Stamps & Philatelic Items

from: Tel Aviv Stamps - Mail Sale #34, Feb. 24, 2010.   [24 lots available]
Lot Country Category Description Price
371
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAGE DUE COVERS
9/1923 ppc (P. Tiqva) from PETAH TIKVA (D2) to Jerusalem frank only 3m (#73) instead of 4m, boxed "To Pay 2 mils" & Taxed upon arrival 2m 1st P. Dues (#D2) - lowest possible tax!; vf, scarce [ PPC] View Image
$400
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372
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAGE DUE COVERS
2/1924 Unfranked ppc (R.M.S. "Adriatic") mailed Naples to Safed marked by Italian large "T" & boxed "To Pay 16 mils" (double foreign pc rate) Taxed in Safed 16m - pair of 4m + single 8m 1st P. Dues (2xD3+D4) on 13.2.1924; vf & scarce comb. [ PPC] View Image
$460
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373
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAGE DUE COVERS
2/1924 ppc from London to Jerusalem Franked only 1d KGV (instead of 1½d Empire Rate) marked "To Pay 4 mils" taxed upon arr 4m 1st P. Dues (#D3) tied by Jerusalem 21 FE 24 pmk; 2 pin holes at left not affecting, vf [ PPC]
$240
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374
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAGE DUE COVERS
Unaccepted Printed-Matter rate: 5/1924 Haifa cv locally mailed frank 2m (pair #71) not accepted as P. Matter & marked "To Pay 6m" (double the deficiency for a domestic letter) Taxed 6m - single & pair of 2m 1st P. Dues (D2) on the next day; vf [ CV] View Image
Sold for 500 $
375
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAGE DUE COVERS
Double Taxed Incoming - 9/1939 cv from London to Paris frank only 1½d KGVI instead of 3d, London "T20" hnstp & Taxed in Paris 3x60c French P. Dues, these annulled & cv Redirected to TLV Taxed 8m (D16) 3rd P. Due tied by pmk TEL-AVIV 11 OC 39; vf [ CV]
$180
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376
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
1929 Orient Flight - Austrian Contract mail - pc Wien 22.III.29 to Beisan - Palestine, frank 1S & 84gr, Rubber Flight cachet, ER RAMLE Drop pmk 26 MR 29 on front & arr pmk BEISAN 28 MR 29 on back; vf & seldom seen [ PC]
$120
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377
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
1938 Palestine Airway Service - 28 OC 38 HAIFA cv to TLV, frank 5m (#93) 1st Day of Service, TLV arr pmk same day on back; vf & very scarce as only 16 cvs from Haifa recorded, sign Muentz [ CV] View Image
$380
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378
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
ditto, 1 NO 38 TEL-AVIV cv to Haifa, frank 5m (#90 & 91) arr pmk same date on back; vf & Rare, the Earliest Recorded of the 3 known commerc TLV dispatches, sign Tsachor [ CV] View Image
Sold for 525 $
379
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
25 JY 41 commerc air mail cv Jerusalem to Rio de Janeiro franked 175m (5+2 x 10+50+100) the correct rate for Air Mail throughout w/PAA via Pacific, letter addr to Jewish Colonization Association, arr Rio 2 SEP 41, addressee not found, 2 cachets in Portuguese on back, letter returned to sender arr Jerusalem 18 MY 42! cv censored, still w/contents; peripherial small faults, fine much traveled cv & a scarce rate [ CV] View Image
$150
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380A
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
3 interesting cvs: a) 19 AU 45 air mail cv TLV to Mexico frank 150m single rate but as multiple weight (medium size cv 23x15cms) w/boxed cachet: INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID BY AIR TO LONDON ONLY, censored; b) 15 JU 40 air mail cv ex FPO 123 franked 60m (#97 bl of 6) stps tied by FPO pmk, to New Zealand but misdirectet to N. York arr 19 AUG arrived in Christchurch 7 SEP 1945 - more than 5 years after dispatch due to the war in the Pacific; c) 16 JAN 41 London to TLV franking off & cachet: SALVED FROM THE SEA as probably torpedoed by the Germans, sealed upon arrival; cvs a & b - f - vf, valuable lot [ CV] View Image
$200
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380
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
3 air mail cvs: a) 23 SP 44 regist cv Jerus - Fitchburg Mass. frank 405m: 15 reg + 3x130m (scarce rate), censored, via West Africa Miami 16 OCT 44 transit; vert centerfold; b) 17 NOV 1940 TLV to Benoni - S. Africa frank 120m for double rate, censored also in Cairo & 26 NOV arr pmk; c) 15 JU 43 Safed to Cape Town frank 40m; f - vf (x3) [ CV] View Image
Sold for 280 $
381
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
1940/45 - 5 cvs diff air mail rates to N. America: a) 3 MY 40 ex TLV frank 120m (6x#99) rate to N. York only; b) 7 JA 41 TLV to Ontario Canada frank 165m: 125 air + 15 regist + 25 express, via Pacific Honolulu transit via Detroit & arr pmk; c) 15 MR 45 ex Nathanya frank 130m BOAC via London to N. York, tatty ; d) 31 MY 45 frank 100m BOAC via W. Africa & Brazil to Miami; e) 5 AP 40 Express Ramat Gan to N. Orleans frank 165m (11x#108): 140 air + 25 express, faults; cvs a, b & d are f - vf, c & e - good - fine [ CV] View Image
$140
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382
ISRAEL
MANDATE: ZEPPELIN, AIR MAIL, RATES & ROUTES (see also #295/307)
1947 - 2 Direct F. Flights to Lydda, both Registered & Returned to Senders: a) KLM ex Amsterdam, frank 50 tied by pmk s'GRAVENHAGUE 4.X.47, flown 7.X & arr pmk 7 OC 47; b) Air France ex Paris 7.11.47 frank 36Fr flown same date arr pmk 7 NO 47 w/special Flight's label, shortened ½cm at left; vf (x2) [ CV] View Image
$130
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383
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
16 MY 18 5 times heavy printed-matter cv franked 2½ piasters: 2x1pi +½ pi (SG 2x#3 & #4) from Jaffa SZ45 to Zionist Organization office in Copenhagen, probably contained letters to Russia (see "The Holy Land Postal History" #69-72 p.287) sent unsealed as per printed-matter regulations, censor label used for sealing part of the back flap & initial censor "L" on face; 2 vert folds & some expected peripheral creases all away from the stps, a fine rare franking [ CV] View Image
Sold for 330 $
384
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
"Printed-Matter Registered at G.P.O." - 2 lines cachet in English on cv franked 2m (#90) tied by s.c. TLV 20 AP 48 pmk, addr. to Haifa, companies regist at the Head P.O. could send printed-matter at a reduced rate, in this case 2m instead of 3m; vf & Rare as v. few items recorded [ CV] View Image
Sold for 850 $
385
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
1947 Embarrassing Postal Packet boxed straight line cachet tying 3m (#91) to printed-matter mailed local in TLV. The reason for the cachet is that the circular is folded in such a manner that another item can be caught in it; fine [ CV] View Image
Sold for 120 $
386
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
2 Jerusalem Triangular pmks: a) Triangular Mute Cancel tying 7m (#105) to commerc pc Jerus to TLV, correct pc rate, message dated 5.2.1942; vert centerfold; b) 30.VI.38 2m Hebrew University p. matter to TLV JSM triangular struck clearly on face alongside meter, unusual; both 2 amended filing holes not affecting, f - vf (x2), 1st item very seldom offered & Rare [ PC] View Image
Sold for 220 $
387
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
Reduced Rates for Printed-Matter Registered at the Post Office: 18.4.1943 Hayessod weekly franked 2m (#90) instead of 3m regular p. matter rate. Printed on front page: "Registered at the Jerusalem Post Office", mailed locally w/address sticker. Enclosed an earlier issue of same newspaper 15.5.42 frank 3m (#91) as not yet registered; fine (x2) & scarce [ DOC] View Image
Sold for 440 $
388
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
1944 - 2 mailed WWII items from TLV: a) 8 FE regist air mail cv to N. York frank 415m (5+3 x 20+50+ 3x100m) for quadruple air rate via West Africa, Miami transit 5 MAR & N.Y. arr 7 MAR; b) 1 MR pc to Hadera, portrait of Churchill & JOIN THE ARMY in Eng. & Heb.; f - vf (x2) [ PPC CV] View Image
$110
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389
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
1926/59 Levant Fair lot of 27 items - 6 cvs, 2 ppcs, 1 doc & 18 labels incl.: 2 ppcs franked 7m tied by Jerusalem Slogan "Visit the Levant Fair" 1929 & 32, cv franked 15m to Poland cancelled TLV 15 MAY 1936 Levant Fair & more; fine (x27) [ CV C/O PPC, DOC] View Image
Sold for 120 $
390
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
1943/52 collection of 17 cvs, 6 - AV2 & 11 - OAT markings all Palestine & Israel related, incl.: 1945 Congo to Haifa AV2 Heifetz type 12 applied in Cairo, 1952 Tripoli to Haifa AV2 type 14 applied in Tripoli, 1949/50 4 cvs Jordan Occupation AV2 types 10 & 16 applied in Amman, 1944/6 8 cvs w/OAT types I, IV, VI & XI from Palestine - markings applied in London, 1943/5 Switzerland & Sweden to Palestine w/OAT markings + Murray Heifetz - "OAT & AV2 Markings" monograph 143 pages + Gaza file & West Bank Occupation stps (x54 stps SG £200); f - vf (x54 stps, 17cvs, 1 book) [ ** CV BOOK] View Image
Sold for 400 $
391
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
1935/45 - 31 cvs/pcs to same addressee in Palestine incl. 15 incoming from Russia, 2 taxed ppcs Mandate 3rd Dues & 2 regist pcs, 13 local cvs w/better pmks of Ain Harod, Nahalal, Ramat-Gan, etc., 1945 - 2m Printed-Matter TLV "Magen" stationery for "Zion Prisoners" in Russia; mixed cond. mostly fine (x31) [ PC CV] View Image
Sold for 160 $
392
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
WWII FORCES: 1942/7 Polish Field Post Offices in Palestine - 17 cvs, 5 regist representing FPOs: 101, 102, 103, 112, 114, 122 & GPP 101, most cvs w/censor marks, 3 have Indian stps frankings some w/GB, etc.; f - vf (x17) [ CV] View Image
$250
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393
ISRAEL
MANDATE: POSTAL HISTORY, RATES & POSTMARKS (see also #258)
1942/5 U.S.A Army Units in Palestine 8 cvs, incoming & outgoing mail incl.: APO 682 (x4, 2 incoming & 2 outgoing), Tel Litvinsky & APO 1227 (2 outgoing) Haifa which served B-24 USAF Bombers in Ramat David airfield, also U.S. Naval Base & ex Finance Officer - USAFIME to TLV, various censors, some w/original contents; f - vf (x8) [ CV]
$180
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