Tel Aviv Stamps Auction #46

ARGENTINA

Lot #: 1 1891 Tierra Del Fuego- 10c stp by Julius Popper complete sheet of 100 w/serial no. 855 at bottom right; orig gum u/m, light gum wrinkles & some marginal perf separations & missing tiny piece of margin, f - vf, 1st cpl sheet that we have seen, Mi €60 for a hinged stp & note + 100% for u/m so total €12,000 + premium for sheet

[**] Start: $400

FINLAND

Lot #: 2 1867 - 1 M light Brown on White paper, used; f - vf, Mi €1500

[O] Start: $150

FRANCE (see also #37/39 & 194/198)

Lot #: 3 1861 (27 AVRIL) commerc. letter, 2 pages message Marseille to Salonique 4 colors franking Yv 13, 14, 16 & 17 Empire ND total 1.50fr, 40c stp 4 margins others 3 margins, tied by P.C. 1896 - MARSEILLE (12), arrival pmk on back; fine

[CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 4 Incoming Siege of Paris Mail, Boules de Moulins. franked 1 Fr, the correct rate, France 20c Blue (Ceres #44 Bordeaux good 4 margins) horizontal strip of 3 + 2x20c (#29 Lauree), tied to folded letter by "532" Gros Chiffres & "BORDEAUX 5 (JAN) 71" double-circle datestamp, addressed to Paris - no arrival pmk, manuscript "Paris par Moulins (Allier)" directive at bottom; slight water damage as expected, message faded, fine & scarce [CV] Start: $700

Lot #: 5 1937 Auguste Rodin Yv #344 Epreuve in Black 90+10c on sunken card total size 11x9½ cm; vf

[PROOF] Start: $150

GERMANY (see also #40/43)

Lot #: 6 1951 Posthorn the 3 high values 70, 80 & 90 Pf; u/m, vf (x3), Mi 136/8, € 1550

[**] Start: $180 Lot #: 7 Allied Occup. - American & British Zones - 1948 Numerals w/Ovpts the 2 sets used: "Band Ovpt" cpl set of 17, 2 - 84pf Mi 52/68I €2000; "Netz Ovpt" cpl set of 17, 2 - 84pf, Mi 52/68II - €3000; vf (x34) all circular 1948 pmks, stps signed Ing. Becker, some also by H. Muller, Mi €5000 ($5800)

[O] Start: $500

GREECE

Lot #: 8 1901- Wishing card of the Hellenic Post Office for the new year 1901 with printed Flying Hermes, Postage Due and Parcel stamps, showing also the Greek Royal Coat of Arms. Printed on thick carton by J.P. SEGG (London); vf & scarce in such condition [CARD] Start: $150

JORDAN

Lot #: 9 1982 Salt Secondary School 10 - 100f cpl set of 5 Final Imperforate Die Proofs multicolored as issued stuck onto official Bradbury Wilkinson and Co. Ltd card endorsed "Approved - subject to amendments in telex dated 24/5/82"; vf & Rare

[PROOF] Start: $220 Lot #: 10 1949 UPU issue lot of 8 diff. better ovpt varieties: 1m double ovpt block of 4 marginal (SGP31c), 1m double ovpt 1 invtd (P30d), 1m ovpt invtd (P30a), 4m ovpt invtd (31b), 4m ovpt in 1 line (31e), 10m ovpt double (32b) + 1 & 4m each vertical pair top stp English "Palestine" Omitted bottom stp normal - Unlisted!. Also cplset of 17 (P1/16) 1m - £1; u/m, vf, listed items SG £1163 + Unlisted total est. £1400 (appx $2000)

[**] Start: $220

Lot #: 11 NABLUS 29 JA 49 - Reintroduced Mandate pmk 2 vf strikes commerc air mail Ottoman bank cv to Alexandria frank 25m Abdullah (2+3+20m) ovptd Palestine + 15m (5&10m) Obligat. tax stps, Jordanian, Egyptian & Iraqi censor cachets, arr pmk; vf, scarce from West Bank area occupied by Iraqi force

[CV] Start: $200

SOUTH KOREA

Lot #: 12 1955 National Sport Games - 20H & 55H the 2 Imperforate blocks w/o gum as issued; vf (x2), Mi €1500

[(*)] Start: $180 TURKEY

Lot #: 13 1918 the Conquest of Sinai (unissued) 10pa - 25pi (missing the 10pi denom) perforated set of 5; u/m, vf (x5), Mi IX/XII & XIV €2000 for the set of 6, Rare as only 100 sets issued

[**] Start: $320

MARITIME & ZEPPELIN

Lot #: 14 TIROL OE. LLOYD 7 IX 03 fine strike tying 20pa Austrian Levant stp to ppc (souvenir du Cairo) via JAFFA OESTER... POST, Hildesedem (Swiss) arrival pmk all on face; 2 light corner creases, vf

[PPC] Start: $180

Lot #: 15 1934 9th South America Flight - 23 SP 34 Registered pc Jerusalem to Recife - Pernambuco properly franked 23m (SG #97 & 107), endorsed: "By Airmail to London / By Zeppelin from Germany", STUTTGART 29 9 34 pmk & DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST cachet type a, also VIA ZEPPELIN label, PERNAMBUCO 3 X 34 arrival pmk - all on face; vf, Si 277 - €1250

[PC] Start: $400

THE AUSTRIAN POST Lot #: 16 1867 (NOV. 8) JAFFA Ornamented pmk (St. 522) vf strike 8/11 tying 10sld Lombardo - Venetia Arms Austrian Post to commerc. Parodi corresp. letter (no message part) to Beirut Austrian Post arrival pmk on face; vf & Rare, sign A. Diena, the 1st Austrian Jaffa pmk

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 17 Caifa to Japan - CAIFA OESTER. POST 22 2 05 pmk tying 20pa Austrian Levant stp to ppc (Nazareth), message in English, PORT SAID transit 26 II 05 & 2 diff Japanese arrival pmks 1 dated 31 MAR 05 all on face; f-vf

[PPC] Start: $180

Lot #: 18 1/1911 REGISTERED commerc cv Deutsche Palastina Bank Haifa to Jaffa branch, 1pi imptd envelope w/addit franking: pair 20pa + 60pa single 1908 issue - this last seldom seen used, total franking = 3pi + 20pa: 1pi letter rate + 1pi regist + 60pa (1pi+20pa) for 2x addit weight - Triple weight Regist cv, all tied by clear pmks CAIFA OESTER... index b (St.508), regist label #18 type C, JAFFA arr pmk on back; small top marginal tear & corner creases o/w vf & a scarce comb.

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 19 10.2.1911 registered Deutsche Palestina 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 OSTER... (St. 507), top left "Chargee" cachet in Violet & "Caifa Oster... Post / Rec. No 50" cachet (St. type D + $700), arrival JERUSALEM OSTER... (St. 549) 14.2.11 pmk; opened for display, f - vf, certif. Tsachor - Aloni, ex Schaeffer

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 20 NAZARETH (St. 512) 27.2.08 vf strike in Violet of the straight line cachet in capitals tying 20pa on 20H Austrian Levant stp to ppc (Nazareth) mailed to Toronto - Canada, CAIFA OESTER... (St. 506) 28.2.08 also tying the stp; small tear at top center of ppc, f-vf & Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[PPC] Start: $500

Lot #: 21 10/1912 Parcel Card Jerusalem #422 to Switzerland, frank total of 29 piaster & 10pa for weight of 14.5 kgs!: 1908 issue 4x1pi & 10pa on back + 5x5pi on front all tied by pmks JERUSALEM OESTERR... index a (St.548) complete coupon at left + office arrival cachet & Swiss Customs cachet for 9.1Fr applied all on front; vert centerfold & top w/light toning, fine & unusually high franking

[DOC] Start: $350

Lot #: 22 TAXED MAIL: Poste Restante Service - 2/1900 Bavarian reply Card, unsevered, Mi P43 uprated w/7pf stps (both parts) mailed to Jerusalem, delivered by the Austrian Post charge of 10pa for the service collected by an Austrian definitive Levant stp 10pa on 3Kr tied by pmk JERUSALEM OESTER... POST 5/3/1900 this was done also on the Reply part which remained unused. The actual arrival in Jerus is the pmk at top left - 27/2/1900 a week before the collection of the pc by the addressee; vf & Rare, sign Tsachor-Aloni [PC] Start: $500

Lot #: 23 8/1906 cv ex Chicago to Jerusalem (the Anglo Saxon Syndicate) franked only 2c for domestic (rate was 5c) marked T "15 centimes N.Y." & taxed upon arrival 20pa + 1pi 1902 Austrian Levant P. Dues (Mi #2 & 3) tied by pmk JERUSALEM OESERR. POST (index a) 15 IX 06. As Refused (Very Rare German/French label in Pink) marked "Retour Chicago America". Tax calculation 1c=10pa, double the deficiency 2x3c = 6c = 60pa (20pa + 1pi); fine & first time the "Refuse" label offered by us

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 24 5/1909 Austrian domestic 10H letter card mailed from Silesia to Bohemia Redirected to Jerusalem uprated w/only 1H stp - this disregarded, marked & Taxed upon arrival 1½pi Austrian 1908 Levant P. Dues tied by pmk JERUSALEM OESTER... 11.V.09, 2x deficiency of 15H = 30H = 1½pi; vf

[CARD] Start: $250

Lot #: 25 9/1909 cv New York to Jerusalem frank only 3c (strip of 3x1c) instead of 5c marked "via London" & T in Hexagon, upon arrival marked "1pi" & taxed 2x½ pi Austrian Levant P. Dues tied by pmk JERUSALEM OSTERR. POST (index b) - 6 X 09 repeated on back; roughly opened at right & some back faults, fine & spectacular

[CV] Start: $250 JEWISH COLONIES

Lot #: 26 Bezalel Colony near Lydda - Inauguration Day Greetings in Hebrew signed by Prof. Boris SCHATZ, real photo postcard depicting the foundation ceremony frank 2xl0pa Turk stps tied by pmk JERUSALEM2 - 11-11-911 same as dated Heb. Greetings, addr to Max Schatz - in Bonn w/the School’s cachet; top left corner crease, f - vf, Rare ppc [PPC] Start: $500

Lot #: 27 Colonie Chederah Pres Caifa - 31.3.01 Turkish 20a imptd pc written in the Colony on 24 III 01 posted at the Turkish Post Jaffa to Erfurt Germany, message in Romanian by W. Ben Yehuda, transit PORT SAID 2 IV 01, French Maritime pmk 3 AVRIL 01 & arrival 9.4.01 pmk all on front; vf & Rare

[PC] Start: $600

Lot #: 28 1914 Russian Levant 20pa postal card tied by Constantinople ROPIT pmk dated 18.6.14, , message in Hebrew: "on the sea by the Dardanelles" addressed to: "Colonie Kostine - Jaffa, Palestine", in the message: "..give my regards to all the youth of Beer Tuvia...."; scattered spots, f-vf & Very Rare [PC] Start: $800

Lot #: 29 Between 2 Colonies:14.3.08 "CAIFA" (St. 506) pmk on 20pa Austrian Levant postal Answer card mailed to Colonie Mesha Pres Nazareth, message in Hebrew dated 6.3.08 in Colony Zichron Jacob mentioning the coachman carrying mail; filing hole at left margin, fine & scarce [PC] Start: $500

Lot #: 30 1912 20pa (2x10pa) Turkish stps tied to pc by incpl. Tiberiade pmk (PM4) dated 20.9.912, message in Yiddish to parents in Romania from "Mesha Pres Tiberiade Via Caiffa - Palestina" dated "Erev Yom Kippur at noon", on front transit pmk HARLAU 9 OCT 912 & arrival FRUMUSICA same day; light soiling around stps, fine [PC] Start: $250

Lot #: 31 1910 20pa (2x10pa) Turkish stps tied to pc by fine JAFFA 2 - pmk (PM15) dated 12.10.910, message in Hebrew (re: mailing him 200 Fr. etc.), addressed to: "Col. Metoula - Merg-Aion Gedeida - Via Beyrouth - Syrie"; light soiling around stps, few folds, fine & Rare [PC] Start: $800

Lot #: 32 21.8.1914 (message dated) 10c Austrian Levant pc entire written in Rishon Le Zion to David Idelovich in Alexandria, cancelled JAFFA (St 527) 23 VIII 14, message on back written in Yiddish by David's father -in- law Aharon Mordechai Freiman (1 of the Founders of RLZ). He is describing in detail the troubles of the Jewish Colonies at the outbreak of WWI, i.e.: The economic situation is worsening....I paid 2000 Frs & set free Yacov & Shmuel from the Army...People are getting poor & even the Winery has no money....The government is confiscating our horses & carts, all works have been stopped...etc. (cpl translation of the message in Yiddish to Hebrew is attached).The front has a message in Hebrew from David's father, re: The unemployed Jewish workers; pmk fine, a vf & important historical postcard

[PC] Start: $600 Lot #: 33 1913 - 20pa Turkish stp tied to pc by fine Tiberiade pmk (PM4) dated 31.7.913 message from "Yavneel" dated 26.7.1913 in Hebrew, mailed to A. Ruppin - Jaffa, on front transit pmk CAIFFA 31.7.916 (PM11), message incl. notification of mailing via APC bank payment for 15 Shekels & that they chose Eliezer Shochat as their delegate to the Congress; 2 filling holes at bottom, fine [PC] Start: $400

Lot #: 34 Rarity: "Yessud Ha'Ma'ala" - a colony in the upper Galilee founded 1882 - Turkish 20 pa imptd reply card mailed to Austria, family corresp in German. endorsed at top right "Yesod h: - Purim 15th Adar" (20.3.1916), re: "...we plan to do some site seeing during Pessach in the Galilee", return address: "Colonie Rosh Pina pres Saffed - Palestina" - as no post office in Yessud Ha'Ma'ala, pc cancelled "DAMAS" octagonal 30.3.1916 pmk, 5 diff censor marks incl. Beyrouth Star & Crescent & K.u.K. Military censor marks; fine & Extremely Rare as this is the only pc recorded by us from this Colony, certif Tsachor - Aloni [PC] Start: $1500

Lot #: 35 Colonia Zicron Yacob pres Caiffa - 30.11.1895 dated message in Romanian, 20pa imptd Turkish pc mailed from Caiffa (part of Turkish pmk) to Leipzig - Germany, ALEXANDRIE 3 XII 95 transit pmk on front, sender is Haim Milman; f-vf & Rare mail

[PC] Start: $250

Lot #: 36 1907 Greeting Card cv & its original card ex family Kajarnovsky Zicron b/Caiffa to D. Judelonz in Rischon b/Jaffa frank 10 pa on 5H Austrian Levant stp, Printed Matter rate, tied by vf pmk CAIFA OESTER.... POST 19 9 07 (st. 506) during the New Year Holidays; vf (x2) [CV] Start: $300

THE FRENCH POST

Lot #: 37 24 DEC 1857 cpl letter ex Jaffa to Marseille JAFFA- SYRIE (St. 302) Pearl Ring vf strike 24 DEC 57 & boxed "PAQUEBOTS.... MED... " & '10' Decimes charge - all on face, back w/Alexandrie (St. 300. 1) 26 DEC & Marseille 4 JANV 58 arrival pmk, carried on the Ephrate; usual horiz. fold o/w vf, certif Muentz [CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 38 POSTE FRANCAISE JAFFA / SYRIE (St. 309) vf - spb strike (the best we have seen of this pmk) as arrival, on front of French 10c pc entire 1896 issue from Alger to Jerusalem, to Grand Rabbi Samuel Salant, also JAFFA/SYR1E 12 SEPT 99 (St. 311) double circle transit & JERUSALEM OESTERR.... 13 9 99 (St. 545) Austrian arrival pmk, as no French Post in Jerusalem yet, all on front, message in Heb.; light comer bends o/w vf & scarce

[PC] Start: $450

Lot #: 39 JAFFA/SYR1E (St.310) 9 JUIN 90 - 3 vf pmks tying 3xlpi on 25c Sage to REGISTERED cv w/boxed R (St.319) No. 492 + Recommandee in manuscript all on front, mailed to Paris, Alexandrie transit 14 1U1N 90; small top margin tear away from stps, fine Double Rate cv

[CV] Start: $400 THE GERMAN POST

Lot #: 40 15.10.02 - 20 pa on 10pf German pc entire JERUSALEM - DEUTSCHE POST to Berlin arr 25/10/02. As this 1889 issue was already Demonetized it was hand struck w/the Jerusalem T cachet deep chamfered corners & marked "20" gold centimes; vf & scarce

[PC] Start: $300

Lot #: 41 Jaffa to Detroit - Regist cv properly frank 2pi (2x1pi on 20pf) tied by JAFFA DEUTSCHE POST 5.4.13 (St.221) regist label type F, by Knoll - Sarona, on back Seapost Bremen - New York R 15.4.13 & N. York 23.4.13 transit pmk; vf unusual route

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 42 1907/09 - 2 items: a) 1907 regist cv Jerusalem to Munchen - Germany franked 2pi on 40pf tied by JERUSALEM DEUTSCHE POST 25 11 07 pmk (St. #234) & R label #755 (St. type J), arrival pmk on back; b) 1909 regist Printed Matter cv (endorsed Drucksache) Jerusalem to Krombach Bohmen franked 1¼pi on 25pf (correct rate 10pa + 1pi) tied by JERUSALEM DEUTSCHE POST 4 12 09 pmk (St. #234) & R label #451 (St. type J), arrival pmk on back; vf (x2)

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 43 1917 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Stiftung auf dem Oelhberge bei Jerusalem imptd stationery cv, sent by Diplomatic Mait to Germany, Official cachets on front & Generalkonsulat Jerusalem Geprueft cachet on back, Berlin 16. 5.17 arr pmk on front; light diagonal bend o/w vf

[CV] Start: $250

THE RUSSIAN POST

Lot #: 44 JAFFA ROPIT (St. 629A - rated R) fine pmk 23.12.1898 in BLUE tying 2kop Levant stp to Printed-Matter cv of the Colonization Co. in Jerus to Germany, transit pmks of Ropit Constple & Smyrna, flap unsealed as per regulations; vert centerfold & light margin faults, fine, opinion Collins: "...only copy of this pmk recorded...also earliest cv w/a Russian double circle pmk in the Holy Land..."

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 45 11/1913 registered cv Jerusalem to Grossrohrsdorf - Germany, arrival pmk, frank 1913 Romanov issue ovptd stps: 2x5 + 10 + 20pa + 1pi total 2pi correct regist rate – 4 color franking all tied by 3 pmks JERUSALEM - ROPIT (St. #646) 23 XI 1913 light impression, regist label type O (St. rated R) Punctuated R in circle (St. #648 - +$1500); f - vf & very scarce

[CV] Start: $400

THE TURKISH POST Lot #: 46 BETHLEHEM (PM T2) superb seal in Black tying 20pa Turk stp to ppc (Kunzli - Letzte hl. Christnacht) to Zurich arrival pmk 22.1.00 via JERUSALEM (PM7) DEC 25 99 all on face; vf Last Christmas of the Century ppc

[PPC] Start: $180

Lot #: 47 GAZA (PM4) 4 vf strikes in Black tying stps to back of REGISTERED 9 6 908 DEUTSCHE BANK cover to Jaffa Branch w/Gaza Agentur cachet on face, penciled registration & "No. 1048" on front, total rate of 120pa: 40 domestic + 40 regist + 40 addit weight; few usual small cv faults, generally vf & Rare, 1 of the 8 Registered items ex Gaza, certif Muentz, signed Tsachor

[CV] Start: $700

Lot #: 48 HAIFA POSTA SHUBESI 1287 (PM 3) in Violet clear Negative Seal on 20 pa Turkish postal stationery card to Germany, message dated 30.1.1898, arrival pmk on front COBURG 1 - 8.2.98; few light peripheral wrinkles, f - vf & Rare, signed Nakri & Tsachor, certif Muentz

[PC] Start: $1000

Lot #: 49 CAIFA - (PM 4) full clear strike in Blue on 20 pa postal stationery card mailed to Germany, message in German dated Caifa 12.9.85 by the British Vice Consul, Turk. transit & German arrival pmks; vf for this difficult pmk, Collins: "7 items recorded"

[PC] Start: $240 Lot #: 50 10.8.1902 registered double weight cv sent by "Augusto Parodi - Caifa" mailed to Hamburg, franked on back, 4 colors Turkish franking - 10 stps: 4x5pa + 4x10pa + 20pa + 1pi total 3pi: 1pi basic rate + 1pi addit weight + 1pi Registration fee all tied by HAIFFA 10.8.902 pmk (PM 7), UPU R cachet #450 (RC 1) - this on front, Hamburg 20.8.02 arrival pmk on back; light peripheral creases, f - vf early regist. cv

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 51 1/1916 registered Littoral cv from Haifa to Istanbul franked 3x20pa total 1 pi + 20pa: 20 pa Littoral rate + 1pi Registration, stps tied by HAIFFA 8.1.916 (PM 7) pmks, UPU R cachet (RC1) #1198 alongside, arrival BEICOS 18.1.1916 front & back; light toning, f - vf & scarce, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 52 8/1917 registered cv from Haifa to Wien franked on back 100pa (8x5pa + 20pa + 1pi): 50pa basic rate + 50pa registration all tied by CAIFFA 1 - 18.8.17 (PM 10) pmks, on front UPU R cachet #373 (RC 1) + Beyrout, Istanbul & Austrian censor cachets; cv trimmed at top 1mm, f - vf, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 53 6/1915 registered pc from Haifa to Stuttgart - Germany franked 3x20pa Turkish stps total 60pa: 20pa pc rate + 40pa registration, stps tied by CAIFFA 2 - 12.6.15 (PM 11) pmks, UPU R cachet #121 alongside & large single line Red cachet RECOMMANDEE, Beyrout, Austrian & German censor cachets all on face, message in German by Templar; light perf foxing o/w vf & scarce, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[PC] Start: $250

Lot #: 54 JAFFA 5 Octagonal (PM 20, A&P 21) 8 pmks in Black 10 3 13 tying 40pa (20x2pa) Turkish stps to cv mailed to Boston USA, part of the Peabody correspondence; light peripheral creases, f-vf

[CV] Start: $120

Lot #: 55 1909 cv Jaffa to Beyrouth franked 20pa Port to Port Littoral rate, stps are 2x5pa & 10pa Jaffa Local Ovpt 1909 Accession of Sultan Mehmed Rasads (Mi Lokal I/II ovpt on Mi 134/5) all tied by 2 full pmks JAFFA 7 (PM 16) 27- 4-909 (Earliest recorded date) in Violet, arrival pmks (front & back) BEYROUTH 2 - 4-5-909. The above listed stps are known used only w/Jaffa pmk; hinge traces on back corners o/w vf & Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 56 TAXED: 11/1911 commerc cv ex Mersina Austrian Post to Jaffa properly frank 1pi Austrian Levant stp (Mi 57) tied by pmk MERSINA OESTER... POST. Upon arrival the cv was transferred to the Turkish Post instead of the Aust. Post, the Austrian franking was not tolerated and the cv was taxed 1pi Turk P. Dues (Mi 29) to pay double the Littoral rate of 20pa - tied by JAFFA pmk; small top opening faults o/w f - vf & Rare, certif Sorani, signed Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $800 Lot #: 57 Registered cv USA Consulate stationery JERUSALEM (PM7, A&P 7) 9 MAY 94 fine pmk tying 3pi Turkish stps (1pi basic letter rate + 1pi addit. weight + 1pi registration), registration cachet RC1 #827 alongside, mailed to Colorado, New York transit 19 May; fine early cv

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 58 JERUSALEM 2 (PM 16, A&P 16) 6 pmks in Black 2 3 13 tying 40pa (10x2pa + 4x5pa) Turkish stps to CASA NOVA JERUSALEM illust. cv mailed to Boston USA, part of the Peabody correspondence; light peripheral creases, f-vf

[CV] Start: $120

Lot #: 59 JERUSALEM 1 Octagonal (PM21) 6 vf pmks in Violet 12 2 14 tying 40pa Turkish stps (5x2pa + 6x5pa) to CASA NOVA JERUSALEM illust. cv, also JERUSALEM 6 Octagonal (PM 19, A&P 26) at top left, cv mailed to Boston USA, part of the Peabody correspondence; small tear at top left o/w vf & Rare as Steichele notes: "7 cards/cvs known", some w/favor cancels, this 1 is a true commercial cv, St. rated R, certif Tsachor- Aloni

[CV] Start: $1000

Lot #: 60 JERUSALEM 4 - Octagonal (PM 24, A&P 24) 6 pmks in Black 13 3 13 tying 40pa (10x2pa + 4x5pa) Turkish stps to CASA NOVA JERUSALEM illust. cv mailed to Boston USA, part of Peabody correspondence; vf & Very Rare, missing from most collections, A&P rated RRR, certif Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 61 Suc. Poste Grand New Hotel Jerusalem (A&P 1)) Double Oval cachet in Violet (struck 5 times) tying 40pa (10x2pa + 4x5pa) Turkish stps to CASA NOVA JERUSALEM illust. cv mailed to Boston USA, part of the Peabody correspondence, processed at the Jerusalem main Post Office JERUSALEM 4 Octagonal (PM 19, A&P 26) 28 3 13 at top left; vf & Extremely Rare, very few items known, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $5000

Lot #: 62 MEO CHAREM (PM1) full vf pmk 17-6-17 on 10c Swiss Answer part pc entire mailed to St. Gallen, Istanbul transit & 2 diff. Turkish censor cachets all on face; bottom right corner bend, vf

[PC] Start: $280

Lot #: 63 CAMP IMPERIAL JERUSALEM (PM1) ppc Jerus to Istanbul properly frank 20pa Turkish stp tied by the pmk, alongside JERUSALEM OCT 31 98 pmk (PM7) of the Main Post Office; vf

[PPC] Start: $150 Lot #: 64 QUART ISRAELITE (PM7) vf strike 31-3-916 tying 2x1pi Turk stps to REGISTERED cv, "R" registry cachet type RC7 manuscript No. "3197" (this item listed by Collins - Steichele) mailed to Germany, transit Beyrouth & Frankfurt arr pmk 28.4.16, redirected to Hungary arr pmk MEZOCSAT 1 MAI 916 all on back, also censor mark of Beyrouth; few small top tears glued, some top perfs touched by glue, fine & scarce, certif Muentz

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 65 NABLS (PM4, A&P 4) all Arabic in oval vf pmk on 20pa Turkish imptd. entire to England, message in English dated Nablus 23 Feb, Port Said transit 25.2.01 - 3 years later than Collins for the pmk; 2 corner light bends, f-vf

[PC] Start: $400

Lot #: 66 NASRE (PM5, A&P 5) 3 vf pinks 27-7-906 tying 4xl0pa + 2x20pa Turk stps to REGISTERED COVER correct rate, regist cachet #593 type RC1, to Constple, Beyrouth transit pmk on back; few top opening tears, shortened top & light Arabic address ink smears, fine & very scarce, certif. Muentz, ex M. Sacher

[CV] Start: $350

Lot #: 67 PETAH TIKWA (JAFFA) - PM1 - 2 fine strikes in Violet 9.11.15 tying 30pa Turkish stps (20 para pc rate + 10 para War Orphans Tax) to ppc mailed to Jerusalem, censored; f-vf

[PPC] Start: $300 Lot #: 68 TABARIYA 1301 / TELEGRAF CHANE VE POSTA (Collins T1) vf Negative Seal on a copy of telegram dated 20.12.14 from Haifa to the French Consul in Hotel Grossmann - Tiberias, from the Carmel Convent seeking his protection and intervention....; fine, Collins rated Rare (3000-5000 points). certif Muentz

[DOC] Start: $400

PALESTINE: THE E.E.F.

Lot #: 69 Free Civilian Mail: Postcard Jerusalem to St. Gallen - Switzerland pmkd APO SZ44 21 DE 17 (very early), Swiss post did not accept the free mail so marked "20" & taxed 20c Swiss Postage Due (Mi #34) tied by pmk ST. GALLEN 18 II 18. Message in Hebrew requesting the addressee to inform the writer's parents that he is safe; vf & Rare, listed by Firebrace as the earliest date of the 4 items to Switzerland

[PC] Start: $800

Lot #: 70 Free Civilian Mail: APO SZ44 9 JA 18 pmk on imptd Jerusalem cv to CA. - USA, "Opened by Censor" label on back; opening faults on top & by the censor on the back, fine & scarce, Firebrace lists 4 cvs to the USA

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 71 1918 Free Civilian Mail: APO SZ 7 - 11 FE 18 vf pmk censored ppc (Jerusalem Mosque el-Aksa by Bendov of Bezalel, scarce) to England, message in English, unit on the way to Jaffa area; bottom left corner reinforced, f-vf & Rare ex this APO, certif Tsachor-Aloni [PPC] Start: $700

Lot #: 72 Civilian Prepaid Mail: Cv from Rev. Singer in Rishon Le Zion (cachet on back) to Cairo, marked 1pi in pencil at left of top stp, pair #4 (2x5m) applied tied by pmk APO GM1 12 AP 18, censored, Cairo arrival 17 IV 18; vf & scarce, certif. Dorfman

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 73 BEYROUTH: APO SZ8 18 OC 18 vf pmk, Free Mail Beyrouth to London imptd commerc. cv censored w/cachet on front & Blue label on the back, Port said transit 22 OC 18, 1 of 2 cvs sent from Beyrouth to England "Free of Charge" - unlisted by Firebrace; very light vert. fold at left, fine & Rare early mail

[CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 74 APO SZ8 30 OC 18 (vf pmk) tying GB 2½d KGV to cv Beyrouth to New York imptd commerc. civilian cv 1 of 2 recorded to the USA charged 2½d GB stp, censored Blue label on the back, Port Said 8 NO 18 transit pmk; vf & Rare

[CV] Start: $500 Lot #: 75 Damascus Prepaid Civilian Mail: cv to Cairo handed in & prepaid at DAMAS - 3 11 1918 (civil P.O.) w/manuscript: "collected the fee - Mohammed Tawfiq" then to FPO SZ62 (Damascus) who mailed it to Port said, #3, 1pi applied tied by pmk BAPO T 13 NO 18, arrival pmk Cairo D 22 NO 18, censored; vert. centerfold, fine & scarce, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 76 Aleppo Prepaid Civilian Mail: cv to Boston USA handed in & Prepaid at HALEP 2 7-11-18 (civil P.O.) censored there (seal) mailed to Port Said where 1pi (#10) was applied tied by pmk BAPO T 22 NO 18. Held by the censor released only on the 11 DE 18 (pmk on back), Blue censor label on back; vf & Rare, Fierbrace lists a total of only 4 prepaid cvs from Aleppo, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 77 EEF - used abroad 9 cvs: a) ADANA 1 - 9/1919 on 4m (#8) pc to the USA; b) ALEP 3 - 1/1919 on 2m & 2x4m (#6 & 2x8) cv to the USA; c) BEYROUTH - 12/1918 on 1pi (#10) cv to Alexandria; d) DAMAS 1 - 12/1918 on 1pi (#10) cv to Cairo; e) TRIPOLI (Syrie) - 8/1919 on 5x2m (5x#6) cv to Wien; f) APO SZ 10 - 2/1919 on 1-5m (#1/5) regist cv to Switzerland; g) FPO 17 - 8/1918 (Indian Army - Aleppo) on 2x2m & 2x4m (2x#6 & 2x8) Red Cross cv to N. York; h) ADANA 1 - 9/1920 (late) on 2x1m (2x#5)P. Matter cv to Boston, scarce; mostly fine (x9)

[PC] [] [] [CV] Start: $220

Lot #: 78 I.E.F - Regist cv to Bombay frank 2x3pies + 4x½an + 1an total 3½ an, regist label Firebrace # IRC5 - Indian Base F.P.O - E.E.F date recorded is 25 AU 20 from IFPO 313; cv cleaned, fine & unusual franking [CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 79 IFPO No. 83 - 2 MY 20 - Ludd Railhead Office Palestine, 2 an imptd Registered Indian Letter w/addit Indian ovptd I.E.F. stps on back ½ + 1 an total 3½ an a correct regist letter rate, Registration unit No. in manuscpt on the front, Alexandria arr pmk on back; opened for display, fine

[CV] Start: $220

PALESTINE STAMPS

Lot #: 80 THE BLUES: #1, 1pi Die proof Imperforate marginal horizontal pair w/Jubilee line, Milky Blue, no gum as all issued proofs; vf & very scarce, sign Sorani & Tsachor, Ba P.2 - $750

[PROOF] Start: $250

Lot #: 81 #1, 1 pi the 3 diff shades unused as follows: Indigo - top marginal single - (Transfer B), marginal pair (B) & corner single (G); Blue - vert. bottom left corner pairA18 on margin (D) & single A18 on margin (B); Deep Blue - 2 marginal singles 1 w/A18 (D) 2nd Rare Transfer F & horiz. pair (B); vf (x8 items , 11 stps) Ba $4600+

[(*)] Start: $500

Lot #: 82 #1, 1pi - the 4 diff Transfers Plate Blocks of 4 "A 18" (Transfer B plate block of 6, 2x3): Transfer B - Deep Blue; Transfer D - Indigo; Transfer G - Blue, "Knee" variety & the Very Rare Transfer F - Blue, this transfer missing in most collections; trace of hinge of no importance as issued w/o gum, vf (x4 pl.bls) Ba $4350

[(*)] Start: $1000

Lot #: 83 #1, 1pi The Complete Dater 10 FE 1918 (FD) - 9 MR 1918, 29 stps incl: 10 Feb 18 SZ44 & SZ45 both on small c/o w/cpl pmks, all dates represented w/light legible pmks incl. the late March dates, 4 stps are marginals; vf (x29), a Rare offer, Ba $8850 +

[O] [C/O] Start: $1800

Lot #: 84 #1, 1pi tied to cv by pmk APO SZ 44, 4 MR 18 mailed to England, censored; back flap tear, fine, signed Sorani, Ba $850+, March dates are scarcer

[CV] Start: $200 Lot #: 85 #2, 5m Plate Block of 4 B18 A Transfer G - the "Knee Variety" pos. 110, a darker shade than the next lot Transfer D; trace of hinge of no importance as issued w/o gum, vf, & Rare, Ba $1500

[(*)] Start: $300

Lot #: 86 #2, 5m Plate Block of 4 B18 A Transfer D Cobalt Blue; trace of hinge of no importance as issued w/o gum, vf, Ba $1200

[(*)] Start: $250

Lot #: 87 The "MILLILMES" Error - #2 top Right Corner positional block of 15 (5x3) the variety is the middle stp of the top row, Transfer D; 2 hinge traces only on top margin, vf, certif. Dorfman, Ba $6000 for a block of 6 - this is a block of 15 total of $ 8700 +

[(*)] Start: $1800

Lot #: 88 #2, 5m single tied to small c/o by vf pmk APO SZ44 18 FE 18 - The Earliest Recorded Date; vf, Ba $1300

[C/O] Start: $400 Lot #: 89 #2, 5m used single clear date 18 FE 18 (SZ) 44; fine, Ba $1300, sign Tsachor, Earliest Recorded Date

[O] Start: $200

Lot #: 90 #2, 5m single pmk APO 11MY 18 - Latest Recorded Date; vf, Ba $1300, sign & certif. Sorani

[O] Start: $200

Lot #: 91 #2, 5m tied to ppc (the Wailing wall) by vf pmk FPO GM1 22 FEB 18 mailed to Cairo, triangular censor No. 3082; vf Ba $2000, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[PPC] Start: $500 Lot #: 92 #3, 1pi The Golf Ball Variety in vert. pair w/normal, visible on the right stp pos 73/85 tied to Regist. cv Jerusalem to Cairo by pmk APO SZ44 29 JU 18, via FPO GM1 1 JY 18 & civilian arrival pmk CAIRO 2 VII 18, censored, franking is for addit. weight; f-vf & Very Rare, Ba #3h unlisted on cv, certif. Tsachor-Levinger

[CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 93 #4, 5m "PAI.D" variety in horizontal pair w/normal pos 51/52 on cv Jerusalem to Port Said tied to illust. cv of Grand New Hotel by pmk APO SZ44 20 MY 18 via APO SZ22 24 MY 18 arrival civilian pmk PORT SAID 24 V 18, censored; vert centerfold away from the stps, fine & Very Rare, Ba #4p under cat. at $1700, certif Tsachor- Levinger

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 94 TYPOGRAPHED: S5-S15 SPECIMEN ovpt Black except for 1pi which is Red, 10 diff. values (Sc #5-8, 10-15), Samuel type GB 26; orig. gum vf hinged, Ba $900 per stp total $9000, Bale: "very few have ever appeared", Royal certif

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $1200

Lot #: 95 APO SZ44 24 AU 18 Registered cv Jerusalem to Alexandria Mix Frank Blues #3 & 4 and Typos 5 & 8 total 20m correct regist. rate, via GM1 25 AU 18 arrival civil post Alex. 26 VIII 18, censored; small tear at left margin not affecting this fine multicolour franking

[CV] Start: $180 Lot #: 96 JERUSALEM I: E.I. PALESTINE TRIAL OVERPRINT on 20pi - Ba E26; u/m, vf & Very Rare, ex King Farouk Collection w/the special handstamp on back, Ba $3500, certif Tsachor

[**] Start: $400

Lot #: 97 #16T, 1m Transposed error Sett I; orig. gum trace of hinge, fine & Rare, Ba $2000, certif. Tsachor-Levinger

[*] Start: $600

Lot #: 98 2m Sett I: left marginal Vertical Strip of 3 showing Z error Type 1, Withdrawn T13 & Z error pos 35; u/m, vf Rarity, Ba $3100 as 3 varieties alone, certif Tsachor-Levinger

[**] Start: $1000

Lot #: 99 2m Perf 15x14 Sett II Gamma II - the only recorded Z error in a bottom marginal Positional block of 12 (3x4) Variety is top center stp, enclosed also the B error in a Gamma I Positional block of 12 in pos. 200; 1st block 1 hinge bottom margin & 1 on top stp o/w u/m & f-vf, 2nd block some splits at base o/w u/m & fine, a Rare offer

[**] [*] Start: $1200

Lot #: 100 #18a, 3m Inverted Overprint sett. II, offset of ovpt on back; orig. gum, hinged, fine, sign Hoexter, Ba $475

[*] Start: $150

Lot #: 101 #19Z, 4m Z error Sett I single; orig. gum, trace of hinge, fine & Very Rare, Ba $3500, certif Tsachor-Levinger

[*] Start: $1000

Lot #: 102 Rarity: #21 I, 1pi Sett I USED single, ovpt type 3 pos. 171, large part pmk HAIFA 7 OC 20; vf, Kaufman certif "...Very Rare only 5 copies known", Bale much under cat at $1000

[O] Start: $1000 Lot #: 103 #22BI, 2pi B variety sett. 1, used pmkd 3 AP 21, original piece of cover paper adhered to back; light vert. bend, fine & Rare, Ba $1700 + 25% for used - $2125, sign. Hoexter, certif Dorfman

[O] Start: $250

Lot #: 104 Z Error - 2 used singles: a) #22Z, 2pi part pmk 15 AP 21, Ba $250; b) #29Z, 5m perf 14, Ba $600, signed Gotlieb, certif Kaufmann; fine (x2), Ba $850

[O] Start: $180

Lot #: 105 #23Z, 5pi Z error Sett I left marginal single pos 169; orig. gum, trace of hinge, f-vf, Ba $1100

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $300

Lot #: 106 #24B & 24C, 9pi B variety & 9pi Withdrawn Type 13 in Positional block of 10 Sett. I pos 121-125/133-137, 1 of 2 large blocks known, only 6 copies B variety recorded; trace of hinge on top gutters stps are u/m, vf Rarity, Ba appx $3800

[**] Start: $700 Lot #: 107 10pi Sett I - 2 varieties on 1 stp: The strip of 3 combines the "Transposed" error "Type 11" together w/"Type 23" variety on the middle stp. This resulted from the Vertically misplaced ovpt, a rare find in itself, even more so in horiz. position between types 10/22 & 12/24; u/m, vf (x3 stps) outstanding, Ba #25D + 25T, certif Tsachor-Levinger

[**] Start: $500

Lot #: 108 #26B, 20pi B Variety Sett I pos 133 single; u/m, lightly browned gum, signed on gum side, f-vf & Rare, Ba $2700, 1 of 4 recorded. certif. Tsachor-Levinger

[**] Start: $600

Lot #: 109 20pi - the 2 Withdrawn Varieties: a) #26C type "13" pos. 135 single; b) Type "23" in horiz. pair w/type 22; both u/m, vf & very scarce(x3 stps) Ba $1800 +

[**] Start: $500

Lot #: 110 20pi Sett I horiz strip of 4 - 2 varieties: a) "13" pos 135 extreme left stp; b) Hebrew Divided (Shift Ovpt) 4x#26HD; u/m, vf (x4 stps)

[**] Start: $250

Lot #: 111 #28I, 3m Sett I within Sett II Delta perf 14, 5 stps: Block of 9 (3x3) pos 25-27/49- 51 - New Type 13 of Sett II in pos 49 & type 2 & 3 of sett I in pos, 50 & 51 + horiz. pair pos 52-53 types 4 & 5 of sett I; block u/m & vf, pair w/o gum & fine, Ba appx $4350 the block + $ 700 the pair = $5000, unusual & Rare, certif Tsachor- Levinger

[**] [] [] [(*)] Start: $900

Lot #: 112 JERUSALEM II: #30D, 1m Overprint Inverted Block of 6 (3x2) with gutters at the bottom - Extra Arabic line shifted onto the Margin; u/m, 1 split only in left margin, vf (x6 stps) Ba appx $6800, certif Tsachor-Levinger

[**] Start: $1000

Lot #: 113 #35, 1pi perf 15x14 block of 4 pos. 34/5 - 46/7; u/m, vf, Ba $6000 for hinged, Rare, certif Tsachor-Levinger

[**] Start: $800

Lot #: 114 #38, 1m perf 14 pos. 198 in the sheet, used part pmk reading 6 MR; vf & scarce, Ba $1600, certif Kaufmann

[O] Start: $240 Lot #: 115 The Palestino Variety - 6 used stps perf 15x14: 2,4 & 5m, 1,2 & 5pi (Ba #31,33/7 o), light part pmks, 1 pi is the Rarest of the set; f-vf (x6) Ba $3125

[O] Start: $500

Lot #: 116 #32 O, 3m Palestino variety tied to pict. side of ppc (of Jerusalem) together w/1m (#30), correct 4m pc rate, by pmk JAFFA 17 JY 21 mailed to Liege - Belgium, message in French same date; vf & Rare, certif Tsachor-Levinger

[PPC] Start: $500

Lot #: 117 NARROW SETTING: #46, 5m perf 14 - 2 blocks of 4 & a pair, all mint depicting the 6 diff ovpt types; only 5 blocks of 4 recorded, pair is orig. gum hinged, blocks - top pairs hinged bottom pairs u/m, Ba $7200, a Rare offer

[**] [*] [] [(*)] Start: $1200

Lot #: 118 #46B, 5m PalestinB in mint horiz. pair pos. 111-112, the Very Rare B variety; orig. gum hinged, fine, Bale listed but unpriced

[*] Start: $300

Lot #: 119 JERUSALEM III: #59, 20pi type 5 used part JERUSALEM PARCEL POST pmk; 1 shortish perf on top, f - vf & Rare, Ba $3500, signed Hoexter & Muentz, certif. Dorfman [O] Start: $400

Lot #: 120 LONDON I: #60-#70, 1m - 20pi the cpl set of 11 USED, #69 - 10pi large part pmk JERUSALEM REGISTERED 10 MR 22, #70 - 20pi tied to small cutout by full pmk HAIFA REGISTERED 2 JU 22; vf (x11) Ba $4000 +, a very Rare set seldom offered so fine, #69/70 sign Hoexter, #70 certif Dorfman

[O] [C/O] Start: $1500

Lot #: 121 LONDON II: #82a, 9 pi perf 14 mint single faint trace of hinge; vf & Rare, Ba $2000 for hinged, certif Tsachor

[*] Start: $550

Lot #: 122 #82a, 9 pi perf 14 single; mint hinged, fine, Ba $ 2000, certif. BPA sign. in pencil by Robson Lowe

[*] Start: $420 Lot #: 123 #83a, 10pi perf 14 E.F.F. lower pane pos. 111 unmounted mint single; light gum toning, f-vf, Ba $3500 for hinged (this is u/m), Bale: "3 mint are known", certif. Dorfman

[**] Start: $1000

Lot #: 124 PICTORIALS: 10m, #97c Horizontally Ribbed paper Block of 4 w/lower margin with plate No. 1 (almost a plate block); u/m, vf & Very Rare, Ba $3250 as bl of 4, certif. Tsachor-Levinger

[**] Start: $1000

Lot #: 125 #101, 90m Plate Block of 4 Plate 1, ser. No. 033, Vert Ribbed paper; trace of hinge top margin, stps u/m, vf & Rare

[**] [*] [] [(*)] Start: $400

Lot #: 126 1929 Parcel Card Nazareth to New York, 3 parcels w/the 3 labels on the card each parcel the weight of 5 kg., franking of 510 incl the Rare usage of the 90m + 20m & 2x200m (#99 + 101 ! + 2x103) all tied by 2 vf pmks NAZARETH 16 OC 29 via Haifa 17 OC, Port Said 18 OC & Alexandria 19 X 29; vert. centerfold away from stps, fine & scarce

[CARD] Start: $500

Lot #: 127 1947 UPU Presentation Folder - Paris Congres - Timbres Poste Palestine, Red, containing mint set Pictorial stps 2m to 500m; vf, Ba #P.F. 1a - $750

Start: $200

PALESTINE: POSTAGE DUE COVERS & STATIONERY

Lot #: 128 4.4.1924 ppc from Alexandria to Jerusalem franked 5 mils Egypt, Sphinx stp, marked boxed "TO PAY 8 MILS" on arrival, Taxed 1st P. Dues 8m (#D4) tied by Jerusalem 5 AP 24 pmk; vf

[PPC] Start: $220

Lot #: 129 17.6.1924 London to Jerusalem cv franked 1½d instead of 3d, marked "T 35" hexagon on dispatch & boxed "TO PAY 10 MILS" on arrival, Taxed 1st P. Dues 2 & 8m (#D2 & D4) tied by Jerusalem 25 JU 24 pmks, backstamped; vf [CV] Start: $220

Lot #: 130 Stamps of 3 Countries on Twice Taxed original cv - 3/1939 frank 2½d KG VI (1+1½d) London to Genova Poste-Restante Taxed 25c Italian P. Due for the service, not claimed & Redirected to Haifa special label on face, Taxed 12m (2+10m) 3rd P. Dues on back tied by Haifa pmk 1 AP 39, also EIN HAROD 5 AP pmk, as not claimed P. Dues annulled w/large Mandate device & marked to be Returned to Sender; exceptional vf quality for a much traveled cv

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 131 1926/46 - 12 incoming cvs all taxed 3rd P. Dues, 9 from Egypt incl.: 1/1943 to TLV taxed 44m (D14 + 2xD19); 5/1941 to Tiberias franked 20m taxed 3m (D12 + D13); 11/1946 franked 18m to Haifa taxed 8m (D16); 10/1930 franked 5m to Jaffa taxed 16m (2xD16); + 3 cvs ex USA incl: 5/1930 franked 2c to Jerusalem taxed 16m (2xD16); 11/1929 franking off to Jerusalem taxed 26m (2xD18); also 2 domestic cvs: 12/1941 unfranked to TLV taxed 20m (2xD17) & 5/1941 franked 5m local in Jerusalem taxed 10m (D17) but Not Collected cachet; mixed condition (x14)

[CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 132 PR1 - Provisional Envelope #1 21 FE 22 Ludd Junction in manuscpt. - mute label to Hungary, properly franked 26m - 4 colors London I: 1mx3 + 2m + 5mx2 + 1pi (#60x3 + 61 + 64x2 + 65) all tied by clear pmks LUDD / JUNCTION (D7 - G), Kantara - Haifa TPO South FE 22 & Port Said 23 FE transit + Szeged 4 MAR 22 arrival pmk; hinge traces on back corners, f-vf & beautiful

[CV] Start: $260

Lot #: 133 PR1 - Provisional Envelope #1 Haifa to London - 2 APR 1922 Oval HAIFA REGISTERED pmk tying London I - 2x3m & 2pi (SG #62 & 66) correct 26m regist rate, London Scroll pmk 1 MY 22 front & back; vf, signed Tsachor

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 134 Air Letter Sheet 25m Stamp Design - Die proof of the adopted design (stp size) on cream glazed ungummed paper 125 x 125mm, depicting the Tower of David; vf, ex Pikovsky Printing House, Jerusalem, they printed the final sheet

[PROOF] Start: $200

PALESTINE POSTAL HISTORY: AIRMAIL & POSTMARKS

Lot #: 135 24 MR 23 Registered Air mail cv from Ramleh to Baghdad endorsed "By Air Mail CAIRO-BAGHDAD" flown from Gaza on the RAF flight to Baghdad, franked (front & back) 51 mls (Ba #73,77,78,79 & 81) to pay: 13m postage + 13m regist. + 25m special Air Mail fee, all cancelled RAMLEH 24 MR 23. On back pmks JERUSALEM-JAFFA TPO DOWN 28 MR 23, TPO KANTARA - HAIFA SOUTH 28 MR 23 & BAGHDAD 2 AP 23 arrival; cv roughly opened at bottom, fine & Very Rare early Air Mail

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 136 3/1920 Registered cv Tiberias to Wien, properly franked front & back 4x5m Typos (4x#9) tied by clear pmk TIBERIAS/OET (Dorf 1 - E+) 25 MR 20, Registry Turkish cachet (Collins #RC3, Sacher #1) TIBERIADE # 281, PORT SAID/OET 1AP 20 & PORT SAID 1 AP 20 transit pmks on back, sender is from colony Yavneel; vert. centerfold & light top opening faults, fine, very scarce use of the Turkish cachet

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 137 ATHLITH (D2 - Very Rare) clear pmk 11 MR 27 (Earliest Recorded date, last recorded 3 JU 27) tying 2x13m (2xSG#79) Regist cv to Wien, mute registry label Athlith inserted in manscpt, transit pmks: REGISTERED HAIFA & HAIFA KANTARA T.P.O. NORTH; vf & Rare, certif Tsachor

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 138 JSM LYDDA TPO (D9 - rated V.R.) fine 80% complete pmk 9 AP 1936 - New Earliest Date! tying 13m (#107) to air mail cv to Scotland, endorsed "Via Imperial Airways". Cover is commerc & stationery of Saint Andrew's Hospice, Jerusalem; opening top tear away from stp & pmk o/w f - vf & a Great Rarity as 1 of 3 cvs currently recorded, another cv sold in our Sept. 1997 Sale for a total of $7200, the above cv is described in HLPH No. 67/8 p. 261

[CV] Start: $280

Lot #: 139 Palestine - Postmarks Small Towns Collection A-Z, 225 items (majority are cvs) incl 52 registered & 25 air mail destined abroad. Incl.: ISDUD (Dorfman 1-G) regist cv Isdud in manuscpt. on reg. label; YOKNEAM (D1-G); EIN KARIM (D1-F) regist. cv;KIRYAT HAIM (D2-F+); NUSEIRAT (D1-F); EL MASMIYA (D1-E) regist. cv - this Rare; BER YACOB (D1-F-); BIR ZEIT (D2 & 3 on 1 cv, E+F); TIRAT ZVI (D1); NAAN (D2), etc. Unusual: regist. cv at KFAR YEHEZKEL but sent at neighboring EIN HAROD. Also uprated pcs & letter cards. The existing 30 big cities items were not taken in value; f-vf (x225 items) a great opportunity at

[PC] [PPC] [DOC] [CV] Start: $1100

1948 EARLY POSTAL LINKS TO / FROM ISRAEL

Lot #: 140 EARLY INCOMING SURFACE MAIL: 16.3.48 registered surface cv from Germany - British Zone - to Petah Tiqva, M. Ha'am arr pmk PETAH TIQVA in black on back; light top opening tears, fine & Rare Incoming mail during the M. Ha'am period

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 141 EARLY INCOMING MAIL: 10 AP 48 surface Registered rate cv w/advice of delivery (mit Ruckschein) ex Berlin Russian Zone to Jerusalem, franked Deutchepost 2 MK single (Mi #968) transit pmk on back HAIFA 3 - 30.5.1948 - very early ship entry, forwarded to TLV where it received the boxed National Loan cachet on face & as Jerusalem was in complete siege cv was held there; roughly opened top, fine & a Rare rate

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 142 EARLY INCOMING AIRMAIL: Courier cv from the JNF office Geneva - Hotel stationery franked JNF Black Ussishkin label (K #529) tied to cv by Geneva office biling. cachet French/Hebrew, cv FLOWN to TLV - Sdeh Dov on board Hagana chartered Pan-African plane that landed on 9 MAY 48, cv posted in TLV, JNF label accepted as postage tied by M. Ha'am TLV Violet pmk; roughly opened & right bottom corner torn, fine & Rare, Bale 2016 p. 46 #34 - $3200, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 143 20.V.48 Registered air mail cv Sofia to TLV transit via Haifa 27.5.48 pmk, cv brought to Haifa by the 26.5.48 Czech CSA flight; roughly opened at the top, fine & Rare, see similar cv photo IFPL p. 55

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 144 THE PELTOURS SERVICE: "12 Mai 48 Bern" dated content typed letter in German parents to children in "Kibbutz Afikim - the Jordan Valley - Palestine". They write that the Israeli Agency in Cyprus offered to transfer the letter to destination. Offered are the contents & the cv franked 2 pi Cyprus stp cancelled by a box mute obliterator. Front & back with circular PELTOURS LTD / HAIFA - PEL cachet - they couriered the cv to Haifa. Recipient's note on back: received 9 VI 48 (in German); slight roughly opened, f-vf most unusual route & couriered during complete postal blockade on Israel

[CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 145 South Africa Peltours Service - cv forwarded via the South African Zion. Fed. of JHB, their 2 lines cachet vf strike bottom left of cv: "PER POSTAL .... BOX 18, JOHANNESBURG", figure "3" denotes that payment for 3 such cvs was made, addr. to Haifa, brought to Israel by Peltours - Oval cachet & mailed by them with 10m D. Ivri stp tied by pmk TEL-AVIV 12.7.1948, Zion. Fed. self censored & resealed w/celotape; f-vf [CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 146 FIRST FLIGHTS: Israel - Czechoslovakia 26.5.48 by the First Official Flight of the Czechoslovak Airlines cv franked 55m Doar Ivri correct rate (40m air mail + 15m registration) tied by Haifa 26.5.48 pmk, arrival PRAHA 28 V 48 pmk, Unclaimed & Returned to Haifa 8.7.48; vf

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 147 Tel Aviv - Paris 1st Flight 14.6.1948: Patriotic air mail cv properly franked 175m (#4 + 3x5 + 2x6) for 35m x5 = quintuple rate cv, all stps tied by TLV pmks, Black Flight cachet at base & 6 additional cachets forming a Magen David on face; vert fold away from the stps & corner bends due to the weight, fine

[CV] Start: $200

WWII JEWISH REFUGEES, CYPRUS CAMPS & ALIYA

Lot #: 148 WWII Jewish Refugees - 9 cvs/pcs 1940/47: a) Bonaire Curacao - D.W.I. 10/8/1940 censored airmail cv to AJDC New York; b) Bergen Belsen DP camp censored cv to New York; c) Jewish Community Przemysl - Poland 20 V 1945 printed pc (relative search) to Tel Aviv; d) Camp Dattwil - Switz. cv to Intern. R. Cross; e) Camp Fraubrunnen - Switz. 8/1940 cv from France; f & g) 2 cvs ex DP Camp Fahrenwald - US Zone to Palestine & USA; h) Ferramonti 3/1941 pc ex Haag; i) Camp de Gurs 5/1940 censored pc to Allier; f-vf (x9) valuable

[PC] [] [] [CV] Start: $220

Lot #: 149 1940/50 - 10 mailed items Jew. Aid Organization & Refugees, incl.: a)"JEAS HIAS" Warschau 4/1940 Regist cv to "Comite de Protection..." Santiago; b) "JEAS" Warszawa air mail cv 5/1939 via Berlin to B. Aires, top shortened; c) "JUS" Krakau (imptd cv) 4/1944 Regist to "Bikur Haulim" in Arosa - Switz., front damaged; d) 4/1943 Bruxelles pc by Jew to O.C.A. - Lisbon thanking for parcel received & requesting more; e) same as above item dated 5/1943; f) 11/1950 cv ex Sosua - Dominicano Jew. refugee settlement to N. York; g) 8/1940 pc ex Jew. refugee in Shanghai to Berlin uncle and more; fine (x10)

[PC] [] [] [CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 150 Budapest 27 Oct 1944 - Swiss Embassy Certificate dept. of foreign citizens, stating: Ivan Berger living in Budapest is a journalist & citizen of San Salvador. He is under Swiss protection..... he is not to be sent to a forced labor camp; cross folded, a fine life- saving doc

[DOC] Start: $200

Lot #: 151 Cyprus Camp 69 - cv to Tel Aviv with H.Q. 3 Camp - Date 17 FEB 1948 - Staff (special) Cyprus - 3 lines cachet tying 2pi Cyprus stp to cv, return address: " Camp 69 / Ha'oved Ha'tzioni - Cort 146 Ciprus - Vamagusta"; scattered spots, fine [CV] Start: $160 Lot #: 152 Cyprus Camp 70 - cv to Tel Aviv with H.Q. 3 Camp - Date 21 NOV 1947 - Staff (special) Cyprus - 3 lines cachet tying 2pi Cyprus stp, return address: "Cyprus Camp 70 / A.I.G - C.I.D. Jerusalem - Palestine - Mapai"; small tear at top left, f-vf [CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 153 The 1948 Cyprus Camps - Eretz Israel Labor Party in Cyprus Detention Camps - membership card #1585 Hebrew & Yiddish, 5 APR 1948 arrived w/the ship "Medinat Ha'yehudim"; horiz. fold, fine [DOC] Start: $200

Lot #: 154 Exodus 1947 Certificate mint, given to the refugees on board "Holder.... is a Ma'apil of Exodus 1947, was brought by force to Germany from Haifa and is in exile on his way back to Eretz Israel", bilingual; vf

[DOC] Start: $120

Lot #: 155 1926/36 Aliya stamps collection on 13 cpl Aliya Certificates mostly issued by the Jew. Agency's Warsaw office, part unlisted by Wallerstine & Rochlin: 5sh ovpt like W#BAL1 on 1926 Constple office certif, fine; "40 Goldens" hnstp on plain Aliya stps (x2) for 40 Zloty 1932 certif.; "50 Zt" in manscpt on Aliya stps (x2) 1933; Roch. Po 42 - "1½" & "2" hnstp on 2 - 1934 certif; Roch. Po 227 on 2 - 1935 certif; Kap. #288 (50) 1936 certif; 5 certif w/$ ovpts between W#BAL3/6: ½$ (x2), 1$(x5), 2½$(x2) & 5$(x2); fine (x13 certif, 26 labels) valuable assemblage Start: $300

Lot #: 156 6 Maccabi items - 4 membership cards/certif.: a) 1932 Makabi Banska- Bystrice dues paid for 1932 & 1933 special colored labels; b) 1934 Switz. (Bimmingen) dues paid w/J.T.V.B. labels (Judische Turn Verban) for 1935 & 1936/7 part, total 19 diff; c) 1934/5 Eretz - Tel-Aviv dues paid by 12 small labels imptd "Maccabi" in Heb.; d) 1938/9 "MAKABI" Mor. Ostrava Membership card special label on face & dues paid for the years 1938/9 up to 6/1939 - very late! in Occupied Czech.; e) ppc mailed 1938 in Leipzig imptd "Otzar Ha'makabi" in Heb.; f) The Maccabi Aid Tag - full sheet of 25; labels unmounted mint; mostly vf (x6 items) Valuable & seldom offered [**] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [CARD] Start: $250

Lot #: 157 Striking: 13.9.1948 Real Photo Postcard w/greetings for the coming New Year depicting a Deportation Action in the Ghetto - the assembled Jews facing Nazi soldiers & executed Jews in the background, Airmailed Rome to New York message in Yiddish; vf

[PPC] Start: $150

1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow)

Lot #: 158 Haifa Messengers Service - commerc cv sent locally franked 15m label in Red type M1b, tied by boxed cachet type A "Cafe Riga"; vf [CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 159 Rarity: Haifa Messengers Service - commerc. cv addressed to the Income Tax office in Haifa exempt of postage as such, cancelled, on face boxed Haifa Messengers cachet (type B); horiz. fold, f-vf & Very Rare, currently the only recorded, certif. Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $1000

Lot #: 160 Besieged Gush Etzion - family corresp. cv mailed from TLV addressed to "Gush Etzion Tel Aviv POB 2693 - for Hanan Heilbruner (driver) Kfar Etzion" franked 10m (#97) Mandate stp tied by TEL AVIV 13 AP 48 pmk; roughly opened at top, few tears, fine & very scarce, certif. Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $700

Lot #: 161 Besieged Gush Etzion - Flown Courier cover from the Gush - return address: "Uriel Ofek Massuot Yitzhak, Gush Etzion" under siege as of January 1948, the air strip was in service as of February 7, 1948 . The Gush surrendered to the Jordanian Legion on 13 May 1948. Cover addressed to Moshe Mosinsohn "Be'Ma'aleh" editor in Tel Aviv, on back a hand written note by the sender: "5 V - I returned safely from the battle, regards, Uri Cohen reached Tel Aviv, Uriel". The cv was received by permission of the Gush Etzion Archives, their cachet on back; roughly opened at top right resulting in uneven top, center fold typical to courier letters, fine & Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $1000 Lot #: 162 Besieged Gush Etzion - Flown Courier cover from the Gush to TLV - return address: "Massuot Yitzhak, Gush Etzion, POBox 2693 Tel-Aviv", under siege as of January 1948, the air strip was in service as of February 7, 1948 . The Gush surrendered to the Jordanian Legion on 13 May 1948. Cover addressed to Kvutzat Ma'ayan near Zichron, posted in Tel-Aviv franked 10m Minhelet Ha'am stamp (Ba #14) cancelled by Minhelet Ha'am Tel Aviv Violet postmark. Cover shortened at left 0.5 cm, photographed in "The Emergency, Local and Private Postal Services - Part 2" p. 203; fine & Rare, certif Tsachor- Aloni [CV] Start: $1400

Lot #: 163 2 cvs from Besieged Negev Couriered to TLV frank M. Ha'am stps & mailed there: a) Return address "...Kibbutz Mivtachim - Negev, POB 468 TLV" frank 10m (Ba #33) tied by TEL AVIV M. Ha'am pmk, to Gan Yavneh; b) Return address "... Be'eri POB 2040 TLV" frank 10m (#23) tied by Israeli pmk TEL AVIV 16.5.1948, to Haifa; both trimmed 1cm, scattered spots, fine (x2)

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 164 THE POST OFFICES: Beit Hashita - 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #7d, correct rate) tied to commercial cv addressed to Jerusalem by BEIT HASHITA M. Ha'am pmk in Black repeated alongside. No Registered cvs are recorded from Beit Hashita during M. Ha'am period; corner folds, fine & Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 165 Meshek Ayelet Hashahar - 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #21, correct rate) tied to commercial cv addressed to Haifa by Meshek Ayelet Hashahar M. Ha'am pmk in Black; vf & Rare

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 166 10m Koffer Hayishuv (2x5m Bank's label Ba. #139) tied to cv, mailed to TLV, by MIGDAL M.Ha'am Black pmk dated 4/5/48 (Koffer Hayishuv labels were tolerated till 23.5.1948); vf & scarce [CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 167 NA'AN - 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #7, correct rate) tied to commercial cv mailed to TLV, by NA'AN M. Ha'am pmk in Black. Only 1 Registered cv from Na'an recorded during M. Ha'am period; scattered spots, f-vf & Rare, see Z. Aloni fig 51-3, certif. Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 168 REGISTERED COVERS: EVEN YEHUDA registered cv #0628 properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba 2x#7 & #24) tied by M. Ha'am pmk in Black repeated twice on back, TLV 5 MY 48 arr Mandate pmk; vf & scarce, appx 20 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 13-2, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $700

Lot #: 169 GEDERA regist cv #0538, properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #29d, 57 & 59) tied by Black M. Ha'am pmks repeated on back, mailed to Nathanya by a member of Kibbutz Hafetz Haim by Gedera, arrival NATHANYA M. Ha'am pmk; f-vf & Rare as less than 30 cvs mailed [CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 170 KFAR HASSIDIM registered cv #0515 properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #26 & 29) tied by M. Ha'am pmk in Black repeated twice on back, dated 14.5 in manuscript; scattered spots, f-vf & very scarce, as only 16 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 29-2, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $900

Lot #: 171 KFAR SHEMARYAHU registered cv #0745 properly franked 25m mixed franking M. Ha'am stps (Ba #16 & 30) + 5m Mandate stp (#93) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back mailed to TLV, Hertzliya M. Ha'am & 12 MY 48 Mandate transit pmks on back; vf, see Z. Aloni fig 31-2 [CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 172 KFAR SIRKIN registered cv #0698, name of locality in Hebrew manuscript, franked 50m M. Ha'am stps 5x Diaspora I, tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back, mailed to Givatayim TLV 5 MY 48 transit Mandate pmk; vf & Rare, appx 8 cvs mailed, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $1100

Lot #: 173 KFAR YONA registered cv #0456, name of locality in Hebrew manuscript, franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #2, 12 & 14) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back, Nathanya M. Ha'am arr pmk; vf & scarce, appx 20 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 38-2, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 174 MA'ABAROT registered cv #0249, franked 90m M. Ha'am stps (8x Diaspora II from Ba #52/61 + Ba 22), tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black mailed to TLV, on back, TEL AVIV 18.5.1948 arr Israeli trilingual pmks; vf & Rare, appx 20 cvs mailed, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $800

Lot #: 175 MESHEK YAJUR registered cv #0002 properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #23, 26 & 29) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back mailed to Haifa; vf & Very Rare, as only 4 cvs mailed, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $2000

Lot #: 176 MIGDAL regist cv No. 3571 locality's name in Hebrew manuscpt, properly frank 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #32e + 2x42) tied by 3 M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated on back, dated 11 May 1948, transit M. Ha'am TIBERIAS & a dater 12 MAY 1948, arrival Mandate d.c. HAIFA NAHLA B.O. 13 MY 48 pmks; vf & Very Rare as less than 10 cvs mailed, signed & certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $1200

Lot #: 177 QIRYAT AMAL Express Regist cv #34 name of locality in Hebrew & R No. in manscpt on the front, franked 62m (short paid 3m) M. Ha'am stps (Ba #4, 1, 2x9 & 11) tied by 2 pmks in Black repeated on back, RAMATAYIM arrival s.c. Mandate pmk 18 MY 48; scattered spots, f-vf & very scarce, appx 37 cv mailed [CV] Start: $280

Lot #: 178 RAMAT HAKOVESH registered cv #0933 properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #24, 42 & 45) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back, TEL AVIV 16.5.1948 arr Israeli trilingual pmk; vf & scarce, appx 15 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 65-2, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $800

Lot #: 179 TEL MOND Express registered cv #0426 properly franked 65m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #32, 33 & 34) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back, TEL AVIV 5 MY 48 arr Mandate pmk; vf & scarce, appx 50 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 74-2, certif Tsachor - Aloni [CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 180 1948 Interim Post Offices - 24 regist cvs mostly properly franked incl.: Bat Yam (x2), Benei Beraq, Binyamina, Givatayim, Hadera, Hertsliya, , Karkur, Haifa, Nesher Yajur, Petah Tiqva, Qiryat Motzkin, Rehovot, Ramatayim, Ramat Hasharon, Ra'anana (Registered Express franked Parachutists in Blue), Tel Aviv 2, Tel Aviv 11, Tiberias, Zikhron Ya'aqov & more; f - vf (x24) valuable, variety of frankings incl. Diaspora [CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 181 1948 Interim 18 cvs diff. Post Offices, a variety of stps incl. Mandate, cvs incl.: Heftziba - Beit Alfa, Kfar Tabor, Metula, Meshek Ein Harod, Mishmar Ha'emek, Ramat Ha'kovesh, Safed, Yokneam & more; f - vf (x18) some of philatelic origin [CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 182 1948 Interim - 4 Besieged Cities 22 items: Jerusalem - 6 items, Jerusalem 18 Registered cv locally addrr. , 5 m P. Matter postcard, Liberation pmk 28 JUNE 1948 on P. Matter letter 3m D. Ivri stp, pair 5m "Gimel" u/m & more; Nahariya - 13 items: 2 cvs, 1 is 3 May 7th Slogan 10m Emergency w/Inverted t, set of 3 Emergency Post sheetlets of 8, Rouletted (Ba#108/110) + 3 gutter pairs, 3 sheetlets of 4 Emergency Mail (Ba #116/118), block of 4 Local Council 11m Red label & more, all u/m; Rishon - Le - Zion Armored Car stp on cv to TLV 23 APR 1948 & Nahalat Yehuda to TLV 4 MAY 1948, Safed 10m local stp on cv to TLV tied by large local pmk; f - vf (x22) [**] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [PC] [] [] [CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 183 TAXED MAIL: Commerc. cv Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu by Afula to Haifa franked 10m Mandate (#97) tied by AFULA M. Ha'am pmk in Black, manuscript T in Red Taxed 20m D. Ivri stp (#5 marginal) tied by trilingual pmk HAIFA ertה ;Mandate franking not accepted if sent after 16.5.1948 ,23.5.1948 centerfold away from the stps, back flap small tear, fine Rare example of D. Ivri stp used as Postage Dues, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 184 Commerc. cv ex the National Service Registration Center - TLV to "PIKA" school P. Tiqva franked demonetized 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #33) tied contrary to regulation, by pmk TEL AVIV 3 - 26.5.1948, Hebrew manuscript "To Pay 20 Mils" & Taxed 20m D. Ivri stp (#5) tied by Mandate pmk PETAH TIQVA 31 MY 48; vf & Rare D. Ivri stp used as Postage Due, sign & certif. (copy) Muentz [CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 185 M. Ha'am stps used as Postage Dues - cv originated at Nathanya franked 10m Koffer Ha'yishuv stp (Ba # 133 - valid for postage 2 - 22 May 48) Unaccepted at the Pardess Hanna Post & left uncancelled 7 MY 48 Mandate type pmk alongside, marked "T20" in boxed cachet & taxed upon arrival in TLV w/a pair of M. Ha'am Weizmann stps (Ba #12) tied by the large T handstamp, including 2 pages contents dated 5.5.48; vert centerfold & scattered spots, fine & scarce

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 186 Tel Aviv local cv posted Unfranked during the Minhelet Ha'am period (before 14.5) TLV M. Ha'am pmk top right & boxed cachet "To pay 20 mils", taxed 20m 1st P. Dues (pair #J3) tied by TEL AVIV 31.5.1948 pmk, Very Early use of P. Dues stps in TLV; vert centerfold away from the stps & light scattered spots, fine & very scarce

[CV] Start: $240

Lot #: 187 Commerc. cv Rosh Pinna (return address) to TLV frank Demonetized 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #23) via Haifa 30.5.1948, large T & boxed "To Pay 20 Mils", Taxed upon arrival 10m horiz. marginal pair (#J3) tied by pmk TEL -AVIV 2.6.1948; few scattered spots, fine & early tax

[CV] Start: $350

Lot #: 188 TAXED M. HA'AM FRANKING: Commerc. cv Haifa to TLV frank Demonetized 5m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #32), large T & boxed "To Pay 20 Mils", Taxed upon arrival 2x10m (#J3) tied by pmk TEL - AVIV 2.6.1948; few scattered spots, fine & early tax

[CV] Start: $300

1948 JERUSALEM

Lot #: 189 MOUNT SCOPUS ENCLAVE: Stampless cv sent by the Matron of the (School at the Hadassah Hospital on Mt. Scopus (Mrs. Simonsohn יNurses name & address on the back, before the evacuation of the School to the Jewish part of the City. Pink RED CROSS cachet on both sides. Carried out of the Besieged Enclave by a Red Cross Courier, addressed to Haifa family; reduced at left 1cm, creased in places, fine, Major 1948 Postal History Rarity, certif. Muentz

[CV] Start: $3500

Lot #: 190 Jerusalem siege cv to "Degania B Post Kinneret" franked 10m Mandate stp (#97) tied by M. Ha'am pmk (possible comb. 9 - 14 May 1948), via 1st or 2nd Convoy but redirected upon arrival 10m Doar Ivri stp (#3) affixed tied by Mandate type pmk KINNERET 23 JU 48; folded not thru the stps, fine, Rare to find a redirected Convoy cv, certif (copy) Muentz

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 191 Commerc. air mail cv Jerusalem to Pa. USA properly frank 65m D. Ivri stps (15+50m, #4 & 6) tied by vf Provisional "Egg" pmk JERUSALEM 25 JUNE 1948; vf, sign Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $280

Lot #: 192 Rare: 2 JULY 1948 Registered large cv (27x19cm) Jerusalem to Bern - Switzerland, sent surface by "the National Library - King David str" franked 270m (#5 + #6 horiz. strip of 5 D. Ivri stps): 20m basic surface + 15 registration + 18x13m for 18x addit. 20gr total 269m (1m convenience overfranked) all tied by 3 clear Deformed M. Ha'am pmks of Mahne Yehuda repeated on back, dater & regist. label alongside, 2 diff arrival pmks BERN 30 VII 48; folded away from the stps & peripheral folds due to the weight of 380gr, folded vert. at extreme left to fit to the exhibit page, fine Exhibition Showpiece, cert. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $750

Lot #: 193 33 commerc cvs all to the Anglo Palestine Bank Jerusalem Branch: 27 mailed during the M. Ha'am period - Jerusalem in complete siege & delivered later, 11 are registered cvs: 2 ex Rehovoth - 1 w/registry no. in manuscript 12.5.48 & 2nd 16 MY 48 Mandate mute label !, 3 regist. ex P. Tiqva - 2 w/TLV 5 MY 48 transit, 1 ex R.L. Zion 31m & same TLV transit (back flap off) & 5 ex TLV, 10 M. Ha'am regular 10m cvs: ex .local Jerusalem cvs - 1 is 16 May special cancel ת RLZ (x3), Rehovoth, etc.6 Also 6 Mandate period cvs 3/1947 ex Tiberias, Rehovoth & Haifa all regist. w/arrival pmks; fine (x33) interesting 1948 Postal History

[CV] Start: $250

1948 FRENCH CONSULAR POST IN JERUSALEM

Lot #: 194 6fr Marianne WITHOUT OVERPRINT tied to imptd stationery cv of "NATIONS UNIES / commission de Treve / DU CONSEIL DE SECURITE EN PALESTINE" (the Armistice committee - Y.T.) by a vf pmk JERUSALEM POSTES FRANCAISES 12 MAI 48 additional pmk alongside, mailed to Paris; vf & Rare, signed Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $450

Lot #: 195 10Fr air mail - Jerusalem Poste Aerienne - top marginal single; u/m, vf & Rare as only 150 issued, (Yv PA1 - € 4000, Ba #126, Ceres #A1). Certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $1700

Lot #: 196 JERUSALEM POSTES FRANCAISES 5 MAI 48 First Day of Service pmk tying 2 overprinted stps of the 1st Issue: a) 6Frs Postes Francaises; b) 10Frs Poste Aerienne, to Consulat General de France a Jerusalem cv; vf & Extremely Rare FDC, the 2nd recorded according to Livnat, certif. J. Robineau-R. Menozzi & Tsachor-Aloni, ceres #1 & #PA1 €7000 as 2 used stps

[CV] Start: $4500

Lot #: 197 6fr Marianne ovptd 20m (Type I) top marginal stp tied to mailed cv to France by vf pmk JERUSALEM POSTES FRANCAISES 3 JAN 49 addit vf pmk bottom left, arr pmk on back PARIS TRI NO. 1 DEPART 8-1-49, late as the service terminated 31.1.1949; vf & scarce genuine late mail, sign Tsachor- Aloni [CV] Start: $350

Lot #: 198 French Military Mail Jerusalem - imptd cv of the Consulat de France a Jaffa (Palestine) with boxed cachet "Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres" marked F.M. (Franchise Militaire) & struck twice w/the cachet: "Gendarmerie Nationale/Detachement de Jerusalem" mailed to Paris arrival pmk on face: Paris/Rue Cler 20.1.1949; vf & a scarce serviceman mail, certif Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $900

1948 NAHARIYA

Lot #: 199 Nahariya 2 items: a) 2nd slogan Proof strike on the water-marked Gestetner paper, w/toning mainly on back & folds, fine & scarce as on the cpl A4 size sheet; b) 26 APR 1948 Haifa commerc. cv to Nahariya properly franked Mandate 10m (#97), 10m Yellow delivery label applied upon arrival tied by Nahariya M. Ha'am pmk in Blue; fine (x2)

[PROOF] [] [] [] [CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 200 Nahariya 2nd Slogan First Day 23 MAR 1948 - 2 superb strikes front & back of commerc cv to Haifa, 10m Mandate (SG #97) tied by Haifa machin pmk 26 MAR 48; vf & Rare slogan in use for 2 days only, certif Tsachor- Aloni [CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 201 Rarity: 1 APR 1948 superb strikes of the 3rd Slogan type B on front & back of cv mailed to TLV franked 10m Mandate stp (#97) tied by d.c. Mandate pmk HAIFA 4 AP 48. Apparently, after the 3rd Slogan disintegrated, a new stencil was cut on the same day 1st of April; vertical center fold, cleaned, f-vf & Very Rare, 2 cvs recorded, cv photographed on p. 33, of the NRNS, certif. Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $2000

Lot #: 202 20 MAY 1948 - 7th Slogan type C tying 50m local Emergency Post stp to Registered commerc. cv #0091 addr. to Barclays Bank Haifa franked 25m D. Ivri stps (5+20m) tied by Nahariya M. Ha'am pmk on the last day of use of this pmk, M. Ha'am cancel on D. Ivri stps possible only in Nahariya, Safed & Jerusalem, on back arrival Israeli trilingual pmk HAIFA 23.5.1948; vf, Last Day of the Emergency Nahariya Post [CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 203 DOMESTIC INCOMING MAIL: Commerc regist cv TLV to Nahariya properly frank 4 M. Ha'am stps total 26m (1m convenience overfrank) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Violet, 10m delivery Yellow label tied upon arrival by M. Ha'am pmk in Black; vf, signed Tsachor-Aloni, regist cv is scarce [CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 204 TLV to Nahariya cv franked 53m M. Ha'am stps tied by TLV M. Ha'am pmk, 11m Red local delivery stp affixed upon arrival tied by M. Ha'am Nahariya pmk in Black, 11m Red labels were used on the last days of the Siege when 10m Yellow labels supplies ran out, the fee remained 10m; vf & Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 205 MAIL FROM ABROAD: 30.3.1948 surface 50pf cv from Bad Homburg to Nahariya 11m Red local delivery stp affixed upon arrival tied by M. Ha'am Nahariya pmk in Black, 11m Red labels were used on the last days of the Siege when 10m Yellow labels supplies ran out, the fee remained 10m; roughly opened at top, f - vf & Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 206 10 April 1948 - 80 oro (4x20) Air Mail cv from Goteborg to Nahariya, 10m local delivery stp affixed upon arr tied by M. Ha'am Nahariya pmk in Blue, arr date in manuscript in German: "7.V.48/arrived"; roughly opened - part of back flap missing, light scattered spots, fine, signed & certif Muentz, 1983. Mail from Sweden to arrive during M. Ha'am period is exceedingly rare

[CV] Start: $250

1948 SAFED

Lot #: 207 RARITY: 10m local Imperforate Proof of Sett I pair Types 2 & 3 printed on white side of the envelope paper distinct offset impression w/large top margin; folded vert between the stps & horiz above the stps, f - vf, very few exist, see Ben- David p. 79 & JSPS p. 334, signed Tsachor - Aloni

[PROOF] Start: $600

Lot #: 208 10m local unused Imperforate Top Marginal single w/huge top margin on the blue envelope paper, Sett. I type 2; horiz fold at extreme top of margin, vf & Rare, signed Hoexter & Tsachor, Ba #124d - $1600+

[(*)] Start: $400

Lot #: 209 10m Imperforate top marginal unused single, huge top margin, Sett I type 3; vf & Rare, Ba #124d - $1500++, signed Hoexter & Tsachor

[(*)] Start: $450

Lot #: 210 Safed FDC 4 MAY 1948, the rectangular boxed pmk, vf strike in Carmine- Red tying 10m local stp Sett. I type 3 to unaddressed cv, typical discoloration due to the glue; vf, signed Tsachor [CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 211 VARIETIES ON COVER: 10m local stp Sett. II type 4 top left corner, back shows the Black imprint of type 1 of the Safed stationery Essay, tied to unaddr cv by the large local pmk 6 MAY 1948, FD of the pmk; vf, signed Tsachor, Ba #124e $1200

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 212 1948 local issue, unissued 10m entire (postal stationery envelope), unaddressed, w/Safed local 10m Black on Blue, 1st Setting, type 3, affixed over the imprinted stamp & tied by large Carmine-Red postmark DOAR/SAFED 7 MAY 1948, part of the stp lifted to show the Trial imprint; centerfolds away from the stp & pmk, fine Rarity, Muentz certif stating "3 Recorded", certif Tsachor - Aloni

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 213 10m local bottom marginal stp Imperforate Between Stp & Bottom Margin, on the Blue envelope paper Sett II type 6, tied to unaddr cv by the large pmk 14 MAY 1948; vf, Ba 124ba - $800, signed Tsachor - Aloni

[CV] Start: $250 Lot #: 214 10m local bottom right corner single, Sett. II type 6, Imperforate Between the Stp & Bottom Margin, tied to cv mailed to Haifa by the local pmk 14 MAY 1948; vf, sign. Langbartels, Muentz, Tsachor & Aloni, Ba #124ba - $800

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 215 10m local stp Sett II type 4, Imperforate Between Stp & Upper Margin tied to cv by the large local pmk 11 MAY 1948 locally addressed; vf, sign Hoexter & Tsachor, Ba #124b ­ $800

[CV] Start: $220

DOAR IVRI: PROOFS

Lot #: 216 250,500 & 1000 mils (#7/9) Horizontal Imperforate Pairs on ungummed NEWSPRINT Plate Proofs. Only these 3 values each 1 sheet recorded; excellent condition, Ba #ED30/32 - $2750, certif Muentz & Tsachor-Aloni

[PROOF] Start: $750

Lot #: 217 PLATE PROOFS in Black on ungummed White Glazed paper Imperforates: 3-50m (#1/6) left marginals Blocks of 12 (4x3) the largest multiples recorded; excellent condition (x6) sign & certif. Muentz

[PROOF] Start: $750 Lot #: 218 Plate Proofs in Black: 3-50m (#1/6) in Tabblocks of 4 on White ungummed glazed paper; vf (x6), Ba #ED 35/40 - $3500, signed Tsachor, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[PROOF] Start: $750

Lot #: 219 20m Imperforate Block of 4 printed on the issued Thin Yellow paper but on the GUM SIDE; folded horiz. between stps & few light bends, scattered spots, fine & Extremely Rare as only a handful pairs recorded, Ba ED 33 - $2500 for a pair, block of 4 estim. $6000

[PROOF] Start: $900

Lot #: 220 500m (#8) IMPERFORATE Top Left corner block of 6 on the issued paper; u/m, light toning & few tiny nicks at top margin, fine, Ba #8Imp - $2550++

[PROOF] Start: $800

Lot #: 221 1948 Official 3 - 1000m (#1/9) Publicity Leaflet - PROOF IMPRESSION (large margins) showing all 9 values, 5m cut out, on White ungummed paper w/o serial no.; vf, ex O. Wallish files, certif Muentz

[PROOF] Start: $200 DOAR IVRI 3 - 1000 MILS: THE DIFFERENT PERFORATIONS

Lot #: 222 3 mil perf 10x10 double tab row (Ba #1f);u/m, vf & Very Rare, one of 6 tab rows recorded, (Ba $32,250) certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $6000

Lot #: 223 3 - 10m Rouletted Tabs (Ba #1/3c) registered FDC stps tied to cv by 2 Mandate type FD pmks REGISTERED / PETAH TIQVA 16 MY 48 repeated on back; vf, Ba $550, signed Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 224 Perf 10¾: 15m left marginal Tabblock of 4 (#4e), Tabs types 1 & 2, Rough Perfs type well centered; u/m, 2 pinpoint spots & light fingerprints, vf & Rare, Ba $1800+, certif Tsachor

[**] Start: $350

Lot #: 225 15m (#4e) Perf 10¾ right marginal Tab single; u/m, vf, Ba $700

[**] Start: $180 Lot #: 226 15m perf 10¾ vertical pair w/tab type 4 (Rough perfs type) Imperforate Between Stp & Tab; u/m, vf, Ba FCV39 - $2000, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[**] Start: $500

Lot #: 227 15 mil perf 10¾ (#4e) the 5 existing tab types 1 to 5, type 4 u/m others used with light postmarks, type 5 with FD cancel, types 1 & 5 occur only once on each sheet of the May printing; f-vf & scarce, Ba $1900

[**] [] [] [] [O] Start: $300

Lot #: 228 20 mil perf 10x11 ,all 6 existing tab types on Thin Yellow paper types 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4 & 5 - 4 mint & 2 used; fine (x6) scarce, Ba $2840

[**] [*] [] [(*)] [O] Start: $500

Lot #: 229 50m Perf 10x10, perf 10 also at base of Tab prepared for the Minister Sheets; w/o gum, fine, Ba 6f - $2800 + premium for perf 10 at base (most of 10x10 stps are offcentered) [**] Start: $350

Lot #: 230 Perf 10x10: 50m right marginal Tab, extra perf 10 at base of tab, Variety: Double Perf Vertically between the Stp & the Right Margin; u/m, scattered light toning on gum, f - vf, Ba $2800 + the variety, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**,*] Start: $400

Lot #: 231 Perf 10x11: 50m Setting A Thin Yellow paper - 3 diff. Tab types - 2 items: a) Left marginal Tabblock of 4 t. 1 & 2 & Double Perf Horiz between the stps; b) Right marginal Tabblock of 4 t. 2 & 4; u/m, item a - 1 tab corner bend o/w vf (4 tabs), Ba $1280+

[**] Start: $350

Lot #: 232 250m PERF 11 single w/Tab printed on Thin Yellow paper (not the regular Thick paper) this used for printing the Low values; w/o gum, fine & Very Rare, (Ba as #7fa but perf 11) est. cat. value $4000++, certif. Tsachor-Aloni [(*)] Start: $600 Lot #: 233 500m Perf 10x10 perf 10 also at base of Tab as prepared for the Minister Sheets; w/o gum, horiz. fold, few shortish perfs still fine & Very Rare, Ba 8f - $3800 + premium for perf 10 at base (most of 10x10 stps are offcentered), certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[*] Start: $1500

Lot #: 234 1000m (#9f) Perf 10x10 FULL TAB single, this very seldom offered as in most tabs w/this perf the bottom selvedge is missing, typical offcentering; scattered spots, gum scratch, fine & Rare, Ba $6,500 for u/m, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**,*] Start: $1800

Lot #: 235 4 different perforations on 1 cv: 3-50m (#1/6) set of 6 w/Tabs on private addressed FDC QIRYAT HAIM 16 MAY 48 reintroduced Mandate pmk. Perforations: 3m - 10x11, 10m - Rouletted, 15m - 10¾, 5, 20 & 50 - 11; cleverly cleaned o/w vf, such a comb. very Rarely offered, certif. Tsachor

[CV] Start: $250

DOAR IVRI 3 - 50 MILS: THE DIFFERENT TAB TYPES & PAPERS

Lot #: 236 3 mil perf 11 - 4 diff tab types: 1, 1a, 1b & 2 (1 unused - no gum & 3 used), on Thin White paper, Tab Distance = 5½ mm, from Ba group 10.1; fine (x4) & Very Rare as less then 10 examples of each tab type recorded

[O] Start: $400

Lot #: 237 5 Rare tabs: a) 3m Thin White paper Tab Distance 5½ mm tab type 1a - 1 in a tabrow of 10, belonging to the Very Rare pl. bl. grp. 10.1, u/m; b) ditto but tab type 1aa - also 1 in a tabrow of 10, u/m; c) 10m Thick White paper, typical short tab & rough perfs, belonging to the Very Rare pl. bl. grp. 73, light hinge trace; d) 15m (#4) Type 6 Thin White paper pmkd 30.1.1949 - the only recorded used on this paper; e) ditto type, Transparent paper pmkd 1.10.1948; item c - f-vf, all others vf (x5) a Rare offer, certif Tsachor-Aloni, bargain at [**] [*] [] [(*)] [O] Start: $250

Lot #: 238 10m Grey Paper - the 2 diff. Tabrows of 10: a) 5 lines text on tab, Ba #3a - $ 650+; b) Wrong Tab - 4 lines text on tab, Ba #3b - $ 100+; u/m, vf (x20 tabs) Ba $ 750+

[**] Start: $220

Lot #: 239 15 mil 3 better mint tabs on Thin Yellow paper, types 6, 3a & 4b: type 6 is the only recorded on this paper; u/m, pair vf, single fine & Rare

[**] Start: $300

Lot #: 240 15m - Tabblock of 4 types 6 & 3a! Transparent paper; top stps hinged bottom tabs w/gum faults, fine & Rare as less than 15 tabs type 6 recorded

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $160

Lot #: 241 15m Setting B Thin White paper, right marginal Tabblock of 4 - t. 8 & 8 emanating from scarce pl. bl grp 98; u/m, vf (x2 tabs), certif Tsachor [**] Start: $250

Lot #: 242 15m - 7 better tabs including: on Transparent paper (pl bl grp 97) types 4 & 6, on Thin White paper (grp 98) types 3, 3a, 4b, 7 & 8, 4 unused (2 u/m, 1 mint & 1 w/o gum) & 3 used; mixed condition, generally fine (x7) & scarce

[**] [*] [] [(*)] [O] Start: $250

Lot #: 243 50m Setting B Grey paper -Tabblock of 4 types 4 & 2a fine early printing; finger prints on gum, u/m, vf (x2 tabs), Ba 6a x 2 - $620+

[**] Start: $150 Lot #: 244 50m Setting A right marginal Tabblock of 10 (5x2) 5 Tabs t. 2, 3, 2, 2 & 4 on Thin Yellow paper; hinged & gum faults on top stps not affecting tabbed stps which are u/m & vf (x5 tabs), Ba $1400+

[**] Start: $400

DOAR IVRI: 3 - 1000 MILS FULL SHEETS

Lot #: 245 3 -50m (#1/6) cpl set of 6 in full sheets of 100, all perf 11, 3m - #9791 grp 15, 5m - #160094 grp 60, 10m - #18825 grp 89, 15m - #31616 grp 106.2, 20m - #13760 grp 125, 50m - #7520 grp 141 Grey paper; u/m, 5m light toning, 20m small separations in margins, 50m tiny spot, generally vf for such large sheets (x6) Ba $ 4500

[**] Start: $1200

Lot #: 246 THE ULTIMATE ISRAEL RARITY: 250, 500 & 1000 mils (#7/9) Complete set of 3 in Sheets of 50 - each 5 Full Tabs: 250m - #1580 grp 154, 500m - #1820 grp 155, 1000m - #820 grp 157; original gum unmounted mint, well centered, minor gum disturbances, 1000m - 2 small tears at bottom margin of 2 left tabs - restored, vf (x3) & Extremely Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $32000

DOAR IVRI: THE HIGH VALUES Lot #: 247 THE LONG TAB VARIETY: 1000m perf 11 full tab single on Medium Blue paper, Imperforate at base of tab (long tab); w/o gum, well centered, fine & Very Rare, (Ba – #9a - $8000), appx. 10 recorded, certif. Muentz

Start: $1200

Lot #: 248 1000m (#9) w/Full tab perf 10x10, perf 10 also at base of Tab, Very Long Tab Imperf Between the Tab & the Regular Bottom Selvedge, as prepared for the Minister Sheets; w/o gum, fine Rarity Ba 9fa - $10,000, certif Tsachor - Aloni

Start: $1200

Lot #: 249 1000m perf 10x10 full tab single, on Medium Blue paper, Imperforate at base of tab (long tab), variety: double perf between stamp & tab; w/out gum, fine & Very Rare, Ba – #9fa - $10000++, certif Tsachor-Aloni

Start: $1500

Lot #: 250 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) cpt set of the 3 High Values in Vertical Pairs with FULL TABS, perf 11; u/m, 250m only top stp faint trace of hinge, all tabbed stps u/m, well centered, lovely colors, beautiful set, Ba $6600, certif. Tsachor- Aloni

[**] Start: $2500 Lot #: 251 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) set of the 3 High Values w/Full Tabs, 500 & 1000m left marginals, perf 11; u/m, vf (x3), Ba $6600, certif Tsachor

[**] Start: $2400

Lot #: 252 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) set of the 3 High Values w/Full Tabs, all left marginals, perf 11; 250 small scratch, all w/light finger prints on gum side, u/m, vf (x3), Ba $6600, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[**] Start: $1600

Lot #: 253 250, 500 & 1000 m (#7/9) set of the 3 High Values FULL TABS, perf 11, u/m, 250 m right marginal; 500 m light toning at base of tab - fine, 250 & 1000m vf, Ba $6600, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[**] [] [**,*] Start: $1600

Lot #: 254 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) set of the 3 High Values w/Full Tabs, perf 11, 1000m left marginal, all w/part circular 1948 pmks; vf (x3), Ba $2500

[O] Start: $800 Lot #: 255 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) set w/Full Tabs, perf 11, 500m perf at bottom type 8a, 250m right marginal, all lightly used, Tabul Exhibition pmk 2.5.1949; vf (x3)

[O] Start: $700

Lot #: 256 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) set of the 3 High Values w/Full tabs used, perf 11, w/circular pmks 250m 7/1948, 500m 6/1948, 1000m on c/o 8/1948; f-vf (x3), Ba #2500+, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[O] [C/O] Start: $500

Lot #: 257 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) set of the 3 High Values w/tabs (#9 w/o bottom selvage), perf 11, tied to 3 cutouts by clear pmks of the TABUL Exhibition 4.5.1949; vf (x3)

[C/O] Start: $450

Lot #: 258 3 - 1000m (#1/9) w/Full Tabs on the Official FDC tied by Tel-Aviv FD slogans 16.5.1948. 3 & 10m perf 10x11 balance perf 11, high values slightly overlapping tab ends of low values; scattered spots, cleaned, fine, Ba $5000, certif Muentz

[CV] Start: $1300 Lot #: 259 3 - 1000m (#1/9) cpl set of 9 w/Full Tabs affixed to the 1st Official Minister Sheet, Multi perf varieties: 3m 10x10!, 5m perf 11, 10, 20 & 50m perf 10x11, 15m perf 10¾ , 250 & 1000m perf 10x10!!! & 500m perf 11, all except 500m perf 10 at base of tabs as prepared for the Minister Sheets, 250m on Thin Yellow paper (Ba #7fa) & 1000m Imperf Between Tab & Base (#9fa, v. long tab); vf Rarity (Ba $20,300 for mint stps)

Start: $1500

Lot #: 260 3 - 1000m (#1/9) cpl set of 9 Full Tabs affixed to the Official Minister Sheet 16.5.1948, 50m perf 10x11 balance perf 11; f-vf, certif Tsachor - Aloni

Start: $700

Lot #: 261 Imaba 2 items; a) 3 - 1000m (#1/9) cpl set of 9 w/Full Tabs affixed to the 1948 Imaba Sheet all stps hinged, 1000m stuck to sheet, perf 11; b) Bklt w/D. Ivri 3 - 50m Tab Pairs, each 1 tab hinged & 2nd u/m, 50m on Grey paper (Ba SB1); scattered spots, fine (x2)

[BKLT] Start: $600

DOAR IVRI: PLATE BLOCKS

Lot #: 262 5m pl bl grp 21.2 #10026 Thin Yellow paper, New Lowest No. for the grp; u/m, vf & Rare, Ba $3000+

[**] Start: $750

Lot #: 263 5m pl bl Ba grp #21.4, serial no. 10252, lowest recorded number, on Thin Yellow paper; u/m, light gum fault, f-vf & Very Rare, Ba $3500. certif. Tsachor (photo)

[**] Start: $1000

Lot #: 264 5m pl bl grp 29a #22912 on Thin Yellow paper, the lowest No. of the 2 recorded blocks from this elusive grp. Vertical Double perf at right; u/m, 2 horiz. gum wrinkles o/w vf & Extremely Rare, Ba $3750+++, certif. Tsachor

[**] Start: $900

Lot #: 265 5m pl bl Ba grp #33, serial no. 08348, on Medium White paper; u/m, f-vf & scarce, Ba $1500

[**] Start: $400 Lot #: 266 5m pl bl Ba grp #34.1, serial no. 10150, on Medium White paper; o/g, hinged, fine & scarce, Ba $1700

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $400

Lot #: 267 5m pl bl Ba grp #43, serial no. 28586, on Thin White paper; u/m, vf, Ba $700

[**] Start: $200

Lot #: 268 5m pl bl Ba grp #61, serial no. 165270, on Medium White paper; u/m, vf, Ba $1500

[**] Start: $400 Lot #: 269 5m pl bl grp. 61 #165245; u/m, light gum toning o/w vf, Ba $1500

[**] [] [**,*] Start: $220

Lot #: 270 10m pl bl Ba grp #68.1, serial no. 18486, on Thin Yellow paper instead the listed Thin White paper; u/m, light gum faults, f-vf & Rare, Ba $1500 for the regular Thin White, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $600

Lot #: 271 10m pl bl Ba grp #72.2, serial no. 20279, on Thin White paper, lowest recorded number; o/g hinged on margin, f-vf & Rare, Ba $3000

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $700

Lot #: 272 10m pl bl Ba grp #73, serial no. 24283, on Thick White Paper; o/g hinged on margin, f-vf & Very Rare, Ba $5500, 1 of 6 recorded, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**] [*] [] [(*)] Start: $1200 Lot #: 273 10m pl bl grp 79.3 #37795 on the Transparent paper; u/m, vf & Rare, Ba $3500, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $400

Lot #: 274 15m perf 10¾ pl bl Ba grp #95, serial no. 1687, on Thin Yellow paper, clear perforations; u/m, vf, Ba $800

[**] Start: $200

Lot #: 275 15m perf 10¾ pl bl Ba grp #95, serial no. 1775, on Thin Yellow paper, cancelled First Day YAJUR NESHER 16 MY 48; used, f-vf, Ba $800

[O] Start: $250 Lot #: 276 15m pl. bl grp 98 #06836 on Thin White paper; u/m, vf & scarce, Ba $1100, certif Tsachor

[**] Start: $350

Lot #: 277 15m pl bl Ba grp #99, serial no. 7145, on Thin Yellow paper; o/g hinged on right margin, f-vf, Ba $1100

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $250

Lot #: 278 20m pl bl grp 120.1 #1836 on Thin Yellow paper; u/m, vf, Ba $1700

[**] Start: $200

Lot #: 279 20m perf 10x11 pl bl of 6 Ba grp #123, serial no. 4305, on Thin Yellow paper; u/m, horiz. fold top margin, minor gum faults, f-vf & Rare, Ba $2600

[**] Start: $500 Lot #: 280 20m pl bl grp 123 #4426 Perf 10x11 centrally cancelled in TLV; thin point at top margin, fine, Ba $2600 & Rare

[O] Start: $300

Lot #: 281 20m pl bl Ba grp #126.1, serial no. 29031, on Transparent paper; u/m, vf & scarce, Ba $1500

[**] Start: $300

Lot #: 282 20m pl bl Ba grp #129, serial no. 29953, on Transparent paper; u/m, vf & Rare, Ba $3300

[**] Start: $600 Lot #: 283 500m pl bl Ba grp #155.1, serial no. 082, on Yellowish paper, the lowest number in the group; u/m, light fingerprints, vf, seldom offered, Ba $6000, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $1500

Lot #: 284 1000m perf 11 pl bl Ba grp #156, serial no. 171, on Medium Blue paper; tiny trace of hinge top left margin, minor gum fault, well centered, f-vf, Ba $2300

[**] [*] Start: $500

Lot #: 285 250, 500 & 1000m (#7/9) pl bls grp 153 #031, grp 155 # 465, grp 157 #2146; u/m, 250 & 500 tiny gum faults, 1000m vf, f-vf (x3), Ba $ 3275

[**] Start: $550

Lot #: 286 3 - 1000m (#1/9) collection of 117 different plate blocks incl: grps 2, 3, 13, 20, 22, 24, 27, 37, 46, 52, 55.1, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 72, 84,97, 114.1, 115, 121, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144/152, 154, 155, 157 (high values pl bls) & many more; u/m or mint, very few lightly hinged, f-vf (x117), Ba $ 12.300, basic run of Doar Ivri plate block collection, a great opportunity

[**] [*] [] [(*)] Start: $1000 DOAR IVRI: VARIETIES

Lot #: 287 3 mil plate block of 6 perf 10 horizontally, all vertical perfs omitted, in light Yellow shade, from sheet no. 5887 (in the rouletted sequence) unlisted; scattered spots, f - vf & Very Rare, like Ba FCV530.4 - $12000, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**,*] Start: $5000

Lot #: 288 3 mil Tab block of 6 perf 10 horizontally all vertical perfs omitted in light Yellow shade, from sheet no. 5887 (in the rouletted sequence) unlisted; u/m, scattered spots, f - vf & Very Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**,*] Start: $4500

Lot #: 289 3m (#1) Pale Orange Underinked Plate - 1 sheet recorded, top left marginal block of 4 stps Perforated 10 Horizontally all vertical Perfs Omitted; u/m, scattered spots, horizontal fold at edge of upper margin, mentioned for accuracy only, f - vf & seldom offered, sign Tsachor & Aloni

[**,*] Start: $700

Lot #: 290 10m perf 10x11 Tab Pair Imperforate Vert. Between, tied to a private FDC by the official FD Slogan TEL AVIV 16 5 1948; vf & unusual, Ba #FCV46 - $750 ++, signed Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 291 15m perf 10¾ vertical pair w/tab type 2 Imperforate Between Stp & Tab; u/m, tiny wrinkle base of tab, vf, exceptionally well centered for this perf, Ba FCV39 - $2000

[**] Start: $500

Lot #: 292 50m (#6) single w/Tab, Imperf Between Stp & Tab; u/m, tiny gum fault, f - vf, Ba FCV42 - $1000 [**] Start: $200

Lot #: 293 50m (#6) right marginal block of 12 stps perf 10 Verticaly, all Horizontal perfs omitted, Double Perf Vertically Between columns 8 & 9; u/m, light gum wrinkles, horiz. fold between 3rd & 4th rows, f- vf & Very Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni, a SHOWPIECE

[**] Start: $1600

Lot #: 294 250m (#7) Tabblock of 6, 3 Tabs (3x2) All Vertical Perfs Shifted to the Left; no gum, fine Spectacular variety

[(*)] Start: $600

Lot #: 295 500m (#8) single perf 11, Imperforate Between Left Margin & Stp; u/m, vf, tiny spot on gum side, Ba FCV63 - $1300, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $350

Lot #: 296 500m (#8) top left corner vertical strip of 5, Vertically Imperforate between the Stamps & Margin; w/o gum, fine & Very Rare Show Piece, Ba FCV 63 x5- $ 6500++, certif Tsachor- Aloni

Start: $1800

Lot #: 297 1000m perf 10x10 full tab single, on Medium Blue paper, long tab - Perforated 10 also at base of Tab , variety: Double Perf between Stamp & Tab, cancelled FD slogan of TLV; vf & Very Rare, Ba #9fa - $10000++, certif Tsachor-Aloni [O] Start: $2000

1948 1ST POSTAGE DUES Lot #: 298 1st Postage Dues proofs – 5 mil on Yellowish paper Imperforate tabblock of 4, without overprint; u/m, vf & scarce, Ba PD2d - $1000

[PROOF] Start: $300

Lot #: 299 ditto – 20 mil on Yellowish paper Imperforate plate block of 6, without overprint serial No 1102; u/m, scattered spots, f-vf & Very Rare, Ba PD4d - $5400, only 4 sheets recorded

[PROOF] Start: $1000

Lot #: 300 ditto – 20 mil on Yellowish paper Imperforate right marginal tabblock of 4, without overprint; u/m, vf & scarce, Ba PD4d - $1000

[PROOF] Start: $400

Lot #: 301 1st Postage Dues Trial – 5 mil on Yellowish paper bottom Tabblock of 6 overprint inverted, perforation is the rouletted type; u/m, vf & Very Rare, Ba PD2R2 - $3000++ , Striking Variety 3 tabs w/Inverted Ovpt, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[TRIAL] Start: $750 Lot #: 302 1st Postage Dues Trial – 5 mil on Yellow paper left marginal tabblock of 4 with albino overprint "Postage Dues", perforation is the rouletted type; original gum hinged top stamps bottom tabs u/m, f-vf & Very Rare (Ba unlisted) certif Tsachor-Aloni

[TRIAL] Start: $500

Lot #: 303 Color Trials - 2 diff 10m Tabs: a) Indigo on White; b) Red-Brown on Yellowish; u/m (x2) item a - gum fault so f-vf, b -vf, Ba ED 54 & 57 - $900

[TRIAL] Start: $220

Lot #: 304 3 - 50m (#J1/5) cpl set of 5 singles w/Tabs; u/m, vf (x5), Ba $3200, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[**] Start: $1000

Lot #: 305 ditto, 3 - 50m (Sc #J1/5) cpl set in Vertical Pairs with TABS; u/m, well centered, each tiny pencil mark at base of tab, 5, 10 & 20m tiny spots, 20m very light gum fault on tab, fine (x5) Ba $3275, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $800

Lot #: 306 3 - 50m (#J1/5) cpl set of 5 singles w/Tabs; u/m, 50m shortened tab, fine (x5), signed Burger, Ba $3200, [**] Start: $300

Lot #: 307 1st Postage Dues – Overprint Omitted 3, 20 & 50 mils singles, 20 mil top marginal; o/g, hinged, 20m on margin, f-vf (x3) & Rare (only one sheet of each existed, 5 mils does not exist) Ba PD1a, 4a & 5a - $1350

[**] [*] [] [(*)] Start: $300

Lot #: 308 50m Ovpt Omitted left marginal single; u/m, very light bend, vf, Ba PD5a - $600

[**] Start: $150

Lot #: 309 COMPULSORY REGISTRATION: 1 DEC 1948 airmail cv Chicago to Jerusalem, censored & as probably contained valuables (money notes or stamps) was subject to Compulsory Registration, marked in manuscript "To pay 25 mils" & Jerusalem 17 regist. label applied on front - Taxed 25mils - 1st P. Dues (#J2 + 2x#J3) tied by pmk JERUSALEM 6 - 14 12 1948; light vert. centerfold, f-vf & Rare

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 310 6 April 1949 airmail cv Boston to Holon - Israel, censored & passed customs (label & cachet), as probably contained valuables was subject to Compulsory Registration, marked in manuscript & cachet "To pay 50 mils" double the regist. fee of 25m & TEL AVIV 9 regist. label applied on front - Taxed 50mils - 1st P. Dues (#J3 + 2x#J4) tied by pmk HOLON - 15 5 1949 repeated on back showing also TEL AVIV transit pmk of 13 5 1949; opened for display, vf & Rare

[CV] Start: $600

Lot #: 311 15 November 1949 "Shnor" (Donation) cv Brooklyn - N. York to Jerusalem, censored & as contained $1 bill, note at bottom right, was subject to Compulsory Registration, marked "To pay 25 mils" & Jerusalem 14 regist. label applied on front - Taxed 150 mils - 3x50m 1st P. Dues (3x#J5) on back tied by pmk JERUSALEM 14 - 21 12 1949, as Top of the Pile for 6 such cvs; opened for display, light folds, f-vf & Rare, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $800

Lot #: 312 EARLY TAXATIONS: Tel Aviv commerc cv locally mailed franked w/Keren Tel Hai label for postage, boxed cachet "To pay 20 mils" & taxed 20m (#J4) 1st P. Dues stp (marginal sheet No. 0886 - Rare on cv) tied by TEL AVIV 30.5.1948 pmk, Very Early use of the 1st P. Dues in TLV; vf, photog. in the 20th Anniversary publication of the WPC p. 54

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 313 Earliest Date of the Postage Dues in Haifa - commerc bank window cv locally mailed in Haifa on 30.5.1948, franked 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #12) demonetized as of 23.5.48, Haifa "T" & boxed "To Pay 20m", Taxed on 1.6.1948 20m (#J4) 1st Postage Due - FD of use in Haifa; horiz light fold thru the window, fine & Rare, certif Tsachor [CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 314 Haifa local cv Unfranked marked large T & boxed "TO PAY 20 Mils", Taxed 1st P. Dues 20m (#J4 marginal) tied by pmk HAIFA 1.6.1948 FD for the P. Dues in Haifa; vert centerfold, f - vf, cerif Tsachor

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 315 Printed Matter cv sent locally in Haifa, franked 3m (SG#91) Mandate stp, demonetized as of 16.5.1948, encircled as such, postmarked at bottom right trilingual HAIFA 27.7.1948 & "To Pay 6 mils" boxed cachet was applied, taxed 1st P. Dues 6m stps (2x#J1) tied by HAIFA trilingual 28.7.1948 pmks; cross centerfold & minor creases, fine, certif, Tsachor [CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 316 28.7.1948 commerc. cv TLV to R. L. Zion "Pardess Ltd" franked 10m (#3) but as over weight should have been franked 16m, boxed "To Pay 012 mils" double the deficiency & taxed 12m 1st P. Dues (4x#J1) tied by pmk RISHON LE TSIYON 29.7.1948 ; folded not thru stps, fine & scarce

[CV] Start: $500 Lot #: 317 11.10.1948 PARDESS HANNA New Year greeting card small cv to Hadera franked demonetized 3m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #1) tied by the above pmk addit. 2 strikes alongside, printed matter rate changed on 1.10.1948 to 5 mils so marked boxed "To Pay 10 mils", but as still during the grace period of 2 weeks (until 14.10) it was corrected to 6 mils this collected in Hadera by 1st P. Dues 6mils (2x#J1) tied by the Very Rare HADERA / M.O. 14 OC 48 (Money Order marking); vf & a Rare combination, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[CV] Start: $1000

Lot #: 318 12/1948 commerc air mail cv 21x15cms Paris to TLV charged "T0.90", boxed "To Pay 108m" & Taxed 108m 1st P. Dues: 3 + 5 + 2x50m (J1 + J2 + 2xJ5) tied by TLV pmks 14.12.1949 backstamped the same. At the end of 1949 the rate of exchange used by the Post was 1 cent. d'Or = 1.2pr, so 0.90 Fr. d'Or = 90c d'Or = 108 pr; fine & colorful

[CV] Start: $220

Lot #: 319 3/1949 commerc air mail cv Johannesburg to TLV, overweight so underfranked & marked "T 150 centimes" & box "To Pay 150m", taxed 3x50m (3x #J5) 1st P. Dues in TLV; vert centerfold away from stps, fine

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 320 1st P. Dues - 4 taxed domestic cvs: a) Haifa 22.3.49 cv frank only 10m taxed 10m - 2x5m - 2x #J2, 1 with TAB; b) Haifa 18.8.49 unfranked cv to Kfar Bilu taxed in Rehovoth 30m - #J3 with TAB & J4; c) 4.49 cv Kfar Sava to TLV frank Doar Ivri 10m (#3) & 5pr 1st revenues (#REV1) taxed 10m (#J3); d) 9.6.48 Haifa cv to Nesher frank 3m Doar Ivri (#1) not accepted as P. Matter taxed 14m corrected to 15m - #J2 & J3 applied tied by Mandate type pmk YAJUR NESHER 25 JU 48; item a - f-vf, balance vf, Rare taxations [CV] Start: $300

1948 - 1ST FESTIVALS

Lot #: 321 1948 Festivals 3-65m (#10/14) cpl set of 5 VERTICAL GUTTERS WITH TABS White at edges; u/m, vf (x5), seldom offered so fine, Ba $7500, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $2800

Lot #: 322 3 - 65m (#10/14) cpl set of 5 Vertical Pairs GUTTERS & TABS, White at edges; all u/m, 3 & 65m tiny gum faults, 5 & 10m tiny spots on gum side, 20m vf, balance f - vf (x5), Ba $7500, certif Tsachor-Aloni

[**] [] [**,*] Start: $1200

Lot #: 323 3 - 65m (#10/14) cpl set of 5 in Vertical Gutters w/TABS (White) each value tied to a small cutout by a vf circular pmk - TEL AVIV 7 - 2.11.1948; few tiny spots, a lovely vf (x5) set, signed Gotlieb, certif Tsachor - Aloni, Ba 10/14c - $3500+

[C/O] Start: $1100 Lot #: 324 3 - 65m (#10/14) cpl set of 5 in Vertical Gutters w/TABS (White) lightly used; 20m tiny spot, a lovely vf (x5) set, certif Tsachor - Aloni, Ba 10/14c - $3500+

[O] Start: $1000

Lot #: 325 10 & 20m (Ba #12/13c) 2 Vertical Gutters with Tabs (White); u/m, vf, Ba $2350 bargain at

[**] Start: $300

Lot #: 326 3 - 65m (#10/14) cpl set of 5 Cross Gutters - Heart of Sheets blocks of 4, used w/light circular TEL AVIV 10/1948 pmks; vf (x5), Ba 10/14CG - $1750 [O] Start: $450

Lot #: 327 3 - 65m (#10/14) set of 5 Plate Blocks of 12 (4x3) Tete-Beche type each 3 TB pairs + marginal, all from pl 1; u/m, vf (x5) & Rare

[**] Start: $160

Lot #: 328 3 - 65m, (#10/14) set of 5 Plate Blocks of 12 (4x3) Tete-Beche type each 3 TB pairs + marginal, all from pl 4; u/m, vf (x5) & Rare

[**] Start: $160

Lot #: 329 3-65m (#10/14) cpl set of marginal Tete-Bech blocks of 4, each w/FD pmk HAIFA 7 - 26.9.1948, later affixed to the official FDCs; vf (x5) certif. Muentz, Very Rare to find these w/FD pmks

[O] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [CV] Start: $500

Lot #: 330 3-65m (#10/14) cpl set of the 30 plate blocks, each of the 5 denoms., the 6 diff. plates, each pl. bl. 3 Tete-Beche pairs; u/m, 1 of 3m & 5m stained, balance few spots f-vf (x30) Ba $3000

[**] [] [**,*] Start: $300

Lot #: 331 3 - 65m (#10/14) Complete set of all 30 Tete-Beche Pairs w/ Plate Nos., each plate - the 5 pairs; u/m, vf (x30) & a Rare set

[**] Start: $250

Lot #: 332 DOUBLE PERF: 65m (#14) Vertical Gutter pair w/Tabs, Double Perf through upper stp & tab; u/m, light wrinkles on edge of tabs, vf & Rare, Ba 14c var - $4800 ++, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $900 Lot #: 333 #13, 20m - Ribbon Completely Misplaced (Ba #13XIII) - 2 items: a) single used pmk TEL AVIV 10.10.48; b) 3-65m set prepared for the official FDC but uncancelled as the variety noticed; vf (x2) both unlisted

[O] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [CV] Start: $200

ISRAEL: ESSAYS & PROOFS

Lot #: 334 1948 ARMY STAMPS (unissued) - 4 original ARTWORKS Black ink on Yellowish high quality paper by Otto Wallish, written Military Post in Hebrew at bottom, 10 denom depicting "Ancient Warrior with a Bow" (written ZVAO instead of ZVAI) , 15 - "Sword & Olive Branch", 20 - "Tower & Stockade" & 50 - "Sword & Olive Branch", size of design 8.5x16 cms, final designs for the printed Color Trials (The Running Stag - M. Persoff, page 61); all stuck onto thick cardboard, vf & Unique, found by G. Muentz in the Wallish estate, certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[ESSAY] Start: $2000

Lot #: 335 1948/9 LION FLAG ESSAY - 2 perforated Sheetlets of 4 in Red-Orange & Grey w/Black embossing printed on ungummed Yellowish paper; vf (2) [ESSAY] Start: $500

Lot #: 336 ditto, 2 perforated Sheetlets of 4 in pale Brown & Olive w/Black embossing printed on ungummed Yellowish paper; vf (2) [ESSAY] Start: $500

Lot #: 337 ditto, 2 perforated Sheetlets of 4 in pale Blue & Green Blue w/Black embossing printed on ungummed Yellowish paper; vf (2) [ESSAY] Start: $500

Lot #: 338 ditto, 2 perforated Sheetlets of 4 in Pale Blue & Blue w/Black embossing printed on ungummed Yellowish paper; vf (2) [ESSAY] Start: $500

Lot #: 339 ditto, perforated Sheetlet of 4 in Pale Brown w/o the Black embossing printed on ungummed Yellowish paper; vf & Very Scarce [ESSAY] Start: $400 Lot #: 340 ditto, perforated Sheetlet of 4 in Pale Green w/Black embossing, horizontal double perf at top, printed on ungummed Yellowish paper; vf [ESSAY] Start: $350

Lot #: 341 1949 2nd Coins - "ISRAEL" Essay: 10 & 20pr Imperforate blocks of 4 in Claret on large sheetlet w/large colored margins, 215x150mm, printed on thick ungummed paper; vf & scarce, certif Tsachor - Aloni, from the Estate of A. Eylon, the 1st Director of the Govmnt Printing Press

[ESSAY] Start: $700

Lot #: 342 "ISRAEL" Essay for 1949 2nd Coins Composite Essay Sheet w/Imperforate Blocks of 4 - 10 & 20pr denominations in Blue on ungummed high quality paper, huge margins w/wide ribbon in same color top & bottom; vf

[ESSAY] Start: $700

Lot #: 343 1949 TABUL sheetlet Sc 16, (issued Imperforate) Perforated Line 11(rough perf) similar perfs of the 1948 1st Coins & 1949 Petah Tiqva stamps, trial perforation found unsatisfactory as line perfs cut through Hebrew lettering; few gum faults, fine & Very Rare, certif. Tsachor

[TRIAL] Start: $500 Lot #: 344 1950 1st Air Mails: Imperforate Composite Essay in blocks of 4 Grey-Blue on White gummed paper w/wide Grey-Blue margins all around: 30pr Unadopted design, 40 & 250pr the Adopted designs; few light scattered spots on gum side as expected for such a large multiple (20½ x 24cm), vf & Very Rare, certif Tsachor, sold in our April 1992 auction, lot 1313, for a total of $7800

[ESSAY] Start: $2000

Lot #: 345 ditto, TAB INSCRIPTIONS - Proof Sheet of 4 enlarged Tab Inscriptions on white glazed paper 13½ x 29cm , Adopted texts for the 40, 50 & 250pr, rejected text on top for 1 tab; vf, ex O. Wallish, sign Muentz, an important & Unique item last time on the market in our 1st auction June 1990 sold in a lot of 3 diff proof sheets for a total of $7000

[PROOF] Start: $300

Lot #: 346 1952 Z.O.A. (Sc. 65, Ba 71) - 9 items from the design process of the stamp & the FDC, each item is signed by the designer W.W. Wind: a) Clean drawings of the Lettering in Over-Proportion of Thickness & in Normal Proportion, denom. 220, sizes about 20 x 12 cms; b) Paper Masking for Spraying the halftone plate of the Grey & Blue colors, each 19 x 12½ cms; c) Register tracing for the Grey color stencil (20 x 13 cms); d) Register tracing for the stencil of the FDC (19 x 13 cms); e) Register for line plate of the Grey color (18 x 7 cms); f) Register for the Blue color stencil (18 x 6 cms ); g) Paper Masking for the FDC (15 x 8 cms); vf (x 9), Unique Exhibition lot [ESSAY] Start: $450

Lot #: 347 Helmet Essay in Red - Full Gutter Sheet of 2x20 stps IMPERFORATE, printed on White glazed paper w/o gum. Not issued; vf, a similar sheet sold by Cherryston Auctions June 2018 for $1800 [ESSAY] Start: $900

Lot #: 348 1955 Lamp Essay (for Sc. 91) - composite Essay in Black depicting 2 diff. Oil Lamp designs in 2 blocks of 4 on 1 Imperforate sheetlet, gummed paper, large margins & printer's marks; u/m, few scattered spots, unusual clear printing offset on back, vf

[ESSAY] Start: $180

ISRAEL: IMPERFORATES, TRIALS & ERRORS

Lot #: 349 1949 JERUSALEM 250 pr (Sc #24) Imperforate w/extra long Tab; u/m, light gum bends, f-vf, Ba $2000

[**] Start: $600

Lot #: 350 1949 FLAG 20 pr (Sc #15) Imperforate left Tab w/extra long margin; u/m, tiny thin at bottom right, few bends, f-vf, Ba $2400

[**] Start: $750

Lot #: 351 Ca. 1950/2 Essay of a 20pr Coin in Red UNISSUED in Left Marginal horizontal PAIR final printing, same coin design as 5pr 2nd & 3rd issues & 35pr 4th issue (Ba #22, 42 & 61); u/m, vf & Rare, only part of 1 sheet discovered, certif Tsachor - Aloni, see photo Ba 2016 edit. p. 74

[ESSAY] Start: $700

Lot #: 352 1952 Postage Dues - the UNISSUED 1000pr denomination in BLOCK of 4 final printing, printed in 1959 but filed away due to the monetary reform on 1.1.1960 - 100ag = 1IL; u/m, vf & Very Rare, only 1 sheet of 40 recorded , Ba 2016 edit. photo of a single stp p. 146, certif Tsachor - Aloni

[ESSAY] Start: $1400

Lot #: 353 1953 Maimonides 110pr (Sc 74, Ba 87) Color Trial in Light Brown (lighter shade than the issued) Imperforate Horiz strip of 3, printer's Color Scale at left and at base of sheet w/large margins, printed on the issued Israel wmk gummed paper, serial no. 000668 at base; full gum u/m except for a hinge trace at extreme left of margin, folded o/w vf, w/usual archive security punch holes, Rarity, certif Tsachor- Aloni, Ba 89C1 - $2000 for 2 tabs

[TRIAL] Start: $2500

Lot #: 354 1973 Landscapes 0.65IL (Ba 574) Imperforate Plate Block of 4 (date 140973) fully gummed; u/m, few creases, generally f-vf & Extremely Rare, Ba 574Imp, unpriced by Bale [**] Start: $400

Lot #: 355 1973 Landscapes 0.65IL (Ba 574) Imperforate Top Marginal Block of 6 (3x2) fully gummed; u/m, few light creases, generally f-vf, Ba 574Imp. - $1200++ (calculated as 6 singles) nice multiple [**] Start: $200

Lot #: 356 1974 JERUSALEM Miniature Sheets (Ba #MS11/13) set of 3 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0 IL in UNCUT VERTICAL GUTTER PAIRS w/Serial Nos. on the Gutter. 2.0 & 3.0 IL are Perforated: MS.12b & 13b (Ba 2x$800 = $1600). 1.0 IL is IMPERFORATE Unlisted as a Gutter Pair calculated as 2 single Imperf. sheetlets: MS.11a (2x700 = $1400); u/m, vf, (x3) & Rare, total Ba $3000+

[**] Start: $750

Lot #: 357 1950 Independence 40 pr left marginal Imperforate Between Tab & Bottom Selvedge (Ba 30I - $ 1800) tied to registered cv together w/20pr tabbed stp by pmk TEL-AVIV 9 - 18.3.1951 locally addressed; vf, seldom offered, signed Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $300 Lot #: 358 1952 POSTAGE DUES 5pr (Sc J/12) cpl sheet of 30 ser. no. 156369 but printed on light Red-Brown paper completely different from the regular White paper (enclosed for comparison); vf, u/m, Striking

[**] Start: $400

Lot #: 359 Zodiac 30a on 32a Overprint Omitted (Ba #238a) in a plate block of 4 dated 280665; u/m, vf

[**] Start: $150

Lot #: 360 16.10.81 Haifa Slogan "Use the Zip Code" - the dated circle at the left has all the City name in English, Hebrew & Arabic in a MIRROR position - the commerc. cv is mailed to Ben Gurion University. The slogan was used for 1 hour only after which the error was discovered, only a handful of cvs recorded; vf

[CV] Start: $200

ISRAEL: SHEETS & TABROWS

Lot #: 361 1949 Jerusalem 250pr (Sc #24) Full Sheet of 50 stps, 10 tabs; u/m, folded, small margin separation, f - vf, Ba $600 [**] Start: $200

Lot #: 362 1950 NEGEV - Camel 500pr (Sc #25) full Tab Double Row of 5; u/m, vf, Ba $1420 as 2 tabblocks & 1 tab

[**] Start: $400

Lot #: 363 1952 MENORAH 1000pr (Sc #55) Full Tab Row of 5 stps; u/m, 1 stp w/a light mark on gum side from the production process, vf, Ba $1000 for 5 tabs

[**] Start: $250

Lot #: 364 1952 MENORAH 1000pr (Sc #55) Full Sheet, 5 tabs; u/m, vf, Ba $1750 [**] Start: $450

Lot #: 365 1953 JAFFA 1000pr Air Mail (Sc #C16) Full Sheet, 5 tabs; u/m, vf, Ba $500 [**] Start: $180

ISRAEL: FIRST DAY COVERS

Lot #: 366 3 - 10m Rouletted Tabs registered FDC stps tied to cv by 2 Mandate type FD pmks REGISTERED / PETAH TIQVA 16 MY 48 repeated on back; vf, Ba $550, signed Tsachor-Aloni [CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 367 1948 1st Festivals 3 - 65m (#10/14) cpl set of 5 w/colored Tabs (20m White tab) tied to private FDC by FD pmks TEL AVIV 22 - 26.9.1948; scattered spots, fine, Ba $400, only private tabbed FDCs exist [CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 368 1949 JERUSALEM 250pr (Sc #24) single w/Full Tab tied to regist Express addressed Habul FDC by the commemorative pmk JERUSALEM 16 2 1949 repeated on back; vf, Ba $950 [CV] Start: $350 Lot #: 369 1949 JERUSALEM 250pr (Sc 24) Full Tabbed stp tied to "Habul" cv by the special FD pmk JERUSALEM 16 2 1949, regist & express, backstamped; scattered spots, fine, Ba $950

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 370

1949 PETAH TIQVA 40pr (Sc #27) Full Left Tab bottom left corner, tied to the Official FDC (FD Slogan no tab) by HAIFA 5 - 10.8.1949 FD pmk, Registration label AHUZAT SAMUEL - #4923, locally addressed; f-vf, Ba $1200

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 371 1950 2nd Coins Tete-Beche & Gutter Pairs 5 - 30pr cpl set of 4 tete-beche & 4 gutter pairs (Ba 22/25a + 22/25b, Sc 18/21 var) all tied to 2 private FDCs by FD pmks REHOVOT 30 4 1950 repeated on back, cvs registered & air mailed to N. York arr pmk 5 5 1950; vf & Rare, only this type of FDCs known, 5 sets Recorded, Ba $7000, signed & certif Tsachor - Aloni

[CV] Start: $1800

Lot #: 372 1950 UPU Tete- Beche pair & 2 Gutter pairs 40 + 40pr & 80 + 80pr tied to regist air mail cv to New York by FD pmks REHOVOT 1.6.1950 repeated on back, arr pmk New York 6-6-1950; vf, Ba 27/28A+B - $1800, signed Tsachor - Aloni, no Official FDCs made

[CV] Start: $250 Lot #: 373 1951 Officials 5 - 40pr (Sc #01/4) cpl set of 4 w/Tabs tied to the Philatelic Service embossed cv by 2 vf FD pmks TEL-AVIV 1.2.1951; vf, Ba $750 [CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 374 1952 3rd Postage Dues cpl set 5 - 250pr (Sc #J12/20) w/Tabs tied to the private FDC by FD pmks TEL AVIV - YAFO 52 - 30.11.52; f-vf, Ba $500, Official FDCs were not made

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 375 1963 Hunger Tete-Beche sheet (Sc #237a) - 2 FD items: a) Full sheet #025586 w/4 FD pmks TEL AVIV - YAFO - 21.3.63, bottom right corner margin perf splits; b) Private Registered FDC sheet #000125 tied by FD pmks JERUSALEM 21.3.63, backstamped; a - fine, b - vf (x2) [O] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [CV] Start: $200

ISRAEL: BOOKLETS

Lot #: 376 1948 Imaba Bklt w/D. Ivri 3 - 50m Tab Pairs, each 1 tab hinged 2nd u/m, 50m on Grey paper; vf, Ba SB1 $600 [BKLT] Start: $150 Lot #: 377 BKLT #B.3a cpl & the only one we have seen w/sheet serial nos: 5m - 138181, 10m - 91380, 15m - 121774 & 20m - 62353; vf, The Rarest D. Ivri bklt, Bale undercat. at $1600

[BKLT] Start: $900

Lot #: 378 BKLTS #B.1, #B.2a & #B.3b cpl; vf (x3), Ba $1500

[BKLT] Start: $300

Lot #: 379 Collection - 17 BKLTs: #B.1, B.2, B2a, B.3b, B.4, B.4a, B.5, B.5a, B.6, B.6a, B.7, B.8, B.8a, B.8b, B.9, B.12, all cpl; vf (x17), Ba $4000

[BKLT] Start: $400

ISRAEL: REVENUES< RATES & TABS

Lot #: 380 1948/9 1st Consulars - 3 Imperforate Bottom Marginal singles: 100, 250 & 300 pr, (Walerst. CS #5/7) all signed at base by Designer M. Shamir in Hebrew, all unmounted mint; vf & Rare (x3), certif. Tsachor-Aloni

[**] Start: $400 Lot #: 381 Israel's 1948/9 1st Consular Service stamps (Wallerst. #CS1/11) cpl set of 11, all tied to a small sheetlet by 6 unboxed (2 lines) cachets: "The FOREIGN OFFICE, Finance Department"; vf & Very Rare, 2 sets recorded, considered an "Approved Final Proof", an Israeli Revenue Gem, certif. Tsachor

[PROOF] Start: $750

Lot #: 382 First Flight Israel - Greece: 22.6.1948 Registered cv Haifa to Athens franked 40m (vert tab pair Doar Ivri 20m) correct rate (25m air mail + 15m registration) tied by HAIFA 22.6.1948 pmk, arrival pmk ATHENS 24 VI 48, Unclaimed & Returned to Haifa 10.8.48; folded away from the stps, fine

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 383 15.8.1948 commerc. registered cv (24x17 cm) Jerusalem to Brooklyn franked 345m Doar Ivri stps (#3,4,5,6 & 7 !): 65m air mail rate + 15 regist + 4x65 for addit. x4 weight (5m overfranked), US Customs cachet on face & New York arrival pmk 23.8.48 on back; vert. fold, cv w/peripheral bends, fine

[CV] Start: $250

Lot #: 384 Negev - Camel 500pr (Sc 25, Ba 47) 5 commerc. airmail cvs (3 regist) franking incl a single 500 pr Mixed frank w/other issues all proper rates: a) 3.8.52 TLV to Johannesburg total 720pr (Sc 25 + 3rd & 4th Coins), 3x220 airmail + 60 regist.; b) 26.6.52 TLV to New York 880 pr (Sc 25 + 23 + 24 & 3rd Coins), 4x220 air mail rate; c) 8.9.52 TLV to New York 880 pr (Sc 25 + 67 + 24 & 3rd Coins), 4x220 air mail rate;d) 9.12.52 TLV regist cv to New York total 2920 pr (#25 + 2x55 Menorah!, 1 stp small fault + 70/71), 13x220 air mail + 60 regist., also 10c US P. Dues for customs fee; e) 19.12.52 TLV regist. cv to Brooklyn total 720 pr (#25 + 51 Herzl + 70/71), 3x220 air mail + 60 regist.; f-vf, 5 beautiful diff mixed frankings

[CV] Start: $400

Lot #: 385 1949 IDF Insignias 5, 10 & 35pr (Sc #28/30) cpl set of 3, Full Tab singles; u/m, vf, Ba $460

[**] Start: $150

Lot #: 386 1963 Hunger Tete-Beche - 2 sheets: a) #020357 (Sc #237a), u/m, b) #021769 w/4 FD TEL AVIV YAFO 1 - 21.3.63 pmks; full original gum, vf (x2) bargain at

[**] [] [] [] [O] Start: $150

Lot #: 387 Souvenir Leaf: 1989 Beilinson Hospital (Children's Medical Center) No. 0187, FD pmk 30.04.1989; vf & Rare, Carmel #45c - $8000

Start: $500

Lot #: 388 1948/63 Israel Full Tab collection of u/m stps, 1948/53 almost cpl, incl.: Doar Ivri (#1/6) & 7/9 w/o tabs, 1st Festivals (#10/14) + vert. Gutter Pairs, Tabul (#16), Petah Tiqva (#27), 2nd Fest. (#28/30), 2nd Coins (#17/24), 1950 Independence (#33/4), 1st Air Mails (#C1/6), Negev (#25), JNF (#48/50), Menorah (#55), Hunger TB heart of sheet (#237a) & many more; all u/m, vf, Ba over $4650 [**] Start: $500

Lot #: 389 1948/63 Israel Full Tab collection of u/m stps, 1948/53 almost cpl, incl.: Doar Ivri (#1/6) & 1c/3c, 1st Festivals (#10/14) + vert. Gutter Pairs, Tabul (#16), Petah Tiqva (#27), 2nd Fest. (#28/30), 2nd Coins (#17/24), 1950 Independence (#33/4), 1st Air Mails (#C1/6), Negev (#25), JNF (#48/50), Menorah (#55), Hunger right side TB half sheet (#237a) & many more; all u/m, vf, Ba over $4650 [**] Start: $500

JUDAICA (all periods)

Lot #: 390 DREYFUS A. ca 1905 (dated "Vendredi" only) handwritten & signed 1 page (LRS) letter in French to Madame Zola re: A ceremony in the remembrance of "cher et regrette Zola", he will attend. His wife and some members of the family will participate too....; folded once, vf & Rare

[DOC] Start: $750

Lot #: 391 1896/1905 - Dreyfus Affair 20 diff. better postcards: 16 mint UDV, 3 used UDV & 1 mint regular. Editions incl.: Gaston - Maury (x10), Max Marcus (x8), etc.; vf (x20) a valuable assemblage [PPC] Start: $150

Lot #: 392 1956 Movie Poster for the French film L'AFFAIRE DREYFUS starring Jose Ferrer, produced by Sam Zimbalist, printed by CINEMATO - Paris in Red & Black, 120x140 cm; folded, fine

Start: $150

Lot #: 393 1918 WW 1 Poster - by The Jewish Welfare Board for the United War Work Campaign 11/1918: "Civilians - when we go through this we need all the help and comfort you can give", depicting soldiers in war. Artist Sidny H. Riesenberg, printed by Alco Gravure Inc in color offset on linen, 55x84 cm; f-vf Start: $200

Lot #: 394 1924 - Kosher certificate for Passover for a shipment of 50 cases of wine from "Grandes Caves de Richon-Le-Sion, Jaffa (Palestine)" to Stockholm issued by the office of Rabbi J. Halewy; cross folded, tatty edges, fine [DOC] Start: $100 Lot #: 395 1929 Riots - Tel Aviv Municipality 15 announcements to the public 25.8 - 31.8.1929 (small wall posters A1 size or smaller, all original stencils) describing the situation in Eretz Israel: names of towns & settlements - safety there, names of the Fallen in diff. towns incl the 1st list from Hebron, curfew hours, demanding all the bakers to attend work. Also 2 announcements by the High Commissioner; some w/margin faults as expected, fine (x17) original historical file

[DOC] Start: $330

Lot #: 396 Mishmar Ha'am (the People's Guard) - 1940's 2 items: a) Metal badge 30 mm diam depicting a Magen David in its centre and a woman & a man on guard; b) Arm Band - Mishmar Ha'am in Hebrew bold letters & the above- described design, 40x9 cm, ser. No 3171; vf (x2)

Start: $100

Lot #: 397 Private Courier - ca. 1944, a stationery envelope of the Aviv Taxi Co. delivered to a TLV address by a private messenger service, Violet double circle Hebrew cachet at upper right: "Distributed by / letter service / EINSTOSS / Tel Aviv, 90 Dizengoff st.", with KKL label (Kap. #773) tied by Violet cachet "KKL / stamp fee / paid"; some cv faults carefully restored, fine & Very Rare, Certif Muentz: ".....the only item carried by this service known to me."

[CV] Start: $200

Lot #: 398 The Etzel - 3 items: a) The Captivity Medal - given to all members in British Exile, XF; b & c) "La'assireinu" - Right Wing prisoners' Welfare Society - 2 labels in Blue: 12x7 & 5x7 cm, vf (x2); 3 items

[MEDAL] Start: $120

Lot #: 399 "MISDAR JABOTINSKI" (The Order of Jabotinski) - 6gr Gold ring 14K, w/the Order's insignia, The Menorah and the Crown above it inscribed on it, the ring symbolized the close ties between the members of the Order, among themselves, and between them and the Order, from the estate of a Misdar Jabotinski member in the Tel Aviv branch "The First of Judea"; vf & scarce

Start: $350

Lot #: 400 JUDAICA OBJECTS: Silver Tobacco Snuff Box, 42x28mm & 20mm high, 32 gr, decorated. On the bottom 3 silver marks; vf

Start: $180

Lot #: 401 "Bezalel" pipe. Silver filigree & small chain (no silver mark). Signed "Bezalel Yerushalem". Palestine Period, 11 cm.; f-vf

Start: $100

Lot #: 402 PUBLICATIONS: ITONEINU (Our Journal) issued biweekly by a group of teachers - Jerusalem 1933 (1st year) 15 nos. between issues 6-23 (incl some double nos) & 1934 - 15 nos. between 3-24 (incl. some double nos.), songs & stories in Hebrew, each issue 8 pages 17x23 cm, all soft covers, illustrated; f-vf (x30)

Start: $120

Lot #: 403 1944 Haderech Lecheirut (The Road to Freedom) 24 pages booklet issued by LECHI, re: Aliya & Settlement, Hebrew Politics & Fighting the British, 17x21 cm, stencil, original soft covers; vf & scarce Underground publication

[BOOK] Start: $100

HERZL, THE ZIONIST CONGRESSES & HERZLIANA

Lot #: 404 HERZL full sign on 1 page typed in German Wien 20 Jan. 1901 letter to the Committee members of the coming 5th Zionist Congress to be held in Basel, re: The financial situation of the Congress's office & suggested ways to improve it, signed also by the secretary Kokusch; folded once, fine

[DOC] Start: $1100

Lot #: 405 HERZL full sign on 1 page stencil printed Wien 24 Feb. 1902 invitation to a meeting of the Zionist Congresses Comm. to be held in the offices of Zion. Cong. in Wien; folded, light margin faults, fine & scarce

[DOC] Start: $1100

Lot #: 406 1901 5th Zion. Congress Basel: the 2nd printing of the official ppc made in 1901 top line with corrected Congress date 26-30 December & not 26-29 December, by E. M. Lilien; extremely fine, scarce

[PPC] Start: $200

Lot #: 407 1903 6th Zion. Cong. Basel - ppc (Lilien's Chansons du Zion) mailed from the Cong. w/straight line "KONGRESS" semi official cancel (Riemer fig. 38) 10pf Swiss stp tied by pmk BASEL 28 VIII 03, arrival pmks in Russia; f- vf

[PPC] Start: $140

Lot #: 408 1903 - 6th Zion. Congress Basel - ppc mailed from the Congress 25.VIII.03 10Rp Swiss stp to Berlin - arrival pmk, vf "KONGRESS" cachet Semi Official cancel, same as Riemer fig. 8; f - vf

[PPC] Start: $180

Lot #: 409 1903 1st JNF Telegram issued 1903 for the 6th Cong. (Ladani fig. 35 No. A-1 & p. 19) beautiful design, remembrance certificate to delegate at the 6th Cong. issued in Grafenburg - Germany, 15 Zion labels affixed to the bottom part; f-vf

[DOC] Start: $120

Lot #: 410 1905 - 7th Zionist Congress - Basel - the Official postcard (Riemer fig. 9) sent on the 1st day of the Congress 27.VII.05 to Pisa - Italy, franked 10c Swiss numeral stp; vf & scarce

[PPC] Start: $400

Lot #: 411 1905 - Semi Official Postmark of the 7th Zionist Congress w/Magen David & Zion - superb strike on face of Swiss 5Rp imprinted wrapper Basel 3.VIII.05 (Riemer fig. 12) mailed to Altona 1 day after the Congress; vf

[CV] Start: $150

Lot #: 412 1905 - 7th Zionist Congress - Basel: the special circ. cachet w/Magen David & Zion (Riemer Fig. 12) on message side of ppc (Basel) franked 10Rp Swiss stp sent from the Congress 1 VIII 05 to Des Moines - USA; tiny nick left margin, vf

[PPC] Start: $180 Lot #: 413 1907 - 8th Zion. Congress - HAGE (The Hague): ppc (Platz Antonia - Jerusalem) franked 1c Dutch stp for p. matter rate to Zaandvoort, w/the special cancel "VIII ZIONISTEN KONGRESS/ HAAG 14.8.07" (Riemer fig. 17) mailed from the Congress on the opening day; vf

[PPC] Start: $180

Lot #: 414 1909 - 9th Zionist Congress Hamburg - Official ppc (Riemer fig. 21) franked 5pf Germania stp mailed during the Congress to Berlin, also Herzl "5" JNF label added tied by the pmk & by the special cachet: "IX Zionisten - Kongress / HAMBURG" (fig. 24); vf & scarce [PPC] Start: $200

Lot #: 415 1923/1952 - 6 Official Zion. Congress postcards: a) 1913 - 11th Cong. Wien (Riemer fig. 28) mailed from the Cong. to Germany(slight surface rubbing bottom left); b) 1921 - 12th Cong. Carlsbad (fig. 39) mailed from the Cong. locally; c) 1923 - 13th Cong. Carlsbad (fig. 44) mint; d) 1925 - 14th Cong. Wien (fig. 48) used 2 weeks after the Cong. Tulln to Wien; e) 1933 - 18th Cong. Prag (fig. 68) mailed from the Cong. locally in Czech.; 1951 - 23rd Cong. Jerusalem (unlisted) mailed from the Cong. to TLV, 1st Cong. in Israel; ppc a fine, balance vf (x6)

[PPC] Start: $350

Lot #: 416 HERZLIANA: 1919 Russian illustrated sheet depicting portraits of Th. Herzl & Y. Tschlenov, Menorah above each portrait & Jew. proverb in the center. Bottom w/the motto: : "What have you done today for the sake of your People & your Country ?" The sheet was used for a 1919 program list of a concert of Jewish music; folded, fine & scarce [DOC] Start: $150

Lot #: 417 1926 Maccabi World Union for Jewish Gymnastics & Sport Organizations - Membership card w/hnstp of Bar Kochba Club Berlin, w/all the12 diff. labels - fees for the 12 months, July label shows Herzl's portrait; fine, seldom offered complete

[CARD] Start: $180

AUTOGRAPHS (see also #390)

Lot #: 418 ACHAD HA'AM full sign in Hebrew as Ascher Ginsberg on his Odessa imptd pc, message in Hebrew dated "Odessa 23 X 903" to Abraham Cogan in Zitomir, re: "... he compliments him for his writing but writing a review is not his profession..."; f-vf

[PC] Start: $280

Lot #: 419 BEN GURION D. fully signed 21.10.1929 typed letter in Hebrew on official form of the General Council of the Histadrut (Labor Organization) to Itzhak Shemi (a writer born in Hebron 1888, expert on Arab-Jewish relations) re: request for comments on a meeting protocol regarding the Arabs in Eretz Israel, the date of the doc is 2 months after the 1929 Riots in which 133 Jews were killed & many others were injured; 3 filing holes in margin, scattered spots & vert. fold, fine & most unusual

[DOC] Start: $250 Lot #: 420 BEN GURION D. fully signed 26.7.1955 1 page typed letter in Hebrew to Gershom Shoken the "Ha'aretz" daily editor on Defense Minister's stationery (he served a short period only as Defense Minister 21.2.1955 - 3.11.1955) with a copy to the Prime Minister Moshe Sharet, re: Reproach on an article criticizing at no reason, one of the best IDF units published in the Newspaper; 2 filing holes in margin, folded, vf & most unusual

[DOC] Start: $600

Lot #: 421 BEN GURION D. fully signed 11.8.1955 1 page typed letter in Hebrew to Arie Ben David on State of Israel official form, re: Ben Gurion negates the possibility of establishing a United Socialist Zionist Party; folded, fine

[DOC] Start: $300

Lot #: 422 EINSTEIN A. full sign in English on a typed letter in German on USA Air Letter dated 27 Jan. 1952 to Dr S. Lehman director of the Ben Shemen Youth Village in Israel. Einstein's letter is a reply to Dr Lehman's invitation to attend the opening of the new High School in the Village to be named after A. Einstein. Einstein writes: "....your letter of 14 Jan has embarrassed me, in spite of the very good cause. For me, it is quite impossible to go to such an event, as I have always hated opportunities .... I would expose myself to heavy accusations...."; folded, fine, translation of the letter to English attached

[DOC] Start: $2800

Lot #: 423 WEIZMANN CHAIM 19.9.1935 full sign in English on a 1 page typed letter in English on stationery of The Jewish Agency For Palestine - London to L. Braude in Tel Aviv, re: South African promised contribution of £500, with additional personal New Year greetings handwritten & signed in Hebrew at bottom; folded, f-vf

[DOC] Start: $600

PHOTOGRAPHS

Lot #: 424 1906/1918 - 10 original photographs depicting figures in Jerusalem (9x6 cm) by Ephraim Moses Lilien. Lilien was one of the artists to accompany Boris Schatz in 1906 for the purpose of establishing Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and taught the school's first class in 1906. Lilien's work served as a model for the Bezalel group; vf (x10) [PHOTO] Start: $300

Lot #: 425 1920's - 1940's - 10 original Eretz Israel photos, 2 by A. Soskin depicting parades w/photographer's label, 1 by Ben Noam Petah Tiqva, 3 by K. Triest Tel Aviv depicting the central bus station & transportation scenes + photo of Purim parade in Tel Aviv & more. Sizes appx 18x13cm; mostly vf (x10) [PHOTO] Start: $180

Lot #: 426 1930's 14 vintage photographs by Walter Zadek (1900-1992). Women pointing guns, British soldiers searching on Jaffa border, British Army trainings, Woman guarding fields of a Kibbutz with a rifle & her kid on a horseback, . 6 are hand-signed by him, 8 are ink-stamped "Foto W. Zadek Tel Aviv P.O.B. 4013". 10 are size 18x24 cm & 6 are 13x18 cm.; vf (x14) [PHOTO] Start: $500

PICTURE POSTCARDS (all periods)

Lot #: 427 3 Rare Holyland ppcs all UDV: a) TABOR 1st time seen by us, view of the mountain in the center, the Church on top at right & the Gate bottom left, mailed ex CAIFA 15.9.06 via Austrian Post to France; b) Inauguration of the Turkish Hospital in Jaffa, by A. Mitri, mint; c) The crew of S.M.S. Moltke "auf dem Tempelplatz", Horowitz-Rieske, mint; vf (3)

[PPC] Start: $150

Lot #: 428 1890's - 1930's - 30 Eretz Israel ppcs mint & used, 13 colored, few undivided, incl.: 7 Jewish Settlements by Palestine Modern (Ruhimovitch), 3 Petah Tiqva by Shisha Halevi, 4 by Ben Dov, 6 by Bar Levi, 1 by Johann Michl & Son undivided 1 of the 2 ppcs issued by them in 1898, Boulos Meo 1894 ppc of Jerusalem, Haifa by L. Zahlan, etc.; also 4 real photo postcards by Bassan of "Moshav Zkenim & Zkenot - Jerusalem", mint; f-vf (x34) valuable [PPC] Start: $200

Lot #: 429 1914/1952 - 10 better Eretz ppcs, incl 3 mint N. Year Greetings: a) 1926 views of Tel Aviv; b & c) 2 by Bezalel Jerusalem, N. Year greetings on Message side; d) 1935 2nd Maccabiah official pc mailed 8/1935 w/official label to Poland; e) Prof. Ch. Weizmann by Omanuth - Warsaw; f) 1946 Jezreel Valley by JNF; g) 1/1914 Planting Trees JNF certif. - Koln Germany; etc.; f-vf (x10)

[PPC] Start: $150

Lot #: 430 120 Real-Photo postcards mostly by photographers of the American Colony (early 20th century). Photographs of sites, views and people across the country, Jerusalem and the vicinity, Galilee, Dead Sea & many more, mostly mint, few used; f-vf (x120) [PPC] Start: $250

ANTI-SEMITIC & NAZI PROPAGANDA

Lot #: 431 15 early Anti-Semitic PPCs 9 colored, 8 mint & 7 used 1897 - 1909 in the USA & Germany. 12 are German - editions incl. Max Marcus, U. Baasch, Karl Fickenscher, etc. USA edit. incl. Henry Schwabl 1909, 5 ppcs are UDV; f-vf (x15) & valuable

[PPC] Start: $250

Lot #: 432 1919 Germany - small Anti-Semitic election wall poster (A4 size) of "Die Deutsch Nationale Volkspartei": 1) The leaders of most German parties are Jews: 2) While they gain millions the idiot Germans continue to starve; 3) Even in Prussia "Juda" Reigns to-day, etc.; 4) Let us free ourselves from the Jews; light margin faults, folded, fine [DOC] Start: $150

Lot #: 433 DUTCH: 5 Anti-Semitic early large labels: The Jews are Germany's Disaster; Get rid of the Jews; "Joden Kliek" (faulty); Hotel Kolner - Judenfrei !, etc., 4 are mint & vf, also the Rare "Joodsch Tehuis Barneveld" 5c cantine coupon of the camp for Important Dutch Jews in "De Schaftlaar" & "De Biezen" houses; f-vf (x6) & scarce

Start: $200

Lot #: 434 Der Ewige Jude (8 items) - 1938 Wien Exhibition: ppc of the Official Hall, the Official ppc, 3 Anti-Semitic ppcs by B.K.W. each w/the Wien 9/1938 Exhibition pmk, 12/1937 Munchen Exhib. pmk on mailed pc & on mailed cv, 1935 NSDAP post slogan on Nurnberg ppc; also 2 USA mailed ppcs Barbarism Against Civilization - Help Fight Nazism and Fascism Means War; 1940 - 3 "Sara" airmail cvs Germany to New York; f- vf (x14 items)

[PPC] [] [CV] Start: $220

Lot #: 435 Die Juden in USA ( The Jews in the USA) by the Nazi German party 1942 Berlin, 64 pages book 17x24 cm, soft covers with 100 photos Anti-Semitic describing the influence of the Jews on the US economy, politics & culture. The author, Dr Hans Diebow, also published "Der Ewige Jude"; fine & scarce

[BOOK] Start: $150 HOLOCAUST (incl. Ghettos & Camps)

Lot #: 436 GHETTOS: Unusual: U.S. 3c imptd pc Paid Reply sent back from Ghetto MIELEC 30 XI 41 to Long Island City, Nazi OKW & USA censor cachets on face, message in German, arrival pmk 31 Jul 1942 - 8 months after dispatch!; fine

[PC] Start: $180

Lot #: 437 3 pcs from small Ghettos all w/Nazi OKW censor cachets on face: a) TOMASZOW 4/1940 Polish! 15ck imptd pc to Vilnius; b) BYCHAWA 4/1941 30Gr Gen. Govmnt. imptd pc to Russia, Lublin transit & arrival pmks on face; c) MIELEC 8/1941 30 Gr imptd pc to New York endorsed "durch Lissabon", message in German & Polish; fine (x3)

[PC] Start: $220

Lot #: 438 1943 Ghetto to Work Camp - Jewish Correspondence 13 postcards: 9 pcs between 8/4/1943 - 2/7/1943 from Ghetto Dombrowa/Bendsburg to Bajla Sara Feldberg in Frauen Wohnlager XXII fabrik Christian Dierig A.G., Gellenau Kreis Glatz, Barak 1, 6 pcs are from a family member, the pc dated 26/6/1943 bears the Rare unlisted (in Simon) circular cachet of "Jud. Kultusgemeinde Dombrowa O/S", 4 pcs from Sosnowitz between 4/5/1943 - 18/7/1943 to same above Work Camp all by 1 relative who also sent a pc on 10/4/1943 from Dombrowa. Corresp. is in German and all 13 imptd 6pf Hitler pcs are struck w/a large "Z" on face; fine (x13) late corresp. as Ghetto Dombrowa was liquidated in 8/1943 & only appx 1000 Jews were left in Sosnowitz after the 7/1943 actions

[PC] Start: $500 Lot #: 439 Litzmannstadt - Der Aelteste Der Juden - a postcard in Yiddish to be attached to a small parcel mailed on 1941 eve of the Jewish New Year message by M. C. Rumkowski to the parents of children aged 2-7 years: New Year Greetings, sending each child a piece of bread and 5 sweets that are made in his factory; mint unused, f-vf

[DOC] Start: $250

Lot #: 440 Litzmannstadt - 2 pcs both 6pf Hitler imprint, both Refused: a) 26.12.1941 to Opatow w/2 lines cachet: In Hebraischher und Yiddischer Sprache verboten; b) 30.12.1941 to Judenlager 14 Posen w/Red crayon on face Unzulassig (not permissible); vf (x2)

[PC] Start: $180

Lot #: 441 Litzmannstadt - 2 pcs w/the small metal cachet: "POSTABTEILUNG d. Aelt. d. Juden in Litzmann. Getto" applied on Right side So Not Permissible (Simon p. 103, Petriuk p. 121/2) "Freigabestempel" - both pcs refused: a) 6pf Hindenburg impt to Koln; b) 6pf Hitler impt to Wien 4.1.1942, both pcs confirming receipt of money; vf (x2), scarce

[PC] Start: $250

Lot #: 442 Litzmannstadt - 2 pcs w/diff. Judenrat cachets: a) circular German/Polish (Simon p. 103) DER AELTESTE DER JUDEN on message side of 2/1942 Thank You Relico pc to Geneve; b) Mint pc 2 lines Judenrat cachet at top left (Simon t.1) & boxed 3 lines "Der Aelteste .... Druckerei..." 2 filing holes left margin, Petriuk p. 149 - Rare; item b f-vf, item a - vf (x2) [PC] Start: $220

Lot #: 443 Litzmannstadt - 3 items: a) Neuengamme pc (Simon t.1) to Litzm. 17.2.1943 center t.1 & boxed "Pakete Konnen ..... Weren !", frank 6pf Hitler; b) 9.3.1942 NSDAP - Wien stationery cv to Aeltestenrat - Litzm. frank 12 pf Hindenburg, certif. Jungjohann; c) 26.9.1942 ppc ( Madchengymnasium) sent by German soldier unfranked Litzm. to Wien, OKW censor; fine (x3)

[PC] [PPC] [] [CV] Start: $180

Lot #: 444 2 sets of stps: a) Litzmannstadt - Juden Post 2nd issue set of 3 - 5 & 20 pf w/o gum as issued, 10 pf orig gum faint trace of hinge, sign MAR, Mi III/V; b) Theresienstadt parcel stp, original gum light trace of hinge, Mi #1; vf (x4)

[*] [] [(*)] Start: $120

Lot #: 445 CAMPS: 3 items: 2 Camp letter sheets both franked Hitler 12pf: a) Dachau 10/1944 Simon t.1 mailed to Berlin, boxed censor t.10, certif. Mikulski; b) Auschwitz 8/1943 t.1a, censor t.3 to Lestomusche - Bohemia; c) Litzmannstadt - Judenpost set of 3 - 5,10 & 20pf all marginals, w/o gum; vf (x2 cvs & 3 stps)

[CV] Start: $150

Lot #: 446 3 mailed Camp items: a) Auschwitz postcard frank Hitler 6pf 19.1.1943, Simon t.1 & censor t.3, mailed to Dist. Radom; b) Buchenwald 9/1942 6pf imptd pc, neutral type, to Schlan; c) Neuengamme letter sheet - neutral camp type, instructions inside, cachet t.2 - name spelled out, censor t.1, franked 2x6pf Hitler (1 stp fault) mailed to Zetkowice; item c - fine, a & b - vf (x3)

[PC] Start: $180

Lot #: 447 4 mailed items: a) Gusen letter sheet 3/1941 Lordahl type S3Bx Mauthausen censored out written: Gusen - Post St. Georgien, but only front page + censor type C2 + 3 Dachau censored items: b) Letter Sheet t. S15d 3/1941; c) Letter Sheet t. S15c 7/1942; d) 6/1941 cv to Dachau prisoner in Block 2 (stp off) censored t. 6a; fine (x4)

[DOC] [CV] Start: $160

Lot #: 448 BELGIAN: 24.6.1942 certificate issued by the Nazi OKW in Bruxelles allowing Jews from Romania not to wear the Yellow Star while all others must! this is valid until 31.7.1942 allowed for an additional month as listed on back; folded, fine Rare doc.

[DOC] Start: $200

Lot #: 449 DUTCH: 1/1944 airmail cv TLV family member Glasel to another family member formerly in Deventer - Holland then in Camp Westerbork via the Dutch Red Cross, British censor label & German Nazi OKW censor cachet both on face, properly frank 40m (4xSG#97) tied by Haifa meter; fine & Rare mail

[CV] Start: $300 Lot #: 450 France - 3 registered cvs from diff. Camps all to Geneve & w/arrival pmks: a) Camp de Rivesaltes 3/1942, franked 2x2fr, camp's cachet on front; b) Camp de Gurs 10/1941, franked 2x2.50fr, camp's cachet on face; c) Nontron 12/1943 franked 90c, sender is from Camp Saint Pardoux - La Riviere (in return address) Lyon Centre cachet on face; f-vf (x3) most valuable

[CV] Start: $300

Lot #: 451 POST WAR: 2 publications: a) CAMPS de MORT by Irene Gaucher 1946 Edition Julien Wolff Paris, 56 pages book in French, soft covers, dozens of photos from 20 camps incl.: Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Mauthausen, Auschwitz, Treblinka, etc.; outer cover light faults; b) KEPEK 1945 Budapest by the Aid Comm. for the Deportees in Hungary 16 pages pictorial booklet 21x29 cm of atrocities at the above-listed Camps + Budapest Ghetto; fine (x2) [BOOK] Start: $120

WWII - CAMP NOTES

Lot #: 452 Buchenwald - SS Standorf-Kantine - 2 RM #87288 PCGS graded 58 PPQ, Choice About New

Start: $250

Lot #: 453 Buchenwald - Aussenkommando on face - 3 notes: 0.50, 1 & 2 RM all w/overstamp: SS - Ko. Rottleberode; fine (x3) Feller GE 145/7a Start: $300

Lot #: 454 ditto, 2 RM with overstamp: "Schwerte (Ruhr)"; fine, Feller GE - 147d, scarce

Start: $180

Lot #: 455 ditto, 2 notes: 1 & 2 RM overstamp, as lot #453 but with serie "A5" underneath; fine (x2)

Start: $240

Lot #: 456 Litzmannstadt money note - 5Mk #843408 PMG graded 40; Extremely Fine

Start: $200

MEDALS: JUDAICA

Lot #: 457 1913 Mendel Beilis's Acquittal brass medal, a portrait of Beilis on one side & inscription "Mendel Beilis" in Yiddish, on the other side "1913" + the date in Hebrew & his name in Russian & Yiddish, 22 mm diam; tiny margin fault, XF & Scarce

[MEDAL] Start: $180

Lot #: 458 Moses Maimonides Silver Medal. struck by the Medallic Art Co. of NY. 45mm in diameter of .999 pure silver weighing 70 gr. by Abram Belskie. Obverse of medal features high relief bust of Moses Maimonides 1135-1204. Reverse also in high relief features a Menorah, Star of David, Judea Lion and Physician's Prayer; UNC [MEDAL] Start: $130

Lot #: 459 2005 - Yiddish Medal 50mm diam. Sterling Silver 62gr. On the face - the words Yiddish and “Mama Loshen”. On the reverse - a Kleizmer musician floats above a Jewish village, only 500 minted; UNC

[MEDAL] Start: $100

ERETZ ISRAEL: MEDALS & TOKENS

Lot #: 460 1907 Rishon Le Zion Jubilee medal, brass 28mm diam., 1 side showing a view of the Colony & 1882 in Hebrew date, the other side depicting images, Magen David & proverb in Hebrew; VF & scarce [MEDAL] Start: $150

Lot #: 461 1927 - 1 mil Holy Land souvenir token type 1 inscribed "Historical Holyland Coin", 28mm diam.; VF-XF

[COIN] Start: $160

Lot #: 462 1967 - 25 ag token paying entrance to the Banias Springs Toilettes in the Golan Heights, nickel 19 mm diam.; F-VF & Rare

[COIN] Start: $70

PALESTINE & ISRAEL: STATE COINS

Lot #: 463 1927/46 - Mandate Palestine Coins - cpl collection of the 59 Coins in the special Blue album; XF+, a high quality collection [COIN] Start: $900

Lot #: 464 1948 Tashach 25m Aluminum, NGC graded AU53, in original case

[COIN] Start: $150

Lot #: 465 1948/1954 Israel Coins - the Designer's (O. Wallish) working file of original Essays (x8) & Photo Essays (x23) for the first Trade Coins Pruta Series: 25m & 1-500pr incl Unaccepted designs. Shown are also stages of the designs. Photo Essays incl: 25m Tashat, 5pr Unadopted 1948, 50pr 1948 Unadopted, 25 + 50 + 100pr (backs) for 1954 issue, 50pr 1954 face, 500pr 1949, 1pr 1949. Original Essays incl: 25, 50 & 100pr backs listed "2nd Revolt", 25pr diff back, 100pr back 1st stage, 50pr back early stage & many more; mostly vf (x31 items) an importent file for researchers & collectors specializing in the State's 1st Coin Issue

[ESSAY] [PROOF] Start: $4000

BANKNOTES: OTTOMAN, MANDATE & ISRAEL

Lot #: 466 OTTOMAN: 1 Livre issue of 1332 = 1916, #A661132, PMG graded 55, About UNC Start: $200

Lot #: 467 MANDATE: 500 mils 1939 #F383074, not repaired; Fine

Start: $300

Lot #: 468 ditto, 1 Pound 1939 #J364843, vert. folds, not repaired; Fine

Start: $400

Lot #: 469 ditto, 5 Pounds 1929 #A439381, 3 vert. folds, not repaired, good paper quality & a scarce year; F-VF

Start: $750

Lot #: 470 ditto, 10 Pounds 1944 #C201950, 2 light vert. folds, not repaired; F-VF

Start: $1500

Lot #: 471 5 Pounds 20 April 1939 - so called Revisionists' (Etzel) Forgery #874147; as usual w/these part of edges & corners are missing to make them look circulated, seldom offered

Start: $200 Lot #: 472 ANGLO PALESTINE BANK: 1 Pound #C453366, PMG graded 40, Extremely Fine, EPQ

Start: $160

Lot #: 473 ditto, 3 notes: a) 1 Pound #D623232; b) 5 Pounds #C720156; c) 10 Pounds #C987076; F-VF (x3)

Start: $300

Lot #: 474 FRACTIONAL CURRENCY: Kaplan - Zagagi 2 notes: a) 50pr Red- Green #59412-0104 Beth; b) 100pr Green-Green #14804-0103Beth; F-VF (x2)

Start: $200

Lot #: 475 Eshkol - Zagagi - 2 notes: a) 50pr Red-Green #388657-0103/Beth; b) 100pr Blue- Green #557285-0102/Beth; F-VF (x2)

Start: $170

Lot #: 476 1952 BANK LEUMI: 3 notes: a) 1 Pound #L210100; b) 5 Pounds #L212363; c) 10 Pounds #R244378; F-VF (x3) Start: $250

Lot #: 477 ditto, 5IL #Q454123 (Black) PMG graded 58, EPQ; Choice About UNC

Start: $280

Lot #: 478 ditto, 10IL #K871780; XF

Start: $250

Lot #: 479 1955 BANK ISRAEL: 5IL #622240 Peh PMG graded 58, EPQ; Choice About UNC

Start: $200

Lot #: 480 ditto, 50IL, Black #711120 Alef, PMG graded 64; Choice UNC, EPQ

Start: $400

Lot #: 481 ditto, 50IL Red #4700932 Gimel; VF

Start: $250 Lot #: 482 1998 - 50 NIS #1260575250 PCGS graded 68; Superb Gem UNC, EPQ

Start: $180