Ended on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 at 12:00.

a61081 1948 emergency sea-mail: front of surface mail registered commercial cover on business stationary from PARIS to b

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Start of the sale:
Friday, 24 August 2018 at 09:28
Item n°623359330
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 9 October 2018 at 12:00
Lot:
#a61081
Catalogue:
Historama Auction #6

1948 emergency sea-mail: front of surface mail registered commercial cover on business stationary from PARIS to bank in TEL AVIV, pre-franked 45F locally per postage period rate but not posted via French Post Office as surface mail to Palestine was suspended (until 15 June 1948): here, dispatched as a pre-paid "courier cover" brought on board Israeli ship "S/S Kedma" on its final transport of 1948 "emergency mail" before commencing transport of sea mail for the Israel Post (exclusively until Nov. 1952): this & other covers in this shipment were prepaid to the shipping company, who uniquely stamped these covers with bilingual English/Hebrew circular handstamp "KEDEM" Palestine Line LTD - T/S/S KEDMAH (here 2x full strikes, one tied to French franks) & affixed 10m Doar Ivri frank before depositing the mail in Israel for posting, here tied by 15.6.1948 HAIFA Head Post Office postmark (eg. same date as resumption sea mail with France). This was ship's 1st delivery of mail since 24 May, and the only incoming sea mail to Israel since. Illustrated in IFPL p. 139.

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a61081 1948 emergency sea-mail: front of surface mail registered commercial cover on business stationary from PARIS to b

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