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Besieged Ben-Shemen 15 DE 47 Convoy cv (including contents) from a girl in Ben-Shemen "Youth Village" addressed to her father in Haifa frank 10m Palestine stp cancelled BEN-SHEMEN pmk. She writes: "... I am writing today as the convoy comes in a few hours to pick the mail..." This is the same corresp. as lots #174/5 in  the previous Sept. 2022 auction (fetched $7500 & $3300). The village (near Lydda) was under partial siege as of 29 November 47 & was serviced by convoys escorted by the British Army. The siege was lifted on 10 July 1948. On back of the cv return address - children's group Ben-Shemen; roughly opened at left, fine &  a Rare Historic document, certif Tsachor

Qiryat Amal - 2 mailed Registered items to Haifa, w/the 2 diff. "Regist. Labels": a) #3 Hand Made label on 10m Palest. letter card uprated w/5 & 10m Palest. stps, dated 4/5/48; b) #32 in Manuscript cv frank 10m Palest. stps (SG #91  & 105)  & 15m M. Ha'am stps (Ba #11, 17 & 29); vf (x2)

Sheet Variety (Before Overprinting): 2nd Local Issue - misprint of a full sheet of the 10m stp on the original gummed paper w/the Blue background, the sheet was fed folded resulting in partial & distorted printing, the folded bottom right  corner is printed on the gum side; u/m, vf

Jerusalem 1948 - the 3 local issues - 25 diff. items incl. Plate Blocks of 4: 2nd issue - 5 & 25m Imperf + 3rd Gimel perf; Full Sheet of 10: Ba #102h, 103g, 103e, 103 ovpt slanting - 2 stps no ovpt & 105 -  ½   Imperf Sheet "crazy" ovpt + 103 offset onback; Other varieties: Ba #101g, 101i, 101j x 2, 101p, 102f in pair, 102i, 103e strip of 5, 101/103 Imperf pairs + 102 offset on back, 103 strip of 3 left stp no ovpt; sheets trace of hinges on margin, stps are u/m (only 102f no gum), vf (x25 items), Ba $8100 + uncat. items, a valuable assemblage