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Lot 25 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 25 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

9/1909 cv New York to Jerusalem frank only 3c (strip of 3x1c) instead of 5c marked "via London" & T in Hexagon, upon arrival marked "1pi" & taxed 2x½ pi Austrian Levant P. Dues tied by pmk JERUSALEM OSTERR. POST (index b) - 6 X 09 repeated on back; roughly opened at right & some back faults, fine & spectacular

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Lot 22 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 22 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

TAXED MAIL: Poste Restante Service - 2/1900 Bavarian reply Card, unsevered, Mi P43 uprated w/7pf stps (both parts) mailed to Jerusalem, delivered by the Austrian Post charge of 10pa for the service collected by an Austrian definitive Levant stp 10pa on 3Kr tied by pmk JERUSALEM OESTER... POST 5/3/1900 this was done also on the Reply part which remained unused. The actual arrival in Jerus is the pmk at top left - 27/2/1900 a week before the collection of the pc by the addressee; vf & Rare, sign Tsachor-Aloni

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Lot 16 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 16 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

1867 (NOV. 8) JAFFA Ornamented pmk (St. 522) vf strike 8/11 tying 10sld Lombardo - Venetia Arms Austrian Post to commerc. Parodi corresp. letter (no message part) to Beirut Austrian Post  arrival pmk on face; vf & Rare, sign A. Diena, the 1st Austrian Jaffa pmk 

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Lot 23 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 23 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

8/1906 cv ex Chicago to Jerusalem (the Anglo Saxon Syndicate) franked only 2c for domestic (rate was 5c) marked T "15 centimes N.Y." & taxed upon arrival 20pa + 1pi 1902 Austrian Levant P. Dues (Mi #2 & 3) tied by pmk JERUSALEM OESERR. POST (index a) 15 IX 06. As Refused (Very Rare German/French label in Pink) marked "Retour Chicago America". Tax calculation 1c=10pa, double the deficiency 2x3c = 6c = 60pa (20pa + 1pi); fine & first time the "Refuse" label offered by us

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Lot 18 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 18 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

1/1911 REGISTERED commerc cv Deutsche Palastina Bank Haifa to Jaffa branch, 1pi imptd envelope w/addit franking: pair 20pa + 60pa single 1908 issue - this last seldom seen used, total franking = 3pi + 20pa: 1pi letter rate + 1pi regist + 60pa (1pi+20pa) for 2x addit weight - Triple weight Regist cv, all tied by clear pmks CAIFA OESTER... index b (St.508), regist label #18 type C, JAFFA arr pmk on back; small top marginal tear & corner creases o/w vf & a scarce comb. 

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Lot 24 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 24 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

5/1909 Austrian domestic 10H letter card mailed from  Silesia to Bohemia Redirected to Jerusalem uprated w/only 1H stp - this disregarded, marked & Taxed upon arrival 1½pi Austrian 1908 Levant P. Dues tied by pmk JERUSALEM OESTER... 11.V.09, 2x deficiency of 15H = 30H = 1½pi; vf

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Lot 19 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

Lot 19 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #46

10.2.1911 registered Deutsche Palestina Bank Haifa 10pa imptd cv to the Jerusalem branch in Mixed Franking of Austrian Levant & Crete issues Paras & Centimes: 10 imptd + 30 + 60pa & 5 + 15c total 140pa, rate: 40pa basic letter + 40pa registration + 2x30pa for 2x addit. weight all tied by vf pmks CAIFA OSTER... (St. 507), top left "Chargee" cachet in Violet & "Caifa Oster... Post / Rec. No 50" cachet (St. type D + $700), arrival JERUSALEM OSTER... (St. 549) 14.2.11 pmk; opened for display, f - vf, certif. Tsachor - Aloni, ex Schaeffer

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Lot 19 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 19 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

A SHOWPIECE: 6/1913 Parcel Card Caifa #182 to "Le Baron Edmond Rothschild... Paris" franked 123pi & 30pa (1908 issue Levant 30pa + 1pi + 11x2pi + 2x5pi & 4x20pi, Mi #55 + 57 + 11x58 + 2x59 + 4x61!) for a package of 36kg & 900gr, franking front & back of card all tied by pmks CAIFA OESTER... (St. 508) 20.VI.13, complete coupon at left, parcel has a declared value of 40 Francs, transit marks: TRIEST 30.VI.13, ULM & BRUCKSAL 2.7.13. Parcel sent by the Baron's representative Rosenheck & probably contained wine bottles from the Zichron Wineries; some pin point staple holes at left, a fine Rarity, the Highest Franking on a mailed item of the Forerunners Period in the Holy Land that we have offered, ex Schaeffer, certif Tsachor - Aloni

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Lot 15 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 15 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

4/1909 Passover - picture postcard mailed locally in Haifa as a greeting card franked 10pa Austrian Levant stp 1908 issue tied by CAIFA OESTER... (St. 507) pmk 2.IV.09 alongside CAIFA OESTER... (St. 508) pmk 3.IV.09; bottom left corner damage, f - vf & scarce greeting cards rate

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Lot 11 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 11 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

18.6.90 registered commerc cv Haifa to Metz franked front & back 2x1pia on 10kr Austrian Levant stps tied by vf strike CAIFA (St. 503) pmks, Imperf R label No 62 (St. A + $500), on back arrival METZ 21.6.90 pmk; small opening tear at top right & small part of back flap off, fine & Rare regist cv w/this pmk, ex Schaeffer, certif. Tsachor - Aloni

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