1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 174 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #51Besieged Ben Shemen: 25 DEC 47 courier cv (w/contents in Hebrew dated 22 DEC 47 ) from a girl in Ben Shemen “children’s group A” addressed to her father in Haifa posted by the courier in TLV, 10m Palestine stp (#97) tied by wavy line pmk TEL AVIV 25 DEC 47. In the letter she is writing: ”…you probably heard about the incident near Beit Nabala and about the 14 young men that were killed in the convoy that brought supplies to Ben Shemen….yesterday a convoy reached Ben Shemen with supplies and all was good as the convoy was escorted by British armored cars, and I received a letter from mom”, she is also depicting the happiness and joy on 29 of November after the UN declaration of the establishment of the Jewish State. The village (near Lydda) was under siege as of 29 November 47 & was serviced by convoys escorted by the British Army, the Siege was lifted on 10.7.1948. On back return address - children’s group A, Ben Shemen & straight line cachet in Violet “Youth Village Ben Shemen”; f-vf & a Rare Historic document, certif Tsachor-Aloni Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #511948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 169 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #51KFAR BEHADRAGA registered cv #0520 (locality name in Hebrew manuscript) properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #11x5) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Black repeated twice on back, arrival Haifa 18.5.1948 Israeli trilingual pmks; vf & very scarce as less than 20 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 27-2, certif Tsachor-Aloni Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #511948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 180 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #511948 Taxi Mail - 8 cvs: a) EGGED 3 cvs - 7.5.1948 Haifa to Tiberias, 2 diff labels, Tel Aviv to Tiberias, 2 diff labels, Hadera to Haifa 28.4.1948; b) AVIV TAXI Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, cachet & Kofer Hayishuv 5m stp on front, filing holes; c) ATID TAXI 2 cvs - 26.2.48, full label on front, TLV to Haifa, 100m fee, Jerusalem Haifa, full label on front, 100m fee ; d) YAEL TAXI 27.2.48 Jerusalem to TLV, full label on back 80m fee & Kofer Hayishuv 5m stp on front; e) AL - ALAMEIN (Rare!) label on back of cv from Jaffa to Haifa, the second cv recorded from this Arab firm; fine (x8) Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #511948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 175 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #51Besieged Ben Shemen: 30 DEC 47 Convoy cv (including contents) from a girl in Ben Shemen “children’s group A” addressed to her father in Haifa franked 10m Palestine stp cancelled BEN SHEMEN pmk. In the letter she is writing: ”…I did not answer your letter as anyway it was useless and it would stay at the post office. Today the convoy should come so I am writing in a hurry…”. The village (near Lydda) was under partial siege as of 29 November 47 & was serviced by convoys escorted by the British Army, the siege was lifted on 10.7.1948, on back return address - children’s group A, Ben Shemen; roughly opened at left, f-vf & Rare Historic document, certif Tsachor-Aloni Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #511948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 170 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #51NAHALAL registered cv #0013 properly franked 25m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #2, 16 & 21) tied by M. Ha'am pmks in Violet repeated twice on back, arrival Haifa Registered 13 MY 48 pmk; vf & very scarce, as 10 cvs mailed, see Z. Aloni fig 52-2, certif Tsachor-Aloni Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #511948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 158 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #50Tiberias "Emergency Post" - Commerc cv franked 3m Mandate stp (#91) ovptd "10 Emergency Post Tiberias 10" ovpt in Violet, tied by Reintroduced Mandate pmk TIBERIAS 16 MY 48 to "Hillel" in Haifa; cv w/small flap tear , f-vf Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 164 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 JERUSALEM: 25m - 2nd Local Issue Overprint Full Setting of the 20 Trail Ovpt strikes w/Plate No B #0365 printed on the gummed paper; u/m, light gum wrinkles, paper clip mark at top right & trace of gum adherence at top left, f-vf & Extremely Rare, sign Tsachor in pencil at top left Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 157 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #50Nahalal "Emergency Post" - cv from Nahalal to Kibbutz Sarid, franked 10m Mandate stps (2x#90 & #94) TIED to the cv by "Emergency Post Nahalal" ovpt; light toning, f - vf & Rare Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 172 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 SAFED: 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 Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
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 Lot 162 - 1948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) - Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #50Minhelet Ha'am stps used as Revenues - 8 June 1948 Tel Aviv firm Invoice for Hospital supplies - 14.200 Pounds w/Minhelet Ha'am 10m Weizmann stp (Ba #12) used as Revenues, tied by firm's cachet to document; centerfold & 2 filing holes in margin, f - vf, seldom offered Tel Aviv Stamps Ltd. Auction #501948 INTERIM (Local Posts Follow) |
