Public Auction 122

**HOLY LAND FORERUNNERS/OTTOMAN EMPIRE**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
1		REMLE BRANCH OFFICE CANCEL #PM2 (#756) scarce on locallay addressed cover, "Courts Correspondence" with small black postage exemption seal cancel, scarce but cover in poor condition due to age. Photo. Estimated Value $300 (Image1)	Starting Bid 125 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
2		CAMP IMPERIAL JERUSALEM "DOUBLE RATE" Cover mailed at the official post office, with 4x20 para stamps from Dr. Herman Knackfuss (official court painter) to his wife in Cassel, Germnay. Hand written note on back regarding the Kaiser's camp near Caesaria (with 200 tents). Receival cancel Caessel Nov. 16, 1898. One of only two covers known mailed by member of the Kaiser's party. Very Good condition. EXHIBIT ITEM.Photo. Estimated Value $4000-$5000. (Image1)	Starting Bid 2,000 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
3	ppc	MARINESCHIFFPOST cancel #11, on 5pfg stamp, KAISER VISIT PICTURE POSTCARD , Nov. 1, 1898, of the Cruiser HELA WHILE ANCHORED in JAFFA on escort duty during the visit of KAISER WILHELM II to the Holy Land. Mailed to Germany, dated October 30, 1898. Less than 5 HELA items from the Holy Land are known. Some tropical stains. Photo. Estimated Value $400-$500. (Image1)	Starting Bid 200 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
4		AUSTRIAN OFFICE: Large size imprinted KAISER WILHELM II COVER, with 8 Austrian Levant stamps (8pa, 10pa, 20pa, 1pi, 2pi, 5pi, 10pi and 20pi) cancelled October 31, 1898 during the Kaiser's visit. Vertical fold separation, reinforced. Most unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $225 (Image1)	Starting Bid 75 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
5		1912 BELGIUM COVER, REGISTERED to Jerusalem, with Austrian Jerusalem receival cancel on back, red company seal on back, trasit cancel on front. Clean. Photo. Estimated Value $100 (Image1)	Starting Bid 50 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
6	DOC	BANK IMPERIAL OTTOMAN "TITRES EN NANTISSEMENT", Haifa 1928, with bank handstamp tieing Palestine 10 mils Revenue stamp to document. Verical fold reinforced with tape, slightly rough condition, but still scarce. Photo. Estimated Value $200. (Image1)	Starting Bid 100 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM

**WWI/EARLY PALESTINE**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
7	PPC	FPO H20 CANCEL, Aug. 1917 on Egyptian Picture Postcard, addressed to England, censored, clean. Clean. Photo. Estimated Value $100 (Image1)	Starting Bid 50 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
8		REGISTERED COVER to RABBI in New York, April 15, 1918, SZ44 cancel, 2x1pia. Stamps (Ba;e #3) tied to back of cover. Censored, transit London, with receival backstamps. Few slight stains. Photo. Estimated Valuie $250 (Image1)	Starting Bid 100 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
9		REGISTERED COVER May 1918, SZ45 (Jaffa) from S&P Relief to American Colony, Jerusalem, with 1pia/5m Postage (Bale #3&4) tied by two cancels, backstamps, very clean CIVILIAN MAIL using Army Post office. Photo. Estimated Value $500 (Image1)	Starting Bid 200 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
10		JUNE 10, 1918 COVER addressed to New York Bank, SZ44 cancels tie 2x5m (Bale #4) sstamps to cover. Unlisted INTERNATIONAL RATE of 10m, printed mattter rate? Slightly rough opening, vertical and horizontal folds, censored. Photo. Estimated Value $250 (Image1)	Starting Bid 125 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
11		ANGLO PALESTINE BANK COVER, Jaffa, addressed to Cairo, franked with 1-pia stamp (Bale #3), with APO SZ44 cancel, June 1918. Censored, receival backstamp, slightly rough opening. Photo. Estimated Value $125 (Image1)	Starting Bid 50 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
12		WINE INDUSTRY COVER, RISHON LEZION addressed to Cairo, with 2x5m stamps (Bale #4, one damaged) tied to cover by 2x SZ32 cancels, Aug. 1918. SZ32 was at Julis/Bir Salem at that time. Few slight stains. Photo. Estimated Value $100 (Image1)	Starting Bid 50 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
13	PPC	REFISTERED PICTURE POSTCARD, Aug. 1918, addressed to Port Said, Egypt, franked with 1pia/4m stamps, tied by SZ44 (Jerusalem). Receival backstamp. Unusual rate! (Stamped Tsachor). Censored. Photo. Estimated Value $300 (Image1)	Starting Bid 150 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
14		BRITISH ARMY PRE-PRINTED 2d Registered Envelope, Aug. 1918 , with FPO GMI cancels, addressed to Red Cross in Berne, Switzerland, censored, transit and receival backstamps. Clean. Photo. Estimated Value $80 (Image1)	Starting Bid 40 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
15		SEPT, 1917 COVER addresseed to Captain in the EEF, with 5m stamp ((Blae #4) tied with SZ44 cancel, senders handstamp on back, showing CIVILIAN USE of Military Post Office. Back flap missing. Censored, clean. Photo. Estimated Value $150 (Image1)	Starting Bid 75 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
16		OHMS COVER, OCTOBER 1918, addressed to general staff officer, with clear FPO GM2 (Mt. Carmel at this time) with backstamps BPO T, and FPO SA10. Unclear hand cachet on front, forwarded several times. Tough opening on back. Photo. Estimated Value $100 (Image1)	Starting Bid 50 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
17		REGISTERED COVR, SEPT. 1918, SZ45 addressed to Cairo, with postage on back of cover, 8x5m (Bale #4 , one damaged) plus 6x 1m (Bale #5), total 46 MILS, Mixed Franking. Rough oppening.Censored. Photo. Estimated Value $300 (Image1)	Starting Bid 125 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
18	PPC	ITALIAN FORCES IN PALESTINE WWI, book by Silvano Sorani, with Picture Postcard included, from Port Said addressed to Iltalian Detachment in Palestine, July 1917. Some stains. Book numbered (3/250) and signed by SORANI. Very hard to find. Photo. Estimated Value $250 (Image1)	Starting Bid 125 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM

**PALESTINE MANDATE/STAMPS**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
19	sp	SPECIMEN: 1pia Dark Blue, Bale #S.1, mint no gum as issued. VF. Photo. Estimated Value $450 (Image1)	Starting Bid 125 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM
20	sp	SPECIMEN: Bale #2, 5m overprint, no gum as issued. VF Photo. Estimated Value $450 (Image1)	Starting Bid 125 CLOSED Closing..Oct-21, 11:59 PM