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Lot 6 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 6 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

CAIFA (St. 502) ornamented pmk full strike dated

2/7 (1863) on stampless folded letter originated in Acri, message dated 2 July 1863, mailed to Cefalonia in the Ionian Islands, straight line FRANCO (St. 509) posted pre-paid from port to port, tax mark "1" in Black & transit CORFU 11 JULY in Grey-Blue all on face; refolded along top edge & few light spots, f - vf & Very Rare, certif Muentz & Tsachor - Aloni

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Lot 17 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 17 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

10.2.1911 registered Deutsche Palestine 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 OESTER... (St. 507), top left "Chargee" cachet in Violet & "Caifa Oester... Post / Rec. No 50" cachet (St. type D + $700), arrival JERUSALEM OESTER... (St. 549) 14.2.11 pmk; opened for display, f - vf, certif. Tsahor - Aloni, ex Schaeffer

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Lot 20 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 20 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

28.10.1913 folded Bank Ottoman letter sent as Printed-Matter Haifa to the Bank branch in Soufli - Greece franked 

5 cent Austrian Crete 1908 issue tied by CAIFA OESTER... POST (St. 506) pmk, transit Konstantinople Turkish pmk on front; folded, fine

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Lot 12 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 12 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

13.5.1900 registered commerc cv Haifa to Chicago franked 2x1pi on 25H Austrian Levant stps tied by CAIFA OESTER... (St. 504) pmk perf R label #256 (St. type B + $300) alongside,  on back CHICAGO office arrival cachet "MAY 31 1900"; shortened 1cm at left not affecting & light scattered spots, f - vf, ex Scaeffer

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Lot 7 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 7 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

CAIFA (St. 502) ornamented pmk full strike dated

8/8 (1867) tying 10 Soldi Austrian Levant stp 1864 issue perf 9½   to folded letter mailed to Alexandria, arrival pmk ALEXANDRIEN 10/8 (1867), message in Acri dated

8 Aug. 1867; light scattered toning, 2 small opening tears, fine & Rare, signed Sorani & Diena, certif Diena

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Lot 18 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 18 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

2/1913 registered Austrian Consulate cv Haifa to Reichenberg Mixed Franking 1908 issue (front & back): Crete 3x10c (=60pa) + Levant 4x20pa total 140pa, rate: 40pa letter + 40pa registration + 2 x 30pa for 2x addit. weight all tied by "CAIFA OESTER... POST" (St. 507) 8.2.13 pmks, R. label #178 (St. type E + $300); 2 vert folds, fine triple rate regist cv, ex Schaeffer

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Lot 21 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 21 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

RARITY: Austrian Free Mail in the Haifa District: 30.12.1913 unfranked cv from the department store A. Duck in Haifa to the Carmel Oriental Wineries in Zichron Jacob (the Caves), cancelled CAIFA OESTER....POST 30.12.13 (St. 506) delivered as Free Mail (as in Jaffa & some of the colonies). The only recorded Free Mail in the Haifa District; cv w/light toning & straightened ½ cm at left not affecting, fine & Extremely Rare, certif Tsachor – Aloni

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Lot 13 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 13 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

16..7.1900 registered AR commerc cv Haifa to Chicago franked 5x1pi on 25H Austrian Levant stps, top right stp "cancelled" by red manscpt "Avis de Reception", rate: 1pi basic + 1pi registration + 1pi AR fee + 2pi for  2x addit. weight - triple rate Regist AR cv stps tied by CAIFA OESTER... (St. 504), R label #86 (St. type B + $300), transit BRINDISI 21.7.00 & LONDON 2 diff. pmks 24 & 28 JY, CHICAGO office cachet as arrival; peripheral small faults (away from stps & pmks) as expected for such a heavy cv, fine & Rare, certif Tsachor - Aloni

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Lot 8 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 8 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

1869 Mixed Franking: Folded letter full message dated Acre 5 June 1869 forwarded by AVIERINO - ST. JEAN D'ACRE (SYRIE) their oval cachet on face & mailed to Corfu, posted at the Haifa Aust. Post frank 10sld 1867 issue (Mi #4I) tied by the Rare pmk CAIFA (St. 502) 6/6 ornamented in Blue, via LLOYD AGENTIE SMIRNE 12/6 &  arrival pmk KERKYRA (60% full), 20 Lepta large Hermes Head (4 margins, close at left) stp applied on arrival for domestic post to destination this tied by dotted 106 numeral of Corfu - Kerkyra; typical central vert. archive fold away from stps & pmks, fine & Very Rare, certif Tsachor - Aloni

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Lot 22 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Nazareth (St. 511) 18.3.07 vf strike in Violet tying 10 pa on 10H Austrian Levant stp to printed-matter ppc (Tiberias) as less than 5 words in the message, mailed to Paris, CAIFA OESTER... (St. 506) 19.3.07 alongside; vf & very early, signed Tsachor

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