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07/11/2024

A draft of a new forthcoming article about the “Haifa Messengers”:

06/11/2024

https://jerusalemstamps.com/auctions.html
Our 30th buy-or-bid auction featuring Mandate & Israel postal history + specialized & JNF stamps closes tomorrow, Thursday 7 Nov @ 22:00 (Israel time); bids of at least 75% of start are accepted; bid budgets can be used.

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25/10/2024

The 4th issue of the JerusalemStamps Bulletin is nearing publication (it’s free). Here is a draft of one of the articles, on the Rishon LeZion armored car mail service - what was it really, a postal service or a philatelic enterprise? A definitive answer is below:

20/05/2024

The inspiration for Mark Knopfler’s “Silvertown Blues”

20/05/2024

J-stamps.com auction lot #1: ‘blues’ #4 Transfer G plate position 101 with position 101 of overprint transfer C4 (printing control number D18C of the 2nd printing) in postal use on 7 May 1918 - 1 week before the documented date of its printing and usage. Groundbreaking because it calls into question the current methodologies for determining Blues #2 and #4

13/05/2024

11/12/2023

j-stamps.com auction #23 ends tomorrow, Tuesday 12 Dec. at 22:00 Israel-time. Below is lot #1001, a Jerusalem-I overprint error/variety discovery: 1 mil 15x14 perforated stamp in sepia (Ba #16) with undocumented setting I overprint - tiny letters (c. 1 micron smaller than normal) in all 3 languages; unusual Hebrew letter "Nun" - looks inverted (upside-down); unusual E"I Hebrew letters, positioning & spacing (the YUD may even be misplaced with the apostrophe); mostly missing Hebrew letters Lammed & Shin; English with most serifs missing + mangled final English "E"; Arabic "N" narrower than usual; Arabic overprint half truncated off the stamp.

18/10/2023

With regards our neighborhood…

12/06/2023

Mystery of the dateless APO3 postmark solved - it was a letterbox postmark used at army facilities not yet issued a postal unit number (KABA number); Lot #1136 in our sale at j-stamps.com

09/06/2023

The only confirmed 2 mils Mandate coil stamp - lot 1007 in our new auction, ending Mon. 19 June 22:00pm at JerusalemStamps.com