1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Stamp Auctions

Lot 149 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 149 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Beer Tuvia - Express cv to TLV properly franked 50m Mandate stps (SG #97x5)) tied by  M. Ha'am pmks in Violet & EX label alongside, dated 9 MAY 1948 by office dater, on back Rehovot M. Ha'am transit pmk; vf & Rare

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 144 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 144 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Late Outgoing Mail - last mail from Palestine under official Mandate: Printed Matter Jerusalem (under siege) charity cv w/original contents, frank 5m stp (#93), carried to TLV where mailed 26 AP 48 to the USA, returned to the sender. Cv was carried out of Palestine on board the ship "Kedma" departing Haifa 6 MAY 48; light corner creases, f-vf 

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 150 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 150 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

GIV'AT BRENNER regist #0548 cv franked 25m mixed franking 20m JNF labels Parachutists w/o DOAR ovpt, (authorized & sold by the Rehovot PO) & 5m Kofer Hayishuv label, tied by 2 pmks in Black repeated twice on back & office dater 2.5.48 mailed to TLV; vf & Rare, appx 30 cvs mailed

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 145 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 145 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Commerc cv, found by us in a pile of genuine mail to Czechoslovakia,  franked 20m Minhelet Ha'am stps (Ba #23 x2) for surface rate tied by Tel Aviv M. Ha'am pmk to cv mailed to Praha firm, imprinted stationery of "PALESTINE OVERSEAS TRADE - TEL AVIV", mailed to Czechoslovakia contrary to the regulations as mail destined abroad had to be franked Mandate stps & pmkd in 1 of the big cities by Mandate type pmks this up to 14 May. The cv was carried by the SS Franconia or the SS Marine Carp that left Haifa on 17 May 1948; vert. fold away from stps, vf & Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni    

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 146 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 146 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

HAIFA MESSENGER SERVICE - REGISTERED commerc cv properly franked 2x20m labels tied by the boxed Cafe Riga cachet (type A), as per the rate the cv was handed over in downtown to be delivered in the upper town area - scarce direction; light peripheral creases away from labels & cachet o/w vf & scarce, certif Tsachor - Aloni

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 147 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 147 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

ditto - commerc cv properly franked 15m label tied by the boxed Cafe Riga cachet (type A), dated in manuscript 23.2.48 - a very early usage, vf & scarce

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 142 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 142 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

EARLY POSTAL LINKS: INCOMING COURIER MAIL - ppc of Stockholm (family correspondence) message endorsed 18/5/48, Par Avion & Via Paris, Flown from  Paris to Haifa by Air France plane which landed in Haifa on 29th May 48,  posted by the Courier unfranked marked large T & boxed "To Pay 15 Mils" (double the domestic pc rate rounded) Taxed 15m (5+10m - #J2 &3) 1st P. Dues tied by pmk HAIFA - 1.6.1948! - 1st Day of the Postage Dues in Haifa; few light spots, f - vf & a Rare early courier, certif. Muentz

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 148 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 148 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

THE POST OFFICES: AFFULA regist #0047 cv properly franked 25m mixed franking of 20m Mandate stp (#99) ovptd "Emergency Post Affula" & 5m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #29) all tied by Violet pmk repeated twice on back, dated in pencil 9/5, Haifa arr Mandate pmk 10.5.1948; of philatelic origin, vf

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 143 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

Lot 143 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

PEDI - MAY  27 1948  early flight cv #3687 return address Woodside, Long Island, addressed to Heinz Metzger in Rishon Le Zion; vf & scarce

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #49

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)
Lot 209 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #48

Lot 209 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #48

ROSH PINNA regist #0004 - 7m Mandate postal card dated 3/5 franked w/addtit. 3x3m stps (7m +3x3m) total of 16m missing 2m for printed matter 18m rate, all tied by 2 M. Ha'am pmks in Black, on back Tiberias M. Ha'am transit pmk dated 4/5/48, Haifa Mount Carmel arr pmk 6.5.1948, 2 attempts of delivery marked on back; of philatelic origin, vf & scarce

Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #48

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)