Auction No. 47
Lot 6
Blues.
1918, "E.E.F.", 1 Pia indigo printing (SG 1), The Blues 1918, 10 Feb. wmk. 1, rouleted Cat. $450. Very Fine.
Lot 7
Control Blocks.
1918 'E.E.F.' 5m/1pi ultramarine (SG 4) corner number block of 4, Transfer B with control number D 18 C . no gum as issued. This Very Fine specimen, in control number blocks with original gum, MNH. SG £350. Estimate $100 - 180.
Lot 8
Jerusalem I.
1920 Palestine "Jerusalem I" Block of 4, Bale: 17, 27 "B" perf 14, Position 200. Original gum MNH. Cat 240.$
Lot 9
Jerusalem I.
1920 Palestine "Jerusalem I" Block of 4 Bale: 23a 5p purple, original gum MNH. Cat $150.
Lot 10
Jerusalem I.
1920 Palestine "Jerusalem I" Block of 4 Bale: 37. 5p perf 15 : 14 deep-purple. Original gum MNH. Cat $150.
Lot 11
Jerusalem II
1920. Jerusalem II, POSTAGE STAMP Ba: 43 used 5p, deep purple, 14x14, Very Rare. Cat. $1300
Lot 12
London II.
1922. Palestine "London II" Bale: 84 20Pia bright violets perf 14. Original gum MNH. Cat $250.
1922. Palestine "London II" Bale: 84 20pia bright violets perf 14. Original gum MNH. Cat $250.
Lot 14
To-Pay
1939 (23 SE). Airmail cover from New York, United States to Mount Carmel. The cover was underfranked with 8 c. stamps and struck with "To Pay" postmarks in New York. Upon arrival in British Mandate Palestine, the cover was censored and hand-stamped with the local "To Pay 14mil" postmark, necessitating the affixing of additional postage due stamps and tied by the Mount Carmel 12 OCTOBER arrival circular date stamp (cds).
Lot 15
To-Pay
1930 official cover from the Jerusalem Municipality, mailed within Jerusalem. Insufficiently franked with 2mil Mandate Pictorials, it was taxed '6 mil to pay' and affixed with additional postage due stamps (2 & 4mil.), tied with Jerusalem circular date stamps.
1945: A commercial cover from the Royal Exchange Assurance in Jerusalem, bearing proper franking with a vertical strip of five 3 mil stamps (Perf. 13 1/2 x 15), featuring a variety of 1/2 Gutter. Sent to the manager of the Cairo branch in Egypt, the cover underwent censorship twice, once in Palestine and once in Egypt.
British Mandate in Palestine: Lot of 12 items including registered multiple airmails, postal cards, and income mail.