386th Auction

1908/10, Kreidepapier ½ Piaster, Viererblock und Einzelwert, mit DKr. "CAIFA7/5 09" auf kompletter Paketkarte mit Coupon von "BURG BZ. MAGDEBURG 9.4.09" nach Beirut und nachgesandt nach Haifa.

1890, Rechungsformular  “All'Agenzia del Lloyd Austro-Ungarico, oben mit blauem “AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRO-UNGARICO / JAFFA”, nebengesetzt “KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES VICE-CONSULAT IN JAFFA” (Bale CON-8) mit Unterschrift “S.S. Murad”, etwas verkürzt, gefaltet, sonst in guter Erhaltung

1915, “GAZA 3.1.15” c.d.s. on cover bearing 1 pia. 10 pa. rate with Damas transit mark to Germany, ms. "seen and objected by censor" with signature and large oval all Arabic "GAZA ASKERI HASTAHANESI SER TABIBI" ('Military Hospital Gaza chief doctor'; if the sender was an officer in the hospital, the chief medical officer had to censor) and signature mark, transit mark Damas and red censor label Istanbul. A Palestine and Turkey WWI rarity

"HAYFA POSTA SUBESI 1287" violet all arabic postmark (Coles-W.No.52; 20 Pt.) on postcard Haifa bearing Turkey 20 pa. dull violet with transit mark "ALEXANDRIE 1/8/97" to Germany with arrival mark "WEISSER HIRSCH 25/8/97", fine and very scarce

"JAFFA-JEROUSALEM" railway ds. on postcard bearing 5 Para ochre, flaw on top right, to Constantinople, very scarce 5 Para imprimes maritime rate, two tiny corner crease, otherwise fine and very attractive

Provenance: C. Arsman Coll. (D.Feldman 2010)

 "KUDS 2" all Arabic c.d.s. (Bale 886, JERUSALEM 2) on postcard with censor mark to Adana Turkey, fine and very scarce

NABLUS (Coles-Walker no. 71), very clear all arabic oval one frame cancellation on reverse of envelope bearing 1 piaster greyish blue, addressed to Jerusalem, tiny spots, otherwise fine, mounted on exhibition page, scarce

“NAZARETH FEV/22/900” c.d.s. and all arabic "TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I NASRE" (Coles-Walker no.75 & 78, 25 Pts.) on 20 para postal stationery card to France with arrival mark Avignon 5.Mars.01 on reverse, fine and scarce Holy Land & Palestine forerunner!

1916, Death certificate officially registered from Naplous sent with stamples wrapper to a military address "Firka 19 Alay 35" (Regiment 35, unit 19) tied by cds. "NAPLOUS" and fieldpost cancellation "SAHRA POSTASI 35" alongside, all Arabic "NAPLUS VATAN HASTAHANESI SER TABIBI" (Nablous Homeland Hospital chief doctor) under wrapper and signature, a Palestine WWI rarity

1898/1940 (ca.), Hotel cachets and postcards, about 80 cards and covers plus some additional and later material. A lot of different and scarce handstamps of Hotels in Jerusalem, Haifa, Jericho, Nazareth, Tiberias, etc., also some better postmarks, mail to US, Luxemburg, Switzerland, etc., etc.. A most interesting collection.

1906, Ganzsachenkarte 10 C. auf 10 H. rosa mit “JAFFA a 17/11/06 ÖSTERR. POST”, mit rs. Text nach Breslau mit Ankunftsstempel, etwas bügiger Bedarfsbeleg aus Palästina mit klarer Abstempelung

“BEYT LAHM TELGRAF VE POSTAHANESI 1311” (Coles-Walker no.113, 25 Pts.) very clear violet cancellations on postcard “Souvenir de Bethlehem” bearing two 10 Para green to Germany with arrival mark MAGDEBURG 26.4.99, very fine Palestine & Turkey postal history!

"CAIFFA 1 - 12/2/18" bilingual octogonal d.s. (Coles-Walker no. 60, Haifa) on envelope to Berlin with transit marks Beyrouth and Stamboul on reverse, fine and scarce

"CENTRAL COMITE KNESSETH ISRAEL JERUSALEM PALÄSTINA" preprinted envelope from US 1910 bearing 5 c. blue tied by Kingston c.d.s. and french Levant arrival mark "JERUSALEM PALESTINE 28/6/10" on reverse, tiny flaw at left, otherwise fine and scarce Israel forerunner

"DJENINE 2.6.18" (Coles-Walker no.67) on back of registration receipt bearing 5 paras on 10 paras block of 22 stamps showing six clear strikes of this scarce cancellation (20 points). On front black all arabic oneliner "the registration fee was paid in stamps" used in Djenine, tiny spots, unrecorded. The receipt was mounted in a registration booklet and is roughly turn off, otherwise fine. A very interesting postal history document of Palestine

1917, Rehonoth / Jaffa postcard (rounded corners) cancelled by all arabic violet fieldpost mark "DÖRDÜNCÜ ORDU KARARGAHI KUMANDANLIGI" (Fourth Army Headquarters Command), oval all arabic censor mark "MUAYENE OLUNMUSDUR" alongside, adressed to Dersaadet, some faults and corner flaw, scarce Palestine postal history

"FORWARDED BY THE AMERICAN CONSULATE JERUSALEM PALESTINE" blue mark on Austrian Levant cover bearing 1 pia. ultramarine tied by "JERUSALEM 15/5/906" c.d.s. to Oakland California with arrival mark on reverse, vertical fold, shortened at right and tiny toned, otherwise fine, a very scarce usage

“HAYFA TELGRAFHANESI” (Coles-Walker no.62, RRR) all arabic violet cancellation on telegram from Beyrouth with file punch and some crease, otherwise fine, very scarce

Provenienz : ex Arsman (D. Feldman 2011)

 “JERUSALEM 10.10.01” c.d.s. on parcel card bearing 5 pia. on 1 kr. rose, addressed to Hungary, parcel label “Jerusalem Öst. Postamt 41” alongside, on reverse transit marks Jaffa 12.10.01, Triest 30.10.01 and Budapest 9.11.01, customs label on front, coupon cut at left, fine, signed Burger

"JERUSALEM 2 - 20.1.13" octogonal d.s. (KUDÜS-Ü SHERIF 2, with bars in segments, Coles-Walker Type B0), on Turkey 20 paras postal stationery card, transit d.s. "PORT SAID * 21.1.13", to Berlin with commercial message on reverse. An excellent strike on a very fine card, beautiful and attractive 

1899, registered cover written in Bethlehem bearing four 20 Para violet on front and reverse illustrating 2 Piaster rate, each tied by "JERUSALEM 14/AVR/99" c.d.s., "JERUSALEM PALESTIN R No. 528 KUDÜS TAAHHÜT" bilingual registration mark alongside (Bale RC-T6), usage on mail from Bethlehem unrecorded, very scarce Turkey & Palestine forerunner

1912, "NASRE - 8.11.912" c.d.s. (Coles-Walker 79), on Turkey 20 paras postal stationery card, to Berlin with commercial message about natural remedies and medicine on reverse, tiny crease, otherwise fine, an excellent strike

“SAFED 1” octogonal d.s. (Coles-Walker no.89) on censored envelope to Galizien via Beirut (10.4.18) and Stamboul (28.4.18) bearing 1915 Provisional 10 pa. block of four and single, framed Constantinople censor mark and Beyrouth censor with crescent/star, sender cachet ‘Simon Steinholz Saffed Palestine’ on reverse, vert. crease, otherwise fine, an attractive cover

“REMLE” segmented c.d.s. (2.10.909) in black on official stamples envelope to JAFFA with arrival mark on reverse, all arabic REMLE COURT violet mark on both sides, tiny toned and some border faults, shortened on two sides, otherwise a fine strike. (Steichele = 43/03)

"YAFA" (Jaffa, Coles-Walker no.136) clear deep blue cancellation on 20 Para brown postage due, very fine and scarce

1915, YAFA SANSÜR OLUNMUSDUR extremely fine strike of Jaffa Star and Crescent censor h.s. in violet (CM3 type, unlisted in Collins) on cover bearing 1914 10 pa. green and 20 pa. brown cancelled by octagonal “Jaffa/5” d.s. (Steichele = 22/17 + 22/32). Addressed to Clerc at department of accountancy Jerusalem with arrival mark 28/9/331 (1915) some crease and faults, backflap missing. PROFI archive has only two other covers recorded, this censorship was only used for domestic mail. 

1902, Postkarte Altenhaus Moschab-Sekenim Jerusalem Das neue Haus für Greise, frankiert mit Türkei 10 pa. gelbgrün und klarem JERUSALEM QUART ISRAELITE 5/9/02 entwertet, inter. Zeitdokument

"BIR-ES-SEBA Mil.Miss 26.9.17" auf Feldpostkarte mit Truppenstempel "KÖNIGL. PREUSS. MASCH. GEW. KOMP. Nr. 604", geschrieben in Hudsch an der Eisenbahnlinie, nach Stuttgart

"JAFFA *DEUTSCHE POST* 9/8/11", DKr. zweimal klar auf Privat-Ganzsachenumschlag "Deutsche Palästina-Bank" 1 Piaster auf 20 Pfennig mit Zufrankatur Ausgabe 1905 1 Piaster auf 20 Pfennig als R-Brief mit R-Zettel "Jaffa (Deutsche Post) Nr." (Einfeldt Nr. 6, Bale R45) nach Alexandria mit Transitstpl. PORT-SAID 10/8/11, Beförderungsspuren im Rand, dekorativ, sign. Dr. Schn 

"AUS JERUSALEM DEUTSCHE POST", violetter R2 klar auf schöner Bedarfsganzsachenkarte 20 Para mit Stempel "JAFFA 8/2/04 DEUTSCHE POST" nach Darmstadt mit Ankunftsstempel, hebräischer Text und Judaika-Absenderstempel

1898, Reise des deutschen Kaisers: Bilingualer Stempel “Camp Imperial Jerusalem” auf Ansichtskarte mit EF 20 Para nach Berlin, klarer Abschlag dieses oft undeutlichen Stempels, Grußtext, ein schöner Palästina Vorläufer