“PELTOURS” AGENCY, two inbound covers to Tel Aviv, both franked on arrival by 10m Doar Ivri, each shows both s/l cachet (…Box 18, Johannesburg) and oval Tel Aviv PELTOURS cachet, valuable, censored, fine (Bale 32, $1’500) (Image)

COURIER from JNF Office, GENEVA, airmail cover franked with Ussishkin label neatly tied by bold bilingual Swiss JNF cachet and upon arrival in Tel Aviv by M9inhelet Ha’am hs of same. The shipment landed on May 9, 1948 by a Haganah hired plane; no extra charges assessed. Very rare with only a few known, signed Muentz (Bale $3’200) (Image)

COURIER COVER TO TEL AVIV, franked 2x5m Jerusalem II local issue, posted by the courier in Rehovot, stamps not accepted there–“To Pay 20 MILS” cachet was applied and Rehovot Mandate postmark 20 JU 48 alongide, upon arrival in Tel Aviv; tax not collected. Center fold, light toning. (Image)

HAIFA MESSENGERS SERVICE, lot incl. 20m label tied by Café Riga boxed hs, , and several great collateral items incl. 2 diff. notices to public, draft of forms, cover with Café Riga cachet to Barclays Bank (no 20m label), great study lot, mixed condition (Image)

HAIFA MESSENGER POST, 1948, cover addressed outside Hadar HaCarmel, bearing 15m and 20m local “stamps”, registered letter rate, tied by 4-line violet cancellation. Scare. Vertical fold. Muentz cert. (Image)

TAXI & COURRIER SERVICES, two covers showing Haifa 15m and 20m labels respectively, tied by each of the cachet types, each seems commercial, then 3 covers with 5m Kofer Hayishuv single or pairs as franking (one tied by “…per AVIV TAXI” hs, plus four covers (one Jerusalem, one Haifa, three Tel Aviv) with long rectangular taxi co. labels or imprints. One of these once sold for $1’200 and the others are of similar scarcity, please examine, a rare glimpse of interim ingenuity (Est. € 1’200/1’500) (Image)

TEL AVIV/EMERGENCY POST/LAASSIREINU cancel on cover addressed to Tel Aviv, MAY 13, 1948, (w/same backstamp) and Tel Hai label; plus airmail package front addressed to Tel Aviv, Palestine, from KENYA, w/4x stamps, plus LAASSIREINU MAY 14, 1948 cancel tieing Tel Hai label. Interesting lot. (Image)

HAGANAH, Three covers showing 4 diff. Haganah hs plus another dated 17 April 1948 with boxed hs URGENT, SECRET, and Headquarters Harel Brigade / Signals Office hs plus ms boxed Official Mail, excellent condition throughout (Est. € 400/900) (Image)

HAGANAH mail, four covers incl. 19 Feb 1948 (early date) with “Mefaked Hair” (Hebrew) hs plus cachet, another (14 May) opened for display plus two more with 5 and 7 May cancels used from Jerusalem “Old City,” one without sword in cancel, last two controversial, examine (Est. € 300/500) (Image)

FIRST FLIGHT COVER, HAIFA to BULGARIA, REGISTERED June 8, with arrival backstamp Sofia June 12., via Czech Airline. Many backstamps, as finally returned to sender, S. Lachman. Very few made, less than 10. (Image)