1929 Zeppelin Orient Flight - Austrian Contract Mail - Austrian 10gr stationery pc (Mi P275) to Haifa, uprated w/5 stps total 1s + 80gr all tied by pmks 1WIEN1 - 22.III.29 + Grey Par Avion label tied by pmk WIEN 1 - FLUGPOST & Flight cachet steel type alongside, as most of the mail it was dropped at Ramle, forwarded to Haifa & Redirected to the Sender, a 20m (SG #99) Palestine stp added tied by pmk REGISTERED HAIFA 28 MR 29 & a Regist label "HAIFA No. 4821" added, rate: 7 surface + 13 regist; vf Rarity, the only Recorded Orient Flight item w/additional Palestine stp & Returned by Regist mail, certif Muentz

Dear friends and collectors,
Welcome to our 44th auction. The attached Prices Realized list of our 9 November 2016 sale demonstrates another set of excellent results. There is a continuing strong demand for better and specialized material.
We are proud to offer the following collections in the coming auction:
HAIFA 1845 – 1960: THE POSTAL HISTORY
THE DOAR IVRI SPECIALIZED
ISRAEL'S TAXED MAIL 1948 – 1970
1948/1954 ARAB PALESTINE
Also included: Foreign Countries, Foreign P. Offices, Palestine stamps,
1948 Interim, Israel FDCs, 1948 1st Festivals, Judaica & The Dreyfus Affair & more.
Please FAX your final bids to avoid delays. Bidders are requested to include their FAX and telephone numbers and/or email addresses on their bid sheets.
For the convenience of our clients in the Metropolitan New York area Dr. Arthur Groten is available to accept bids and consignments by phone
845-471-4179 or e-mail [email protected]
Consignments can also be submitted by Mr. Gary Theodore, office phone
732-229-5310, cell 732-996-0520 or e-mail [email protected],
Fax: 732-229-4805
With all good and sincere wishes,
YACOV TSACHOR - Director & Philatelist
ZVI ALONI - Philatelist
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AIR MAIL ZEPPELIN & CRASHE
AIR MAIL ZEPPELIN & CRASHE
1948 CALAMATA Crash - air cv Romania to Haifa
7 DEC 48 frank 5 stps total 50 Lei carried by CSA flight "OK584 PRAHA - LYDDA" crashed over North Greece near Calamata on 21 Dec., Czech Post label on back & HAIFA
28 1 1949 arrival pmk; Nierinck 481221 (the scarcest of Palest. / Isr. crashes)
WWII HOLOCAUST MAIL: 12/1940 Haifa censored pc to Camp St. Cyprienne - France frank 10m (#97) but prisoner not found & Redirected via Marseille to Camp de Gurs, arrival pmk 26-4-41 & boxed 2 line camp censor (Simon p. 64) as INCONNU (cachet) prisoner deported, pc was RETOUR A L'ENVOYER (2 cachets), message typed in French; f - vf & scarce
WWII - 2 Haifa items: a) 12/1941 British R. Cross Enquirer to Tarnow - Poland, via RC Geneva to Polish R. Cross, arrival to family who answered (on back) on 27 APR 1942 & returned to Haifa 8/1942 - appx 9 months to get an answer!; b) 11/1944 Jew. soldier in German POW camp special imptd pc ex Stammlager IVD, censored & mailed to Haifa, folded; fine (2)
MARITIME MAIL (all periods)
MARITIME MAIL (all periods)
ELEKTRA DE. LLOYD 31/12/09 - 2 vf Ship pmks on face of Austrian 10 Cent. imptd pc pmkd CAIFFA b OESTER... 29 XII 09 (St. 508), message in Greek dated "Haifa 25/12/1909" mailed to Dardanelles - Turkey; vf, ex Schaeffer
SMS GEIER - KAIS. DEUTSCHE MARINE SCHIFFSPOST No. 67 10.12.12 clear pmks 1 tying 4 Heller Deutsche Ostafrika stp to ppc (Haifa Moschee) mailed to Kiel, message in German written in Haifa 10.12.12 on board the SMS Geier; vf, signed Bothe BPP
MARITIME: 30.12.1919 ppc (Haifa view - Ordmann) written on board the S.S. Andrassy on that day in Haifa according to message, frank 5m Typo (1m convenience overfrank) tied by beautiful decorated "Anchor" pmk this previously unseen by us - Paquebot hnstp alongside, mailed to Wien; light corner crease, stp 1 rounded corner & some marginal toning, fine & scarce
12/1938 cv ex Haifa to Mr Leon Blum (former Jewish
P. Minister of France) on board the ship Galilea in Haifa harbor (Heb. manscpt at base), ship's pmk as arrival on back: PIROSCAFO POSTALE GALILEA 5.12.38 & PAQUEBOT cachet. As not found - a sticker applied: "P.fo "GALILEA / NON A BORDO" (not on board) + cachet in Heb. / Arab. "Not Claimed" - the cv was Returned to Sender, pmk on face
6 DE 38; light vert centerfold, fine
THE HAIFA – BAGHDAD OVERLAND MAIL SERVICE
THE HAIFA – BAGHDAD OVERLAND MAIL SERVICE
THE OPENING OF THE SERVICE: 18.9.1923 cv w/printed instructions "Overland Mail Baghdad - Haifa" to England, frank on back 6 ans (4x1an & 2 ans) carried on a "Proving" trip prior to official opening of the Service on 18.10.1923; vf & important