1948 LOCALS, ETC.

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1930's JNF COURIER SERVICE during the High Holidays, 6 small Greeting Card covers all to Hadera with different cachets, including "Working Center of KKL in the Shomron", "The Committee for Shomron--KKL", "KKL--the amount of postage paid", "The Students Committee for KKL" and more. KKL stamps and Kofer Hyishuv used. Three with enclosures. Photo. (ex Tsachor). Estimated Value $400

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JN F LOCAL POST (Couriers), 1940's 2 covers delivered by school students. 1)Cover franked by 10m JNF tied by straight -line "Center of JNF works in the Shomron" addressed to a Haders Rabbi. 2) Safed, small New Year Greeting Card cover franked with 2m JNF Herzl stamp, tied by 2 line cachet "JNF local Comm. Safed" (some toning). Photo. (Tsachor certificate). Estimated Value $350

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TWO COVERS (same correspondence) from a Tel Aviv lawyer to a Jerusalem Resort House. 1) by TAXI AVIV with their handstamp tying 5m Kofer Ha'Yishuv stamp to cover. 2) Incoming Courier cover franked by 10m 2nd local issue (w/lake variety) tied by "Liberation" provisional cancel, date unclear (used only May 26-28, 1948), dropped in a mail box in Jerusalem. Folded and light toning, fine (x2). Incoming courier covers are scarcer than outgoing. Photo. (ex Tsachor). Estimated Value $650

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FLOWN CIVILIAN COVER from JERUSALEM to Tel Aviv franked 10m 2nd local issue, tied upon arrival in Tel Aviv by APO BASE A dateless postmark (in use May 22-27) repeated on back. Cover cleaned but still fine example of siege mail. . Photo. (ex Tsachor, signed Aloni). Photo. Estimated Value $800

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FLOWN COVER FROM BESEIGED JERUSALEM, franked 10m 2nd local issue, addressed to Tel Aviv, cancelled upon arrival in TLV by Military postmark APO BASE A, 15.6.48, cnacel on cover not tying the stamp per regulations. Cover cleaned and shortened at left hand side. Photo. (ex Tsachor). Estimated Value $500

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PALESTINE 25m AIRLETTER SHEETLET, from Jerusalem to England, message dated 18.5.48 with additional 10m 2nd Issue Jerusalem local stamp tied by "Rosette" postmaek, theimp;rinted 25m stamp left uncancelled. Message includes fascinating account of conditions in the beseiged city. Vf genuine item but no proof that it reached the addressee. Photo. (ex Tsachor). Estimated Value $650