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80248
14 May 1948 3-postal period Interim HAIFA, highest recorded registered mail
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14 May 1948 3-postal period Interim HAIFA, highest recorded registered mail
Highest registered interim/3 period cover from Haifa Head Post Office: dateless registered cover on trilingual business stationary from HAIFA head Post Office to "Cafe Noam" TIBERIAS, franked 25m per postage period rate using interim 2x 10m Immigrant Ship (note print variations) & 5m Weizmann (Ba 11/23, all with TEL AVIV overprints) & tied by 2 strikes of interim dateless cancel of Head Post Offic...
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80255
*15 MAY* 1948 1st Day Israel sea mail to UK, Interim + Mandate postmarks/franks
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*15 MAY* 1948 1st Day Israel sea mail to UK, Interim + Mandate postmarks/franks
**1st Day ISRAEL 15 MAY 1948 mail** OVERSEAS-bound cover with Mandate & interim markings (3 period cover): handwritten letter in German dated [Thursday] 13 May 1948, sent from Ahuza HAIFA to LONDON, on 25 mils pre-franked Mandate-era Air Letter stationary (the period rate for air mail to the UK) - here refranked 23 mils (2m underfranking) using interim stamps, probably because of the expected demo...
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80256
*15 MAY* 1948 true 1st Day Israel mail with INTERIM postmarks
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*15 MAY* 1948 true 1st Day Israel mail with INTERIM postmarks
**1st Day ISRAEL 15 MAY 1948** registered cover with *INTERIM* markings: local HAIFA registered cover from the AHUZAT SAMUEL town postal agency to MOUNT CARMEL, franked 25m per period registered letter rate using interim 5m Negev & 2x 10m brown Diaspora I (Ba 34/#44-45), all with violet TEL AVIV overprints & tied by 2 strikes of "reintroduced" Mandate AHUZAT SAMUEL HAIFA postmark (GD-117; no inter...
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80257
*15 MAY* 1948 true 1st Day Israel mail, Ahuzat Samuel INTERIM postmark of NAHALA
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*15 MAY* 1948 true 1st Day Israel mail, Ahuzat Samuel INTERIM postmark of NAHALA
Discovery piece - **1st Day ISRAEL 15 MAY 1948** cover with AHUZAT SAMUEL *INTERIM* markings: local HAIFA [registered] cover from the AHUZAT SAMUEL town postal agency to addressee (Lilly Meissner) at nearby 9 Vitkin street in AHUZA, franked 40m, probably for the period period registered letter rate (25m) using top-left corner block of 4x interim period blue 10m Diaspora I issue Baal Shem Tov house...
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80258
16-05-1948 1st Day Israeli registered cv w/mis-cut stamp & 3x Mandate postmarks
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16-05-1948 1st Day Israeli registered cv w/mis-cut stamp & 3x Mandate postmarks
Israeli State 'first day' 16 MY 1948 registered cover from NES TSIYONA to RISHON LE ZION franked 25m at the period rate (10m letter + 15m registered) using miscut 10m (likely from a stamp booklet) + 15m Doar Ivri Ba3/4 franks tied by 2 full strikes of reintroduced Mandate Proud D3/Dorf-4 postmark (backstamped twice same day by Mandate postmark D6/Dorf-5) with Mandate registry-label 3278 (early num...
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80259
16 May 1948 1st Day Israeli mail w/trilingual postmark & Interim period stamps
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16 May 1948 1st Day Israeli mail w/trilingual postmark & Interim period stamps
1st Day Israeli trilingual postmark tied to Interim period franks: 16-5-1948 local TEL AVIV commercial cover on business postal stationary, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate, using pair of 5m Weizmann Minhelet Haam stamps (with Tel Aviv 'Doar' overprints) & tied by the [un-numbered] Head Post Office cancel on the 1st official day of independent Israel's postal service + tied by the Natio...
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80260
16 May 1948 1st Day Israel mail w/trilingual pmk & RED overprinted Interim stamp
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16 May 1948 1st Day Israel mail w/trilingual pmk & RED overprinted Interim stamp
Israeli trilingual tied to red overprinted interim frank: 1st day Israel 16-5-1948 local TEL AVIV cover, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate, using red overprinted interim Warsaw Ghetto frank (Ba #22b - unpriced on covers) & tied by single strike of the Israeli trilingual postmark of the Head Post Office + the National Loan cachet applied by the Tel Aviv sorting office; slit open at back. ...
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80269
Rare 16 May 1948 besieged JERUSALEM *incoming* convoy cover from RISHON LE ZION
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Rare 16 May 1948 besieged JERUSALEM *incoming* convoy cover from RISHON LE ZION
1948 Besieged Jerusalem incoming convoy mail from outside Tel Aviv: 16 MAY 1948 (official 1st day of the Israel postal service) commercial cover on local branch Anglo-Palestine bank stationary from RISHON LEZION to the bank's branch in JERUSALEM, franked 10m using perforated Doar Ivri single tied by reintroduced Mandate double ring cancel: at this time no mail could reach Jerusalem by standard mea...
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80303
17-5-1948 1st Israeli outbound sea mail on SS Marine Carp from HAIFA to CHICAGO
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17-5-1948 1st Israeli outbound sea mail on SS Marine Carp from HAIFA to CHICAGO
Early Israeli postal links / 1st outbound sea mail (SS Marine Carp): 16-5-1948 registered cover from HAIFA to CHICAGO, originally franked 35m per period surface mail rate on 16 May ("First Day" of Israeli post) using 2x 10m & 15m (Ba 3/4) Doar Ivri stamps tied by 2 strikes of Haifa Head Post Office postmark + Head Post Office registry-label; although addressee Stanley Shure (founder of Shure Radio...
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80392
1st day Israel 16-05-1948 mail interim frank & error dated trilingual postmark
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1st day Israel 16-05-1948 mail interim frank & error dated trilingual postmark
1st day Israeli trilingual postmark error + tied to Interim period frank: 16-5-1948 latin-dated local HAIFA cover, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate using single interim Minhelet Haam (Tel Aviv overprinted) Ramat Gan 25th anniversary frank (Ba #26) during the extended grace period of 14-22 May & tied by single strike of the HAIFA Head Post Office Alef-shift cancel - this mistakenly Hebre...
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