Stamps and covers from the Estate of the late Menachem Niv

Israel 1948 INTERIM JERUSALEM 3rd local issue brown "Gimel" full sheet of 20 MNH stamps # 0848, light gum faults on margins, bale cr $ 3250. VF & extremely rare!!

Jerusalem 10 mils OTSAR Ha"AM revenue stamp tied to cover addressed to Herzliya, by Israeli trilingual postmark Jerusalem 1. 21.7.1948 the item presumably went through the mail as other recorded examples of this franking were accepted in Tel-Aviv. Apart from a few trains in very good condition. VERY RARE as OTSAR Ha"AM revenues are very seldom offered as accepted for regular postage. Certificate by Y. Tsachor, as well as signed in pencil on...

Jerusalem 1948 The OLD CITY 2nd "WALL" postmark, a cover brought from the old city Jewish quarter in May 1948, and then delivered by the Minhelet Ha'am post tying with 2X5 m 2nd Issue, at first it was cancelled in the Jewish quarter with the Abulafia second wall postmark, then it was brought to the new city, cancelled at the sorting office with the Rosette postmark as transit, VF & Rarity. Please see similar cover at Jerusalem & Safed...

Jerusalem, 1948 siege cover, stampless from the besieged Mount Scopus in French "Via the Red Cross", with RED CROSS cachet and trilingual Israeli postmark Jerusalem1. to the main post office in the jewish part of Jerusalem arrival postmark 14.9.1948, Vertically creased in center with small tears on top, traces of brown glue & two rubbed spots at lower left. Certificate by Muentz, similar item sold a few years ago for $ 7440. VF &...

Safed- unadopted Essay cover with stp imprint in black VF.

Safed 15.5.1948 express cover with mix franking, pictorials mandate and M. Ha'am stamps tied by Safed local pmk 15.5.1948 arrival to Haifa at 17.5.1948.

Safed-commercial stationary cover of the "Meginim" group at EIN ZEITIM (tiny settlement by Safed) P.O.B 18 franked 10 mils Mandate (Ba # 97), posted in Safed and tied by the local postmark in carmine -red 14 May 1948, addressed to Tiberias shortened by 1 cm on the right with stains & tape marks incl. Y. Tsachor sign, still very rare!, less then 10 covers known. VF & extremely rare!!

Safed- Philatelic registered cover from 16.5.1948 to Haifa with the local postmark cancelling incl valid Minhelet Ha'am stamps, sent by Mr. Sh Plazkor, well known Haifa philatelist to the Safed postmaster incl Mandate R- Lable 4375 partly creased in left side, cover & stamps with stains, very rare, as it is unkown if there are any genuine commercial M.H. covers at all. Still VF & extremely rare!!

Safed - 10 m local Second Printing cpl left types 4.5.&6 (two stps of each) VF strike of the local large two pmk 6 May 1948, FD of the pmk in Carmine, on back the black imprint ot type 1 from trial printing of Safed stationary cover, VF & Very RARE!

Safed- proof trial print of single first setting type 3 on the face of the original envelope paper. Certificate sign on backside by Dr Steinberg inc. one used stamp to compare, VF & extremely rare!!

Safed- 6.5.1948, commercial cover from first day of siege, addressed to Hadassah Jerusalem (sent by the Hadassah branch in Safed with their bilingual cachet on back), probably went with military convoy to TLV, from TLV to Jerusalem by military airplane according to ROSETTE Minhelet Ha'am arrival postmark on back, genuine in every respect, with scattered stains & black ink mark top left. Very Rare Example of Mail between Two Besieged...

Safed- Israeli post: Registered commercial cover in manuscript no, "Safed 77", in Red pen at upper left, franked 25 m Doar Ivri stps (10 & 15 m) tied by reintroduced M. Ha'am pmk in carmine- violet repeated twice on back dated 3 June 1948, transit mandate pmk ROSH PINA, 4 June 1948 & arrival HAIFA 7.6.1948, Israeli trilingual pmk Extremely Rare, Similar sold a few years ago for $8400. VF & extremely rare!!