PUBLIC AUCTION #117 - -
LARGE LOT of Remaining PALESTINE COVERS, DOCUMETS, ETC. all to or ftom BEER SHEVA, 28 Items, all on exhibit pages. Outstanding. Estimated Value $1000
LARGE LOT of Remaining PALESTINE COVERS, DOCUMETS, ETC. all to or ftom BEER SHEVA, 28 Items, all on exhibit pages. Outstanding. Estimated Value $1000
NINE ITEMS including 7 Covers (three registered) and 2 Picture Postcards all used by British Field Forces in Beer Sheva. Great lot for delaer or collector. Photo. Estimated Value $750
STAMPLESS OFFICIAL SHARIA COURT cover from Beer Sheva that travelled via Beer Sheva-RAFA railway line to RAFA Oct. 23, 1930, and then via KNATARA--HAIFA TPO NORTH, Oct. 25, 1920 to Jaffa to the Sharia Quadhi Pasha. The only known civilian cover mailed on the BEER SHEVA--RAFA railway line. Only three covers exist with the RAGA postmark exist. Photo. Estimated Value $250
COVERS TWO, cancelled APO SZ23 located in Beer Sheva, both addressed to JAMAICA with receival backstamps. Most unusual. Censored. Photo. Estimated Value $500
SEPT. 26, 1918 COVER addressed to England with cancel APO SZ54 in Beer Sheva only from July to October 1918. Only 4 covers are known to exist. Photo. Estimated Value $250
REGISTERED O.A.S. (On Army Service) cover to Alexandria, Egypt. Regstration fe of 2p paid with British stamp. Return address "113 /squadron/RAF" (Royal Air Force). Probably stationed at the military airfield erected north/west of Beer Sheva at the present Sde-Teiman. The onlly known cover from Beer Sheva (unlisted in Firbrace). Photo. Estimated Value $300
TWO ITEMS, Cover and Picture Postcard, both with APO SZ38 cancels, this ;post office located in Beer Sheva from Dec. 24, 1917 to Nov.. 1, 1918. Photo. Estimated Value $250
REGISTERED COVER from Jerusalem to a Major in the 14tth Australian General Hospital (Port Sais), postmarked SZ44, Aug. 27, 1918. Backstamps including SZ23, Aug. 29, in transit in Beer Sheva. Latest known date of SZ23. Photo. Estimated Value $150
TWO PICTURE POSTCARDS, cancelled APO SZ34, located in Beer Sheva from Dec. 1917 to April 6, 1918. Both addressed to England. Photo. Estimated Value $250
FORCES REGISTERED ENVELOPE, cover from Beer Sheva, to Cairo, postmarked APO SZ23 (Beer Sheva), June 24, 1918, with backstamp BAR TPO, and Cairo June 25. Only 4 covers known to exist with BAR TPO postmark. Cover exploded, missing corner. Photo. Estimated Value $400