90th Holyland Postal Bid Sale

Sale date: 
June 25, 2018

Mandate Period

STAMPS & STATIONERY

Lot #: 81

REGISTERED ENTIRE (HOCH RE-14) mailed JERUSALEM 10 FE 44, addressed to Tel Aviv, R-LABEL has mss DEAD SEA (as on return address)

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Start: $100 Buy
Lot #: 82

REGISTERED ENTIRE (HOCH RE-18) both types (96 & 98 mm between rectangle and centerline); both from Haifa to Rishon Le Zion

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Start: $90 Buy
Lot #: 83

LETTER CARD LC-2-2a, 5 mil orange, mint VF+

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Start: $40 Buy

postal history

Lot #: 84

CRASH MAIL from Tel Aviv to France

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Start: $65 Buy
Lot #: 85

FIRST FLIGHT 8 JULY 1933 India to Israel; then re-addressed to Liverpool England, various backstamps & mss message [back on WEB]

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Start: $120 Buy
Lot #: 86

FIRST FLIGHT 7 NOV 1947 Paris to Lydda, registered, backstamped REGISTERED LYDDA AIRPORT 7 NO 1947 [back on WEB]

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Start: $45 Buy
Lot #: 87

FIRST FLIGHT 29 FEB 1938 England to Palestine to India backstamped Nathanya

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Start: $35 Buy
Lot #: 88

MAIL TO PALESTINE Five covers sent from uncommon cities: Lima, Peru; Bucovina, Romania; Sofia, Bulgaria; Salonika, Greece; Damascus, Syria (in self-addressed cover to Dr. Hoexter in Haifa, famous philatelist). Each cover has censor tape, censor cancel, and/or registration cancels.

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Start: $40 Buy
Lot #: 89

AVIS DE RECEPTION 10 mil pictorial tied by REGISTERED JERUSALEM 22 OC 34; package mailed to Tel Aviv [one side in catalog, both on web]

Start: $46 Buy
Lot #: 90

PALESTINE POSTAL HISTORY Eight covers sent to uncommon post offices world-wide; 2 are censored, 1 is registered; some with routing postmarks. Sent to Helsinki, Finland; Teheran, Iran; Cairo, Egypt; Maehrisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia; Homs, Syria; Bombay, India; Karachi, India (with “Retour” cancel); and Balboa-Heights, Panama. Condition varies.

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Start: $50 Buy
Lot #: 91

THIKA KENYA TO BAT-YAM pmkd 2 MY 38; BAT YAM ‘A’ 9 MY 38 arrival pmk on back

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Start: $36 Buy
Lot #: 92

ITALY TO PALESTINE registered airmail dated 12.7.47; LYDDA AIR PORT 14 JY 47 arrival pmk

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Start: $40 Buy
Lot #: 93

ADMINISTRATION OF REGISTERED ITEMS 2 labels pmkd 20.10.22 in Italy on un-franked cvr addressed to Tel Aviv (in English) with text in Hebrew and another language; at top mss “Registered” TEL AVIV JAFFA 20 OC 22 arrival pmk; apparently some sort of official mail; FRAGILE [back in catalogue; both sides on web]

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Start: $50 Buy
Lot #: 94

AIN HAROD ‘B” 28 JU 1933 ties two 5 mil pictorials to cvr addressed to B’nei Berak; various backstamps

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Start: $36 Buy
Lot #: 95

GAZA REGISTERED 29 NO 47 Struck twice each on front & back, ties Sm & 2x 10m Pictorials on "ALAMI & CHAHWAN" bi-lingual English I Arabic C/C REGISTERED COVER to Haifa (b/s), Jaffa Registered transit b/s, blue GAZA Mandate Reg'y label,

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Start: $45 Buy
Lot #: 96

CENSOR HANDSTAMP “Please request sender to indicate language …” on back of censored cvr mailed from Jerusalem 7 AP 43 to Switzerland; but “written in German” is on the front [PH of front on web]

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Start: $40 Buy
Lot #: 97

10 MILS 3RD DUES tied by TEL AVIV ‘A’ 7 AU 28 pmk to cvr addressed to Tel Aviv, large “T” hstmp

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Start: $40 Buy
Lot #: 98

2 & 9 PI TYPOGRAPHS tied by all Arabic pmk to all Arabic postal receipt; scan of 2nd side on web

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Start: $45 Buy
Lot #: 99

SALVAGED MAIL from Poland to Palestine, backstamped BASE ARMY POST 22 AU 45

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Start: $100 Buy

WW TWO

military forces

Lot #: 100

BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE WORLD WAR TWO & AFTER very detailed collection of the air letter sheets used at the time. This includes the varieties of the sheets (gum, burelage & watermark and private overprints). Most notably are letter sheets and other covers from many of the units located on the West Bank. A list of British Foreign Post Offices with locations and dates in Palestine is included. [The items were not checked against the list.]. There are also some privately made letter sheets. Over 100 items.

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Start: $550 Buy