WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 223 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47Cyprus Camp 70 - cv to Tel Aviv with H.Q. 3 Camp - Date 21 NOV 1947 - Staff (special) Cyprus - 3 lines cachet tying 2pi Cyprus stp, return address: "Cyprus Camp 70 / A.I.G - C.I.D. Jerusalem - Palestine - Mapai"; small tear at top left, f-vf Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 220 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #479/1945 Shanghai booklet issued by Friedrich Melchior, Jew. Refugee, describing in colored caricatures the evil deeds of “Mr. Ghoya the late Japanese official of the Stateless Refugees’ Affairs Bureau Shanghai Hongkew” (During Japanese Occupation of WWII), 1 page of text you called yourself ‘King of the Jews’... your humiliating men & women ... We want to smile on you... that’s why I pinned you down just as we saw you.." + 7 caricatures in color, signed by the designer, front cv shows F. Melchior certif of identity; 1 page reinforced w/tape, vf & Rare item Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 224 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47Cyprus Camp 69 - cv to Tel Aviv with H.Q. 3 Camp - Date 17 FEB 1948 - Staff (special) Cyprus - 3 lines cachet tying 2pi Cyprus stp to cv, return address: " Camp 69 / Ha'oved Ha'tziyoni - Cort 146 Ciprus - Vamagusta"; scattered spots, fine Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 221 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47S. S. PATRIA - censored cv from Haifa franked 7m internal letter rate tied by Haifa d.c. 17 DE 40 pmk, addressed to Georg Israel S. S. Patria, an illegal immigrant on board the deportation ship Patria, (what an ironic name meaning Homeland for a deportation ship). In order to prevent the deportation to Mauritius, the Haganah sabotaged the ship by a miscalculated explosion which opened a large hole on the side and the ship drowned within minutes in the Haifa harbor. About 260 people were killed in the tragic event; vert centerfold w/tiny tears top & bottom of fold, fine & Rare Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 225 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #472 Courier cvs Cyprus to Israel each 1st frank correct Cyprus franking - unpmkd in dispatch & 10m Doar Ivri stp added in Israel: a) Frank 2x1pi KGVI, 10m & Cyprus stps pmkd TEL AVIV 20.6.1948; b) Frank 3pi KGVI (rate changed 7/1948) only 10m pmkd HAIFA 3.8.1948, censored; b - vert. center fold - fine, a - vf (x2) Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 222 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47"Our Exile Ended, 15 Mai 1948, the State of Israel" overprint made in Cyprus Camp by a detainee, on 2 Cyprus postal stps KGVI 1¼ & 1½ pia., 10 pairs produced all found in maker's possession; u/m, vf (x2) & unusual, sign M. Marco Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 217 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #471939 Kinder Transport - Regina Saalkind Jewish Refugee from Konigsberg Germany born 1924 arrived in the UK 5th July 1939 - 2 docs w/photos: a) Aliens certif. of Registration issued in Leeds Aug. 1940 as "Refugee from Nazi Depression," She was trained as a teacher in Day Nurseries and worked in the UK till 1950 in various places incl. the Jewish Refugee Comm. Windermere Hostel, Beth Jacob Kindergarten at Santford, etc.; b) Travel Document issued 5/1948, various travel visas, 6/1950 Entry Visa to Israel this extended until permanent stay permit was issued in 10/1952; fine (x2) scarce original docs Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 226 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47Cyprus Camps - 1947/49 - 10 cvs to Palestine/ Israel properly franked KGVI stps: Camp 60 frank 2x1pi (1 stp off), Camp 62, 64 this to Ohio 11/1948 frank 4pi on back, 65, 66, 67,68 (Ship "Hatikwa") frank 2pi, 68 frank 3pi, 70 frank 2pi cachet H.Q.3 Camp...3 1948.. & 70 but frank 3pi same cachet but 7/1948; Also 2/1949 airmail cv London to Xylotymbo Camp Commander but Retour as Camp closed; fine (x11) Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 218 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #471940/41 British Aliens Internment Camps - 5 letters on special letter sheets between Camps: 1940 from Isle of Man Camp Onchan to 7th Camp, Hay Australia w/Violet cachet "c/o Commandant Internment Camp Hay N.S.W.” + 1941 - 3 letters from the same corresp. w/Onchan oval cachet +1941 letter from "Married Aliens Internment Camp Port St. Mary", Isle of Man w/oval cachet in Blue to the same internee in Hay Australia, all letters w/at least 3 censor marks each; peripheral soiling, fine (x5) Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
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 Lot 219 - WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47A Passport holder - 11x14cm made in Ferramonti Camp - Italy ca. 1943/5 by members of the "Amal" group, survivors of the Pentcho wreck interned in Ferramonti. They established a section for bookbinding & paper products. The passport holder is made of cloth & card w/Magen David on outer & inner sides. The latter also has a sticker w/Magen David & typed: "Made by Kvuzat "AMAL"... FERRAMONTI..."; fine, seldom offered Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #47WW II JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA |
