SAFED, the May 1948 10c Local plus entire, fantastic holding incl. unused full sheet of 6, the UNIQUE strip of 3 on white paper (Bale $7’000), a booklet pane of 6 (rejoined), an addressed FDC (cert. Muentz), completely imperf T margin single, 3 unused essay entires (Bale 124-E, $600 each), and L margin single tied to ppc of interior of the “Ari” synagogue and one of only about 10 commercial pcs used from Safed during this period. The lot also shows covers with Mandate frankings tied by the interim cds (May 7-14), Safed Local franking covers (19, incl. several commercial) with some showing missing perforation (at top, at left, at bottom, etc.) tied by s/l boxed ds (May 4, First Day, Bale Pmk E-1) or by interim cds (Pmk E-2); dates incl. May 6/14, with several May 11, the “Day of Liberation.” Would make a powerful one-frame exhibit considering the rarity of much of the material, huge nominal Bale catalogue value (US$20’000++) for what is listed, very fine overall Estimate: € 6’000 – € 10’000 (Image)

1948 Tiberias emergency hs, 10m on 5m Palestine revenue, tied to pencil-addressed cover by great strike of Tiberias provisional cancel (Bale listing no. 75) in violet, with s/l ds of 1948 May 2, rare and fine (Bale $850) (Image)