covers

BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE over 35 commercial covers, some sent abroad, some with non-pictorials, registered or censored; nice selection

TEL AVIV 21 FE 41 ties 5 20 & 100 pictorial to censored air mail cvr addressed to USA, typed CLIPPER MAIL // ENGLISH WRITTEN; 125 mils is the air rate to India, the Hong Kong, the Philippines, ,and finally to the USA

FIRST DUES (1) full set tied by HAIFA 2/12/1948 pmks to unaddressed cvr, TO PAY MILS hstmp (2) full set tied by TEL AVIV 26/4/1950 pmks to unaddressed cvr (3) full set tied by TEL AVIV 26/12/1950 pmks to unaddressed cvr with cachet for 5709 New Year (4) 3 pr tied by TABUL (5) 10 & 20 tied by HAIFA 13/2/1949 pmk to partial cvr addressed to Haifa, “T” hstmp (6) 4 covers with Hebrew text indicating that return postage will be paid. 3 mil dues on back

10 & 20 MIL tied by TEL AVIV 9/2/1949 pmk to cvr with top halves of 5 & 10 mil Doar Ivri tied by Tel Aviv pmk of same date with GIVATAYIM 9/2/1949 to side; boxed TO PAY 30 MILS hstmp.

10 & 20 MIL tied by JERUSALEM 16/8/1948 to stampless cvr, mss T 30 MIL.,

1948 DOAR IVRI ISSUE AS POSTAGE DUES ‘T’ ovpt on 3 5 10 15 20 & 50 mils (1) two 3 mil tied by Haifa 31/5/1948 pmk to cvr addressed to Hadar Hacarmel, mss “T 6 mil” (2) pair 3 mil tied by Haifa 31/5/1948 pmk to locally addressed cvr; “T” boxed TO PAY 6 MIL (3) same to Har Hacarmel (4) 10 mil.

3 & 5 MIL tied by KNESSET pmk of 4/6/49 to cvr with pair 3 mil Doar Ivri and 5 nil First Festivals, addressed to Tel Aviv

5 MIL tied by CYPRESS SPECIAL CANCEL of 1/2/1949 to back of cvr, along with boxed TO PAY 5 MIL and return to sender box; This is on a PRINTED MATTER entire pmkd same date with the address crossed out; note the box with Hebrew for return postage.

BLOCK OF FOUR OF 5 MIL along with blocks of four of 1 pi Mandate typograhed and 3 mil pictorial, cancelled but not tied by HAIFA 27/11/1940 pmk; first day hstmp crossed out, EXPRESS label; backstamped

POSTAGE DUE 3 10 20 & 50 MILS cvr mailed from the USA AUG 30, 1949 SEATTLE WA, addressed Yardin Hotel In Tel Aviv, has 28 cents US postage; hand stamped T 132 CENTIMES. Upon arrival in Israel opened by red military censor (tape to left), boxed TO PAY 133 MILS. This paid with two 50 one each 3 20 & 10, tied by Tel Aviv 14/9/1949 pmks; On back: New York handstamp and crossed out return to sender box. BUT note that the address in Everett. Washington is crossed out and there is a note to the hotel. MOST INTRIGUING