 19.4.1901 transits & arrival postmark on back of Port Said Egypt  25.4.1901, Launceston Tasmania 25.5.1901 & Hobert  (Tasmanian Capital city) 27.5.1901. Cover with some wrinkles & few small marginal tears otherwise F...

Palestine Forerunners French Post SCARCE DESTINATION - March 13 1870 Jaffa Dotted ring type postmark alongside Jerusalem cross p/m on cover to the Island of Malta with Alexandria Egypt (March 15) & Malta (March 23) transit & arrival postmark on back. Cover open on top and left side. Margins with toning & wear. F-VF

Palestine Forerunners French Post - Jerusalem to Belgium franked 10c tied By Jerusalem double ring p/m May 10 1901 alongside transit postmarks of Jaffa May 11, Port Said Egypt May 12, & Brussels Belgium arrival p/m dated May 18.  Great showpiece showing the complete routing with all the possible postmarks. card with one wrinkle & small margin tear at bottom left, otherwise VF.

Palestine Forerunners German Post - Jerusalem to Germany, better type new paper wrapper. Single circle postmark dated 10.12.1900 tied to 5pf german imprinted stamp overprinted 10 Para.  Some wrinkles , otherwise VF

Palestine Forerunners Russian Post - News paper wrapper from Jaffa to Germany, franked 2k Russian stamp tied by Jaffa Ropit Double circle postmark dated 1899 repeated with superb strike on front and with Turkish Russian PO Constantinopole transit p/m. Russian News paper wrappers mailed from the Holy Land to Germany are rare as most mailed via German P.O.  VF

Palestine forerunner Turkish post - 8.6.1916 "Caiffa 2"  postmark Collins type PM11 tied to 1pi stamp on cover to Germany. Moon/Star censor handstamp on front alongside German censor Red Handstamp. Sender address on back "Johanna Herrmann Deutsche Colony Haifa". F-VF

Palestine Forerunners Turkish Post - Registered cover from Jaffa To Beyrouth, franked x3  20para stamps = 60 para, tied by excellent strikes postmark of Jaffa5 dated 7.12.1914. Registeration number hand written at top left ( look at Collins Catalog page 104 same postal employee hand writing notation on pictured cover). RARE 1 line Arabic censor at top right - collins type CM2   7.12.1914 is a new early unrecorded date as the catalog earliest...

Palestine Forerunners Turkish Post - Gaza official stampless cover to Jaffa tied by Gaza violet bridge type postmark dated 11.8.1903 (St. type PM4) alongside VF official seal  " Important correspondence "  St. type OF1 - ACCORDING TO THE COLLINS CATALOG THIS IS A NEW LATE DATE FOR THE OF1  SEAL, CATALOG LISTED THE SEAL RECORDED LATE DATE AS  14.3.1903 !!! .  Cover with repaired tear at top left corner & some small margins wear, otherwise...