1766 Letter from Paolo di Piacenza, “…Custode di Tutta Terra Sancta,” (Custodian of the entire Holy Land, as well as responsible for the missionaries in Egypt and Cyprus, etc.), signed by him as well as five other clergy at Jerusalem on Oct. 18, and with elaborate and beautiful embossed paper-over-wax seal, a great showpiece, fine (Est. € 600/900) (Image)

1868 (ca.) Gorgeous stampless cover to USA from Jerusalem (“Gerusalemme 29/3” cds), New York transit plus Philadelphia bs, red and black “FRANCO” hs, rated “2” in blue, superb strike of oval Mediterranean Hotel / M.H. / Jerusalem commercial hs, red ms “70” rate on reverse, a showpiece, very fine (Image)

1886-1916 (ca.), Very useful group of some 35 items (nearly all covers or pcs) incl. couple inbound, several special dates (Kaiser’s visit, Bethlehem 1899 & 1900, last day of 19th century, etc.), destinations incl. Tranquebar, Chile, Natal and Sweden, couple show French mailboat ds, towns of origin incl. Caifa, Jaffa & Jerusalem, some variation in frankings (incl. both Levant and Off. in Turkey) and stationery types, examine (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1874 Folded Letter to France from JAFFA using Ceres issue, with numeral dotted “5089”, rate 80c (single franking), with additional “Jaffa pearl” cancel 31 OCT. 74. Forwarding agent handstamp. Note additonal violet boxed “PD”. Transit marking Alexandrie and receival cancel Cognac. Slight toning, Scarce EXHIBIT ITEM. (Image)

1901-1912, Five covers or cards incl. uses from Jaffa and Jerusalem (one consular), couple via Egypt, one to Switz., and one Registered inbound to Jaffa from French P.O. at Galata, useful and generally fine or better (Est. € 120/180) (Image)

TEMPEL-KOLONIE /HAMIDJI/WEILHELMA/DUETSCHE POST/JAFFA violet handstamp on cover to Berlin, with 5c stamp tied by JAFFA cancel (date not clear). Wilhelma as the smallest of the German Templer Colonies, founded in 1902, population had grown to 150 by 1911. Scarce (Image)

TEMPEL-KOLONIE/HAMIDJIE/WILHELMA/DEUTSCHE POST/JAFFA violet handstamp (Bale #413) on postcard with 20 para stamp tied by Jaffa cancel 18.12.08. Wilhelma was smallest of German Templer Cololnies and is the least common of the agency markings. Clean. (Image)

“AUS JAFFA” handstamp marking on Postal Reply Card, collected from box outside Jaffa on the road to Jerusalem, addressed to Germany. Jerusalem Bridge cancel without time, 31.8.12, unused reply card attached. This handstamp is unlisted in Bale cat. (Image)

AUS RAMLEH (Palestina) violet handstamp on 20 para postal card addressed to Germany (Bale #411 $500), Jaffa Deutsche Post cancel, 7.12.06, receival cancel on front. Very clean. (Image)

“Aus Sarona/bei Jaffa (Deutsche Post) Bale #412 violet handstamp on 10c postal card, addressed to German Consulate in Jerusalem, with 7.20.10 Jaffa Deutsche Post cancel. Return address on card Sarona (Jaffa Consulat!). Most unusual. (Image)

1898-1918, Splendid mostly exhibit-mounted collection in 3 volumes, about 100 franked covers cards and ps with important range of Postal Agency boxed or s/l hs incl. Aus Ramleh, Aus Jaffa, Aus Jerusalem [x2], bold Paquebot hs for Hungarian steamer S.S. Petofi, then wide range of postal stationery types (few mint) in exceptional condition, strong in wrappers and reply cards, then a range of registered mail (incl. uprated ps), some internal uses as well as to foreign destinations, finally over 45 WWI fieldpost items including a range of cancels and uses, in all a great start with many choice items in exceptional condition, examine (€ 1’200/2’000) (Image)

WORLD WAR I, Deutsche Feldpost cancel, 3 stars, (Palestine), 29.3.18, on cover addressed to Werdau/Sachsen (Germany) with red “FELDPOST” LABEL, scarce as such. (Image)

1919-46, Attractive selection of about 400 covers and cards from the British Mandate period, mostly official mail, including postal forms, range of cancels with a specialised section for Jerusalem, registration labels, etc. many are written up on exhibition pages, see this lot on our web site (Est. € 3’000/4’000) (Image)

1934 Registration entire with additional 56m in Pictorials (4 diff.) tied by Tel Aviv oval (March) or circular (May) ds, Cairo and various Italian bs, returned to sender so 31m + entire was outbound postage + registration, 27m added on return. Spectacular, fine showpiece (Image)

1924-48, Fifteen covers with a variety of interest incl. two FFCs to Cyprus (one a 5-colour franking), several WWII censored, two meter mail, two with attempted use of revenues, Palestine 25m airletter used for May 1947 FFC to USA, etc., mainly valuable with some nice showpieces (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

OFFICIAL MAIL, 1919-49, lot of about 60 large-size O.H.M.S. imprint covers, all but one stampless, couple with Palestine P & T imprints, several reg’d, plus few P.O. forms, and additionally six WWII censored FPO covers (“Active Service,” two of them formulars), good for study, variety of Palestine cancels (some superb strikes), mixed condition (Est. € 120/200)

Useful lot incl. mint collection in stockbook incl. Dues, many cplt. sets, also used on stock pages and in glassine with plenty of cancel interest, finally unused set of pages, examine (Est. € 200/300)

1923-73, Postal history collection in six albums showing an interesting array of WWII censor markings incl. on some incoming mail, airmail items, German concentration camp mail, crash mail covers, postal stationery cards, airgraphs, also Yom Kippur war, etc., fine (Est. CHF 800/1’200) (Image)

RUSSIAN POST OFFICE REGISTERED COVER, Dec. 27, 1902, addressed to USA, Jerusalem Ropit cancels, Bale #616 R-4-2 five times on 9 Levant stamps. Registration dotted “R”, manuscript reg. #668, transit markings Egypt and England on back, plus 3 line handstamp arrival cachet of Feb. 5, 1903. Cover in excellent condition and very rare. (See photo Steichele catalogue page 382). GREAT EXHIBIT ITEM (Image)

1900-1913, Small but potent lot of 9 items, two best are two 1902 reg’d covers to USA (bs) with multiple stamp 3-colour frankings (one illustrated by Steichele), then two perfect ps 10k letter cards used from Jaffa and from Jerusalem, and early Soviet reg’d cover to Tel Aviv, a choice lot, examine (Est. € 800/1’600) (Image)

REGISTERED 1915 Cover to Germany, with Jerusalem 5 cancels tieing 15 stamps to bacl of cover, censor strip and handstamp. Receival backstamp. Sender Syr. Waisenhaus, Jerusalem. Pretty. (Image)

JERUSALEM 2 postmarks (22Mar14) tie 1-1/2 pi Turkish stamp to REGISTERED 20 pa Turkish Envelope sent to resident olf Vienna, Austria. Registered handstamp RC2 (Collins +600) on front, Port Said transit cancel on back. File holes and rough opening, but still scarce. (Image)

REHOBOTH (Jaffa) cancel violet, on commercial cover addressed to Zurcih, Turkish 1-piaster stamp, tied to cover with Bale #849 cancel, 19.5.916. Censor marks black Beyrouth and red Feldkirch on face and Zurich arrival on reverse. 1985 Muentz cert. Rough opening. (Image)

1889-1916, About 25 covers, cards and receipts from a variety of towns incl. Ramleh, Nazareth, Safed & Saffed, Jericho, Bon Samaritain, Haifa as well as many diff. Jerusalem incl. two Camp Imperial, and two Jerusalem-Jaffa railway TPOs, and many other choice items (e.g. pc with green “Howard’s Hotel” arc hs), well worth examination as nearly every item was once a single lot at auction (Est. € 600/900) (Image)

1416-1918, Extensive specialised collection in two albums on the Ottoman post offices in the Holy Land, a wide range of cancellations combined with good postal history interest, starts with early 1416 letter to Amman, range of Jerusalem cancels on Ottoman issues, noted trilingual (Steichele 33/02), various Quartier Israelite pmk on cover, several CAMP IMPERIAL JERUSALEM pmks, also scarce MEIER SHAREM pmks, letter with very rare JERUSALEM 7 pmk (ex Sacher), later neat NAZARETH strike on card (ex Sacher), also scarce REMLE cds in blue, 1917 card with rare ZAMARIN pmk (Steich. 52/01), other rare cancels incl. negative Posta Shubesi on Duloz, boxed Acre & Jaffa, negative Jaffa on card, rare HALIL-UL-RAHMAN (Steich. 21/01, ex Sacher) on card, rare AIOUN CARA on GB 5d on cover, rare JERICHO pmk, a wonderful offering and a great basis for expansion (Est. € 7’000/10’000) (Image)