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Lot 10 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 10 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

4/1899 cv ex French Jerusalem Consulat (cachet) to Vice Consul de France a Caiffa, via JAFFA / SYRIE on face

28 AVRIL then BEYROUTH / SYRIE 29 AVRIL & note on front: "Arrive le 1 Mai 99 via la Poste Autrichienne, taxed 8 piastres" (arrived 1 May 99 via the Austrian Post - no French Post in Caifa yet); shortened ½ cm at base, fine unusual routing: French Post Jerus - Jaffa - Beyrouth & Aust. Post to Haifa!, for some reason this was easier at that period than Jaffa - Haifa directly

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Lot 25 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 25 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

COUPON REPONSE INTERNATIONAL (reply coupon) for 28H w/vf CAIFA OESTER... POST (St. 508) 1.VI.09, WIEN 11 pmk at right; 2mm closed tear at left margin, vf & Rare, see Steichele p. 253

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Lot 27 - THE AUSTRIAN POST  -  Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

Lot 27 - THE AUSTRIAN POST - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #44

10/1912 ppc (Gruss Aus Munchen) from Munchen to Haifa franked only 3pf (Mi #76) stp Taxed upon arrival ½ pi Austrian Levant 1908 P. Due stp tied by CAIFA OESTER... 14.10.12; vf & scarce, signed Tsachor

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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 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 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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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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