HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

1948-49 Jordanian occupation of West Bank: 7 FE 1949 commercial cover from TULKAREM to El-Andalus Library [EAST] JERUSALEM, franked 15m using "Palestine" overprinted Jordanian franks & tied by 2 strikes of local reintroduced Mandate double-ring postmark; between 15 May 1948 & April 1949 region of Qalqilya-Tulkarem-Nablus-Jenin was held by Iraqi Expeditionary Force in Palestine in coordination with Jordan - here cover opened/resealed by Iraqi censor & tied by its negative cachet; backstamped next day NABLUS transit using Ba-TY-3 Jordanian date-stamp (pre-dates Bale's earliest known date of use, April 1949); cut open at left, very fine & rare.
--------------------


This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $599. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
--------------------



Product Tags: Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian, Mandatory Palestinian, Philately - Postal Covers, 1947-49 Arabian mail in War of Independence and Postal History from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Palestine Mandate, and from 1947-49 Israel War of Independence, 20th Century, 1940s, 1945-1949 Postwar era, which are Philately - significant cachets & postal markings, Philately - Censored Mail, Philately - Significant Route, Philately - Multiple Postal Authority/Period mail, Philately - Earliest/Latest, First/Last & Proving dates or places, Philately - unusual postal procedures/fines/taxes,