Israel. 1948 US "service suspended" mail to Palestine: 7 APR 1948 surface mail commercial 1st day cover from NATCHEZ to TEL AVIV, franked 6c & tied by FDC machine cancel; posted 11 days after 27 March US surface-mail suspension to Palestine, so marked by 2x different NYC Post Office "Surface Mail Suspended | Return to Sender" instructional marking handstamp K-Type-1 + instructional marking handstamp K-Type-II (reversed order of Type-I text) & returned to sender - rare instance of both instructional markings on one cover + unusual as FDC.

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Israel. Israel 1948 Doar Ivri DISCOVERY PIECE: pale cobalt 20mil left corner marginal tabblock of 7 + blank adjusted tab below printed tab (not a "double perforation") on thin yellow paper (May 1948 printing: setting A, plate 1 with tab types 1-2-2-3-2a-3-1.1) & with 10:11 perforations; MNH & OG; toning on upper perforation & variously on gum; lightly folded along 3rd, 4th & 6th vertical perforation; vertical perforation alignment mismatched. Ex Moshe Hesky collection; as such - Bale unlisted (basic: Ba 5d - cat. value $3745).

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Israel. Israel 1948 Doar Ivri perf variety: 20m left corner single with 10:11 perforation (Ba 5d) & horizontally imperforated between stamp & top margin (Ba FCV113); used, with part of Ramat Gan trilingual pmk visible. Cat value $750.

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Israel. Israel 1948 Doar Ivri perf variety: 50mil tabbed stamp with 11:11 perf on thin yellow paper & imperforated horizontally between the stamp and tab (Ba FCV42); used. Cat value $1000.

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Israel. Israel 1948 Doar Ivri high values: 500 mil full tabbed stamp (horizontal perforation of the tab's bottom) with 11:11 perf on yellowish paper (Ba 8a); MH & OG, retaining bend of fresh mint stamp: thin surface tear at top edge of gum where hinge attempted removed & light toning spot on right of tab. Cat value $1750.

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Israel. Israel 1948 Doar Ivri TRIPLE RARITY: 1000 mil left corner tabbed stamp with gutters on blue paper, with rare 10:10 perforation (Ba 9f) & double vertical perforation in field at left (this not catalogued); MNH & OG; perforated at base, with short teeth as observed on this issue & off-centered as encountered with this type perforation. Firm paper (no signs of folds along perf), some original ink marks on back; a few toning spots on gum front base; small wrinkle at bottom right tip; tiny expertization handstamp on back. Est. value $6500-8000+ (Bale cat value $6500 alone for 9f & $1200 if double perf - in margin, FCV169).

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Palestine Mandate. The Blues - #1: 1 Piaster (Ba 1) MNH & without gum, as issued; visible watermark. Cat. value $400

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Palestine Mandate. Jerusalem I overprint: 20m slate-gray with 15:14 perf & setting II overprint (Ba 26a), mint & very lightly hinged. With Hebrew "Shin" missing right-most stroke-head, this most similar to Type 6 (except without stroke over E in Palestine). Cat value $750

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Palestine Mandate. London II overprint - printing error DOUBLE DISCOVERY PIECE: 13mil deep-ultramarine with 14:14 perf (Ba 79b; plate B issue) a) with mangled design in top right corner extending into upper field ("POSTAGE"), due to broken plate during the printing process; b) with upright crown watermark but BACKWARDS "CA" (note the letter "A" is on the left of the pair in upper-center on back & veers to left rather than to right); used - rare as such (i.e. this variety saw actual use; not a worker's mint fabrication). Est. value $1000+++

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Palestine Mandate. London II INVERTED overprint: 2 Pia olive (14:14 perf) with inverted overprint (Ba 81a), MNH (this rare as most unused singles have been hinged); Hoexter certified on back + Muenz certification. Cat value $400

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United States. 1963 incoming US taxed mail: 5 JY 1963 airmail maxi picture-postcard Coney Island from BROOKLYN to JERUSALEM underfranked at $0.25 and taxed 1.47L in Israel (very high, probably handled as a letter and not postcard), using 6 franks: pair 0.30L 1963 Independence Ba266 + 3 color 0.01L, 2x 0.18L & 0.50L 1961 Zodiac Ba204/211/215 franks; as initially unpaid, all annulled by "Payment not Received | Cancelled" cachets, but then stamped by JERUSALEM-4 postmark on 10-7-63 when the addressee came to pay. Unusual handling & high tax; estimated value $90+

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United States. 1964 incoming US taxed & triple redirected mail (lives of rich & famous): OCT 19 1964 $0.04 pre-printed postcard from NEW YORK to FOREST HILLS with request by "G. Getty" (presumably a member of the famous Getty family) to call; arrived OCT 22 but as addressee left, redirected by surface mail (and marked for tax) to new address in VIENNA, arriving 29-12-64 per red boxed cachet, where apparently the name (hotel?) was correct but not the city and so redirected again to FRANKFURT, with updated street address handstamped, arriving 6 JAN 1965 per green dater - with new postage dues (12) marked; here address updated yet again to hotel in TEL AVIV, where arrived, redirected to its P.O.Box and marked for 0.10L postage dues, paid 25-1-1965 (Hebrew date off by 1 Latin day) using 1961 Zodiac Ba209 tied by TEL AVIV-7 postmark. 3 month transit; well travelled & documented.

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