HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

1948 early 1st rate period domestic taxed demonetized mail: 7-6-1948 local HAIFA/BAT GALIM commercial cover franked with Mandate 10m Ba97 stamp, demonetized as of 16 May and now unaccepted, so not cancelled & cover postmarked in field by Haifa Head Post Office postmark, and taxed twice the 10m letter rate (manuscript notation), paid next day with multiple 4x 5m 1st postage dues series franks (BaPD2) in horizontal strip tied by 2 strikes of Haifa Head Post Office postmark; cut open at right; early postage dues cover; estimated value $350+
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $119. 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.
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Product Tags: Israeli, Mandatory Palestinian Philately - Postal Covers, Taxed Mail - Israeli Domestic Mail and Postal History from Israel, Palestine Mandate and from 1947-49 Israel War of Independence, 20th Century, 1940s, 1945-1949 Postwar era, which are Philately - Taxed Mail, Philately - Significant franks on covers,