COVERS BY CITY – NON-SIEGE

50 MIL BIALIK & HERZL (BI-16 #27) tied to locally addressed registered cvr by Tel Aviv MH pmk; this is the express rate but there is no indication of express markings

TEL AVIV REGISTERED EXPRESS three strikes cancel and/or tie 212 mils (ten 10 mil Weizman and 2 100 mil Bialik Herzl, and others) to registered express cover, locally addressed, same backstamps; on flap linear date stamp 11 MAI 1948

MESHEK EIN HAROD mixed franking – two 5 mil and one 3 mil pictorials along with 3 mil Tirat Tzvi and 10 mil Technion -- tied by two strikes to Registered cover (torn) r-label, addressed to Affula; partial backstamp

NAHALAL TO SAFAD 5 mil Emek Israel and 5 mil Tractor tied by Nahalal pmk to cvr addressed to Safad; on back Israel Safad pmk (date unclear)

MAIL BAG TAGS from Nahariya and Nesher Yajur; on back TO NEW YORK L.C. [I presume that these were not sent abroad. So perhaps the postal official re-used tags from the USA. Comments?] [Other side of one tag on web.]

IMMIGRANT SHIP (BI-16 #23) sheet of 5 with vertical perf shift to left, tied by MH pmks to unaddressed cvr

HAIFA 13 MAY 1948 registered cover with MH HAIFA pmk tying 25 mils Tel Aviv ovpt stamps, locally addressed; backstamped with Mandate HAIFA REGISTERED 13 MY 48; THE LAST DAY BEFORE INDEPENDENCE; some staining

BAT YAM 2 mil Herzl with blue Tel Aviv ovpt and no value Ben Yehuda tied by BAT YAM postmark, Mandate BAT YAM 4 MY 48 to side, addressed to Tel Aviv