postal history

TAXI MAIL – ADIA undated, Postal Service label AGURA PAID, stationery from MIGAN, addressed to Jerusalem [front on web]

INCOMING CENSORED mailed August 1951 from New York (two 25 cent Prexies and two 25 cent airmail – four times rate) addressed to Haifa, censor tape and hstmp to left, partial HAIFA 22/2/1951 arrival mark on back; I am surmising that this was opened to check for US currency,

PAYEE & MACHINE PMKS ALL FIRST DAY OF USAGE; most in RED; various cities/towns; over 50 cvrs

FROM MADAGASCAR airmailed ppc, mss dated Dec 2, 1953

REGISTERED: TEL AVIV YAFO 27/2/52 ties Menorah (w/o tab) to airmail cvr addressed to USA; r-label TEL AVIV 1 (from Philatelic services)

OFFICIAL REGISTERED (1) STATE OF ISRAEL entire, pmkd HAKIRA 29/9/1950; r-label with hstmpd city name (2)40 pr official tied by TEL AVIV JAFFA date unclear, r-label JAFFA; hstmp of a jail; backstamps on both

REGISTERED: REHOVOT ‘B’ 16 MY 1948 (Mandate pmk) ties 10 and 15 mil DOAR IVRI to locally addressed cvr, r-label red hstmp REHOVOT; first day, Hebrew hstmp (applied by sender) means “registered”; bkstmpd

REGISTERED MAIL CVRS various issues (coins, 1948 Festivals airmail, etc.) various towns & dates, various r-labels (some with hstmpd names); nicely mounted on pages with descriptions; 21 cvrs,

ISRAEL SHUKAF & NIVDAK COVERS In an alert against mail bombs much mail was checked. Two types of hstmps were applied -- SHUKAF (x-rayed) NIVDAK (checked) as well as various labels. The collection features different types of hstmps: triangular, ellipse, circular, Box, etc., different shapes and colors. A few to government officials. The collection has about 10 labels and about 60 cvrs with dozens of different cachet types, color etc. Most F-VF

REGISTERED AIRMAIL CENSORED FDC of 1953 Holidays, addressed to Italy, mss Hebrew on back [back on web]