Transjordan Frontier Force (TJFF) member's personal effects: collection of uniform accessories, acoutrements, knife and mess-kit items belonging to Captain B. S. Hall, TJFF. Articles include: a) personalized combat knife with sheath & "TJFF" etched into the leather; reminiscent of British commando knife, here with modified bayonet, hardened leather & white metal sheath, customised by...
HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
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Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #474 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Hat badge of the Mandatory Palestine Police force with slider-back, circa. 1930's, by William Dowler of Birmingham; size: 28.5 x 48mm; weight: 10.15g. This is a better manufactured version - heaver & slighly curved, than the lighter-weight 1940's war-economy type.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout...
Lot #475 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine Police Force silver finished cap badge with 2-lugged back; size: 29.5 x 44mm; weight: 7.2g. Maker-marked ("Dowler" of Birmingham -?).
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $74. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the...
Lot #476 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Rare Palestine Police Force copper cap badge with 2-pronged back (one missing); size: 29.5 x 43.5mm; weight: 6.8g. Maker marked "Dowler Birming[ham]".
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $149. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark...
Lot #477 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine Police Force blackened nickel-brass(?) cap badge with 2-pronged back; size: 30 x 44mm; weight: 8.5g. Heavier than the standard badge, possibly worn at night. Not maker marked.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $74. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid...
Lot #478 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Hat badge of the Mandatory Palestine Police force with slider-back, circa. 1940's, not maker-marked; size: 30 x 47.5mm; weight: 7.7g. This is a very shiney, lightweight and flat issue of the Second War War/postwar period.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $44. This price will rise by about 5-10% for...
Lot #479 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Rare Palestine Police Kolpak wool hat, 1947 by M and J Goldstein Limited. The hat is in mint condition and aparently unused. The piece does not come with the standard white-metal Palestine Police hat badge (easy to aquire), but the hat does sport the ornamental "PP" button on its left side. Well made, with thick external layer of wool and interior leather sweat-band lining. Inside, the hat is maker-marked on...
Lot #480 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Eretz Israel/Yishuv undocumented military organization emblem pin, c. 1920s-30s; 2.45g, 3.2 x 1.5cm: Star of David w/"Zion" in Bezalel style writing surmounted on crossed swords - reminiscent of WWI German veterans' medals. Probably belongs to either the "Association of Jewish Officers in Eretz Israel" (אגודת הקצינים העבריים), founded in Tel Aviv in 1935, or "Union of Jewish Combatants" (...
Lot #481 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Yishuv/Palestine Mandate Ghaffir hat badge of the Jewish "Notrim" (guardsmen) forces with 2-lug reverse, c.1936-1940s; not maker-marked; size: 34 x 33.5mm; weight: 7.65g. Although the term "Ghaffir" ('Guard' in Arabic) was widely used throughout the British Empire, this badge is unofficially associated uniquely with the pre-State Jewish auxiliary defense force called the Notrim, and worn on brown or black...
Lot #482 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine/Yishuv: 'Tower & Stockade' settlement initiative "Meguyas" ('recruited') pin, circa. 1936-1939; not maker-marked. Depicts image of Tower & Stockade settlement with Hebrew legend "Recruited". Tower & Stockade was a quick structual erection system devised by Shlomo Gur & Yochanan Ratner, enabling quick transport & erection of settlements, bypassing British...
Lot #483 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine Volunteer Force metal hat badge, circa. 1940-1943; not maker-marked; with slider back; weight: 4.75g. Depicts patron saint St. George slaying a dragon (i.e. Nazi Germany); known in Hebrew as "Kheyl Mitnadvim Ha'Eretz-Israeli", it numbered 2,000 men as home guard force. Formed in Aug. 1940, funded by the Mandate, and based in the 3 main cities, it was open to all...
Lot #484 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine/Yishuv: helmet of the Tel Aviv "Mishmar Ezrachi" ('Civil Guard'), 1938- early '40's; by Pleese Ltd. of Holon. The helmet shell is in blue-gray color, bearing the 1st version of the force's emblem on front with unit number. As with other period Pleese-made helmets, this made from a single metal sheet with a thick liner (leather lining & padded base) held by 2 rivets. The leather chin strap has broken off &...
Lot #485 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine: rare original version metal hat badge of the Palestine Regiment, 1942-1943: slightly curved with two pronged loop backing; smooth reverse; not maker marked (probably J.R.Gaunt as a sketch from it exists); weight: 9.85g. A short-lived Arab-Jewish formation based on the existing "Buffs" infantry companies, whose emblem was unpopular with the Jews. The uniqueness of this specific piece is that...
Lot #486 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine/Yishuv: early Charles de Gaulle publicity coverage - in Hebrew, 1941: a 61-page paperback booklet, number 4 of the then wartime series of booklets on personalities and leaders called "People and Events", entitled "General Charles de-Gaulle", written by Dr. David Shochat and published by Din press in Tel Aviv with the assistance of the "Association for Free France in Eretz Israel", whose chairman,...
Lot #487 - Militaria: Mandate/Yishuv
Palestine/Yishuv: "For Recruitment and For Defense" pamphlet of 4 speeches by Yitzhak Tabenkin; published by Kibbutz Ha'Meuchad Press in Ein Harod, May 1942; 28 pages; a "special printing from the booklet 'From Within', due to be released shortly". The speeches call for Jewish activism in labor & defense of the country in the face of the coming German Army; a mixture of concern for safety of socialist...
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