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Palestine Forerunners, Holyland Turkish Post & Jewish Colonies Philately
1918 EEF type III 10 piastres stamp, MNH
Holyland Austrian PO mail: Arthur Ruppin personal stationary ex Jaffa to Austria, franked 1 Piaster (Ba 67) at the correct letter rate for mail abroad 21 APR(?) 1912(?) and postmarked by Jaffa b pmk...
Wartime cover ex JAFFA (PM14) circa. 7 April 1915 to The Hague via Beirut (Beirut military censor cachet); arrived in The Hague either on 7 May or 27 May - the PO stamped the cover twice with...
Wartime cover ex JAFFA (PM14 cachet) circa. 16 Dec. 1914 to The Hague, tied by full scarce Jaffa military censor CM1 (in use for only 3 weeks); arrived in The Hague 16-1-15. Roughly opened; missing...
Interesting re-routed wartime cover ex "Jaffa Tel-Aviv" (circa. 4 May 1915) tied by JAFFA PM14 and franked at the 1 Piaster period rate for mail abroad, passed through Beirut (15-5-15) w/full Beirut...
Austrian Holyland PO mail abroad: cover ex Jerusalem to Berlin, franked 10 Soldi (standard letter rate) and postmarked 12 JUN (1884) with pmk Ba 114; arrived 24 JUN.
Palestine / British Military Administration "blues" stamp: 5m overprinted on Blues no. 2 (16 Feb. 1918) 1 piaster cobalt-blue (Bale 2); unused, without gum. Hoexter signature and Muentz...
1918 EEF type III 5 piastres purple stamp, rough perf (Ba 12R), truncated 'S' in "Piastres" plate variety; mint-hinged
Palestine / British Military Administration EEF: set of 3 vertical strips of 3 Jerusalem I variety overprints: 2 Mils "PalestinK", 3 Mils "PalestinB" and 4 Mils "PalestinB". Mint unused מילות...
Austrian mail to Holyland: French Beirut souvenir picture postcard (Reunies) ex Beirut to Jaffa; postmarked 24 NOV 1907 tied to 10 Para on 5 Heller stamp, and arrived Jaffa 25 NOV 1907 with black pmk...
French prepaid postal stationary in Holyland: Levant pale green prepaid postcard (Ba 301) with value of 10 Cent. ex Jerusalem to Jaffa; postmarked 24 MAY 1904 with pmk Ba 314 struck twice on front....
German post in Holyland: 1898 German issue for Levant 20 Para on 10pf stamp (Ba 2), used; postmarked Jaffa 31 Oct. 1898 with G-1 (Ba 401; 30 days after opening of German PO in Holyland, in Jaffa).
German post in Holyland: 1905 Germania Deutsches Reich 1 1/2 Piaster on 30 Pfennig stamp without watermark; Jerusalem G-2 Ba 405 postmark
German post in Holyland: lot x3 postmarked 1902-04 Germania Reichspost stamps with "roofed" letter "A"; cutouts with full Holyland postmarks (one from prepaid envelope)
German post in Holyland: lot x4 postmarked 1908 Germania stamps overprinted "Centimes"; 2 cutouts (one from prepaid cover) with full dates; postmark types Ba G-1 and G-2 (Jerusalem)
German post in Holyland: lot x6 postmarked 1900 Germania Reichspost stamps; x4 Jerusalem & x2 Jaffa postmarks
German post in Holyland: lot x7 postmarked 1905-13 Germania Deutsches Reich stamps with watermark; 3 Jerusalem & 4 Jaffa postmarks
German prepaid postal stationary in Holyland: German UPU postcard (Ba 404) with 20 Para on 10 Pfennig Germania value, ex Jerusalem to Stuttgart; postmarked 31 DEC 1901 with pmk Ba 403 (with...
Italian Post in the Holyland: cutout of Italian 5 Lira stamp overprinted 20 Piastre (Ba 37) and cancelled (aligned horizontally) by Bale postmark IT-1.502 (dated 13th of 5th [May], year unclear).
1908-1910 Italian Issue for Levant 25 Cent overprinted 40 Para (Ba 22), used; postmarked with pmk Ba 502 17-07-08 (a month and a half from the opening of the Italian PO); bottom right corner torn off