COVER with full cancel of ACRE {Collins PM9, Bale #183/wide text} December 29, 1907 to Syracuse, NY, proper 1 piaster cover rate postage. Port Said Dec. 31, 1907 transit cancel. F/VF, minor crease of envelope not disturbing cancel or stamp. Photo Estimated value $200.
Public Auction #98
By: House of Zion
Closed Auction
Mar 19, 2017 America/Los_Angeles
House of Zion Public Auction #98
Sunday Mar 19, 2017 13:00 America/Los_Angeles
Sunday, March 19, 2017 1pm, Watson Hotel, Midtown New York (formerly Holiday Inn)
440 W. 57th St., between 9th & 10th
GEMS OF THE “HOLY LAND”, WWI, Palestine Stamps & Covers, “Irv Feingold” 1948 Interim Period collection, Israel, Holocaust, Arab Related,
and the “Herb Bernhard” Judaica Postcard Collection
Dear Friends and Fellow Collectors,
I am very pleased to announce PUBLIC AUCTION #98, to be held SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1pm, in conjunction with the NEW YORK METROPOLITAN POSTCARD SHOW, Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18, at the Watson Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), Midtown, New York. Lots can be viewed at the show, or before the auc- tion on Sunday from 9am-1pm in our meeting room (Renaissance A) at the WATSON HOTEL.
Lots can also be viewed in Arcadia, CA and Van Nuys, CA the weekend of March 4-5.
All lots are guaranteed, and to the best of our knowledge are described correctly. Many of the auction items are one of only a few known, and the time is ideal to obtain them at great bargain prices. Don’t miss the large selec- tion of DEALER LOTS available.
All mail, fax and e-mail bids must be received by 8pm (eastern time), Saturday, March 18, 2017.
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If we can be of any help, please don’t hesitate contacting us.
Good Luck, Sincerely,
Edward G. Rosen
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Lot #2 - forerunners turkish
PICTURE POSTCARD OF JERICHO with 10 para stamp tied with violet hexagon ERIHA {JERUSALEM} cancel Bale #865V sent to France with Jerusalem octagon transit on back, 1914. Slight corner reinforcement on back. Estimated value $500. Photo.
Lot #3 - forerunners turkish
REGISTRATION RECEIPT 1898? with Turkish 10 para revenue stamp tied to document by HAIFA "double ring {wide}" cancel. Estimated value $300. Photo.
Lot #4 - forerunners turkish
PiCTURE POSTCARD to Germany, with 20 para stamp tied by JAFFA 5 Octagon cancel with scarce Turkish military censor, probably 1915. Estimated value $250. Photo.
Lot #5 - forerunners turkish
TELEGRAPH from Jaffa to Tiberias March 9, 1905, with very scarce telegraph negative cancel in black, Bale #735. Exhibit item, rarely seen. Estimated value $750. Photo.
Lot #6 - forerunners turkish
REGISTERED COVER from Jerusalem to Czernowitz, Austria, 1900, with 8 x 10 para stamps on back cancelled by two neat strikes of JERUSALEM "double ring" cancel and JAFFA TRANSIT "double ring" cancel, and Czernowitz receival backstamp. 20 Para total stamps missing from front to make up 1 piaster rate. Exploded to show both sides. Estimated value $700. Photo.
Lot #7 - forerunners turkish
REGISTERED COVER, Credit Lyonnais Bank, mailed from Jerusalem to Munich, Germany, 1900, JERUSALEM "double ring" cancel on a 2 piaster stamp (damaged), registration cachet is Collins RC1 #281, German transit and receival cancels on back, including scarce Turkish railroad backstamp, very fine. Estimated value $750. Photo.
Lot #8 - forerunners turkish
REGISTERED COVER, 1 piaster entire plus 1 piaster stamp for registration fee, mailed from Jerusalem on May 13, 1914 to Germany. Cancelled by JERUSALEM 6 octogonal (Collins PM19) cancel. Jerusalem registration mark is rare (Collins RC4 #2807). Tubingen arrival dated May 28, 1914 on back. Also shows an UNRECORDED two line registration cachet "Einschreiben/Recommander." Unusual very fine and rare. See page 129 in Collins. Estimated value $1000....
Lot #9 - forerunners turkish
REGISTERED COVER {No. 1115} from Jerusalem to Germany with Turkish six color franking: 2 para, 4 pa. {2}, 5 pa., 6 pa., 10 pa., 20 pa., 1914, = total 51 para = registered printed matter rate overpaid 1 para, stamps tied by 5 clear JERUSALEM cancel, July 16, 1914, with handstamped R-label and manuscript R-#. Backstamped on arrival SOLINGEN 1, July 26, 1914. Posted unsealed for printed matter rate. Genuine philatelic cover. Scattered small...
Lot #10 - forerunners turkish
POSTCARD, Turkish 20 para postal entire with added 2x5 para stamps for WWI Orphan tax. Canceled on June 9, 1915 by three (Collins PM19) JERUSALEM 6 octogonal cancels. Beirut June 22, 1915 transit and Beirut censor (Steichele 00/14.) 5 para stamps are overprinted in Turkish "Abrogation of the Capitulation." The usuage of these stamps in Palestine was very rare. Very fine and rare commercial card. Exhibit item. Photo. Estimated value $300.
Lot #11 - forerunners turkish
COVER, rare Jerusalem Warte newspaper envelope, mailed from Jerusalem (Collins PM18) all Arabic date cancel, dated July 31, 1915 to Sachsen, Germany. Beirut (Steichele 28/013) censor cachet. Proper printed matter rate of 10 para. Since the German post office was closed at the start of WWI they could no longer use their pre-war German stamped entire covers. Slightly rough condition. Photo. Estimated value $150.
Lot #12 - forerunners turkish
REGISTERED WWI COVER from the Turkish Jerusalem post office to Germany mailed on December 24, 1916. On front, two JERUSALEM 2 Octogonal (Collins Pm22) cancels on top of 2x1 piaster and 1x20 para stamps, the correct two piaster rate for a registered letter, plus 20 para for the War Orphan tax. To the left is registration (Collins RC5, #7842) cachet and below is a square Istanbul #3 military censor cachet. On top left side is Beirut censor...
Lot #13 - forerunners turkish
Turkish Jerusalem REGISTERED COVER mailed to Hungary on July 18, 1917 (WWI), franked 2x10 para, 2x20 para and 1 piaster stamps totaling 2 piaster registration postal rate plus 20 para for Orphan war tax. Stamps are tied by JERUSALEM 2 octoganal cancel (Collins RL1, he states that only 12 covers are known). Turkish military and Austrian censor adhesives, Stambul transit and Ujpest arrival cachets, all on back. Colorful and scarce. Photo....
Lot #14 - forerunners turkish
Lot of 3 items: COVER and 2 PICTURE POSTCARDS, Grand New Hotel, Jerusalem cacheted cover with JERUSALEM 5 octogonal cancel and Turkish censor, 1 piaster stamp, sent to Los Estados Unidos del Amerique (USA); postcards have 20 para stamp each, tied by JERUSALEM "double ring" cancel, one with photo of Jerusalem Mosque of Omar, and mailed to Finland, and the other, with a photo of La Creche, Bethlehem, with Brooklyn receival cancel dated April 8...
Lot #15 - forerunners turkish
COVER, Nazrie, Bale # 767b Blue. Nazareth to Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 27, 1888. One piaster letter rate. Beirut, Jan. 30, Constantinople Feb. 14 and N.Y. Feb. 26 transits. Photo. Estimated value $150.
Lot #16 - forerunners turkish
COVER, Nazra 1 Cancel, Bale #836, from Pasha Military Mission to Germany, imprinted postal envelope with 20 para in orange ink, 20 para stamp (blue) and 10 para stamp (red) added, Constantinople transit cancel on back with 3 censor marks on front. Photo. Estimated value $100.
Lot #17 - forerunners turkish
Lot of 3 different NASRE (Collins PM5) cancelled POSTCARDS. 1) Rare violet color cancel mailed Feb. 21, 1910 from Nazareth to Jerusalem, franked 10 para stamp littoral postal rate for card. Beautiful perfect cancel. 2) Perfect black cancel dated May 10, 1904 on 10 para stamp, mailed from Nazareth to NY. Reduced postal rate for a card with less than 5 words in message. NY May 29, 1904 arrival cancel. 3) 20 para Turkish entire mailed from Mt....
Lot #18 - forerunners turkish
Imprinted POSTAL CARD to Russia with 20 para postal imprint, very scarce violet REHOBOTH (JAFFA) cancel, Bale #849, 1914, with two transit marks, repaired on back due to fold, written on back in Yiddish. Photo. Estimated value $1000.
Lot #19 - forerunners turkish
Imprinted POSTAL CARD from Tiberias to Berlin, Germany, April 20, 1886, with 20 para postal imprint (1885 issue), showing black bilingual TABARIE cancel, Bale #769, and Berlin arrival marking at lower left. Photo. Estimated value $250.
Lot #20 - forerunners turkish
POSTAL CARD from Syrisches Waisenhaus, Jerusalem to Baden, Germany, Dec. 27, 1906, with black railroad JAFFA-JEROUSALEM cancel twice on front, Bale #977 (rated S3 - $2000 -$3000), very rare, tied by 20 para stamp in upper right corner. Exhibit item. Photo. Estimated value $1500.
Lot #21 - forerunners Austrian post office
COVER with 10 soldi stamp, addressed to Ambassador Edward Taylor, Andover, MA, via Alexandria, Egypt, 1885, with black GERUSALEMME (Jerusalem, Palestine) cancel, Bale #110 ($2000), tied by stamp and Boston receival stamp on front, Alexandrian transit mark, Bale #12, on back with blue United States Consulate, Jerusalem handstamp also on back. Photo. Estimated value $750.
Lot #22 - forerunners Austrian post office
PICTURE POSTAGE DUE POSTCARD from Austria to Jerusalem, Palestine, with 5 kop. Austrian stamp and 20 para postage due stamp tied by double ring JERUSALEM cancel, Bale #2, ($1000), 1904, with black "T" hand stamp on front. Exhibit item. Photo. Estimated value $1000.
Lot #23 - forerunners Austrian post office
POSTAGE DUE POSTAL CARD from Brod, Hungary to Jerusalem, 1909, imprinted with 5 kop. imprint and short paid 1/2 P (blue crayon) with1/2 piaster Austrian Levant postage due stamp tied by double ring JERUSALEM cancel, Bale # 10, ($1200), Exhibit item. Clean. Estimated value $1200.
Lot #24 - forerunners Austrian post office
France Office in Turkey, (Levant) imprinted POSTAL CARD from Jaffa, Palestine to Bielitz, Austria, 1905, with 10 kop. imprint and uprated with 2c and 3c French Levant stamps, tied by two double ring JAFFA cancels, with dotted inner circles, Bale #313, and a Bielitz transit receival bottom left. Photo. Estimated value $225.
Lot #25 - forerunners Austrian post office
German Office REGISTERED POSTAL CARD from Jaffa to Germany, with Aus, Sarona bei Jaffa (Deutsche Post) violet hand stamp, Bale #412, 1910, with 1 1/4 piaster (25) and 5c Deutsches Reich stamps tied by 2 JAFFA cancels, and full Loderburg, Germany transit receival on back. Photo. Exhibit item. Estimated value $1000.
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