Israel: Early Issues

FIRST FESTIVAL GUTTERS 3 mil vertical gutter and 10 mil horizontal tete-beche gutter tied by two ROSH PINNA 29.10.1948 pmks to cvr address to Kefar Atta; KBA 190 triangle

10 MIL FIRST FESTIVAL (BI-16 #12) tete-beche plate blocks of 6 on (but not tied) by various TEL AVIV pmks to regist entires addressed to Bak Kupat Malveh V’hisachon in Hadera; 6 covers – one for each plate; plates 1 & 4 with color bands

DOAR IVRI HIGH VALUES (BI-16 #7-9) FORGERIES (no gum); per note “produced in England… coins are crude. horizontal lines in the coins not well defined

DOAR IVRI LOW VALUE TABS USED 5 (2) 10 (1) 15 (2) 20 (3) 50 (6); cat $538

15 PR DOAR IVRI PERF 10 ¾ (BI-16 #4e) tab, small mark on back

DOAR IVRI FORGERIES full set of 9 singles