Two Interim Covers with Eliezer Ben-Yehuda JNF Labels Cancelled in Netanya and Holon

Authors

Object ID

2021.1.58ab

Object Name

Envelopes

Date

1948

Files

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Description

White envelope with blue text. “Printed Matter” in top center on front. Second envelope has map of Israel and lion printed on front.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Illustrations on Netaniya and Holon interim covers, both with violet overprints of the word Doar for Post and cancellations on Eliazer Ben-Yehuda provisional stamps (from JNF labels) of the Jewish post, celebrating the opening of the Post Office in the Jewish state, 5-16-1948.

Dimensions

6 x 5", 6 x 3 1/2"

Keywords

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Doar

Subcollection

Label, Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Two Interim Covers with Eliezer Ben-Yehuda JNF Labels Cancelled in Netanya and Holon" (1948). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2021.1.58ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1760