Tel Aviv Stamps - Auction #46

Rarity: Haifa Messengers Service -  commerc. cv addressed to the Income Tax office in Haifa exempt of postage as such, cancelled, on face boxed Haifa Messengers cachet (type B); horiz. fold, f-vf & Very Rare, currently the only recorded, certif. Tsachor-Aloni 

Besieged Gush Etzion - Flown Courier cover from the Gush - return address: "Uriel Ofek  Massuot Yitzhak, Gush Etzion" under siege as of January 1948, the air strip was in service as of  February 7, 1948 . The Gush surrendered to the Jordanian Legion on 13 May 1948. Cover addressed to Moshe Mosinsohn "Be'Ma'aleh" editor in Tel Aviv, on back a hand written note by the sender: "5 V - I returned safely from the battle, regards, Uri Cohen reached Tel Aviv, Uriel". The cv was received by permission of the Gush Etzion Archives, their cachet on back; roughly opened at top right resulting in uneven top, center fold typical to courier letters, fine & Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni

2 cvs from Besieged Negev Couriered to TLV frank M. Ha'am stps & mailed there: a) Return address "...Kibbutz Mivtachim - Negev, POB 468 TLV" frank 10m (Ba #33) tied by TEL AVIV M. Ha'am pmk, to Gan Yavneh; b) Return address "... Be'eri POB 2040 TLV" frank 10m (#23) tied by Israeli pmk TEL AVIV 16.5.1948, to Haifa; both trimmed 1cm, scattered spots, fine (x2) 

Meshek Ayelet Hashahar  - 10m M. Ha'am stp (Ba #21, correct rate) tied to commercial  cv  addressed to Haifa by Meshek Ayelet Hashahar   M. Ha'am pmk in Black;  vf & Rare