Jerusalem (IL)

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Jerusalem located on a plateau in the Judean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Israelis and Palestinians both claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power; however, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.

Israel Postmarks

Postmark Jerusalem 1961

Postmark Jerusalem 1974

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel Jerusalem 1963

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Jerusalem 1965

Meter cancel Jerusalem 1966

Meter cancel Jerusalem 1969

Meter cancel Jerusalem 1972

Cards and Covers

Cover sent to Brooklyn, New York. Postmark Jerusalem

Palestine Era Postmarks (1918-1948)

British mandate since 1918.

DC JERUSALEM in 1924.

Circle JERUSALEM in 1934.

JERUSALEM PALESTINE - Stamp Transjordan 1939 Emir Abdullah issued 1939

Ottoman Era Postmarks

Falasteen/Ottoman cancel of Quds Shareef (Jerusalem) 1 octa cancel (1913) with no bars in the semi circles

Austrian Post Offices

The Austrian Empire established a mail system in the Mediterranean through the shipping company Österreichischer Lloyd. Lloyd postal agencies operated in Jaffa (1854), Haifa (1854), and Jerusalem (1852). These three offices later became the Austrian Imperial and Royal Post Offices: Jerusalem (March 1859), Jaffa and Haifa (1 February 1858). Collecting or forwarding agencies existed in Mea Shearim (Jerusalem), Safed, and Tiberias. Safed and Tiberias were only served by a private courrier arranged via the local Austrian consular agent. Nazareth and Bethlehem were never served by the Austrians, such cachets found on postal material and their transport to Jerusalem was arranged purely privately. In a number of Jewish settlements, local traders or officials served as auxiliary collection and deposit agents: Gedera, Hadera, Kastinie (Ber Tuviya), Petah Tiqva, Rehovot, Rishon Le Zion, Yavne'el, and Zichron Yaacov. By special arrangement, as an inducement to use the Austrian service for foreign mail as well, the Austrian post transported letters and cards between these Jewish settlements free of charge. The use of local or JNF labels on such postal matter was totally without any need and is known on philatelic items only. The stamps used were first Austrian Empire stamps for Lombardy-Venetia and, after 1867, Austrian Levant stamps.

Gerusalemme

Antiqua GERUSALEMME cancel on 5 soldi Levant issue

Antiqua GERUSALEMME cancel on 15 soldi Levant issue

Italian circle cancel in 1883

Cards and Covers

Three 10 soldi issue 1864. Cover to Corfu sold 12,000 SF in 2000.

First stationery card (4 soldi), 1873. Sold 380 SF in 2000.

Jerusalem Österreichische Post

DC in 1897, cover to Sarajevo.

Violet double circle cancel in 1899

Bridge cancel in 1910

Cards and Covers

Stationery card (5 soldi), bilingual in 1883. Sold 100 SF in 2000.	Cover to Bosnia in 1897.
1899 Jerusalem to Leipzig	1899 Jerusalem to Schöneberg, Berlin

French Post Offices

Postcard (to Cairo) with earliest recorded date from the PO in Jerusalem in September 1900. Sold 380 SF in 2000.

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Postmarks in German Post Office

The German post office Deutsche Postanstalt opened on 1 March 1900.

Circle JERUSALEM DEUTSCHE POST in 1901 on 2 piaster.

Circle JERUSALEM DEUTSCHE POST in 1910 on 5 centimes.

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Covers and cards

Postal card sent to Stockholm in 1912

Stationery 10 para to Germany (plus 1,5 Pi and 50 cent) with JERUSALEM Deutsche Post bridge in February 1914 . Sold 300 SF in 2000.

Italian Post Offices

PC Gerusalemme Uff. Postale Italiano in 1913 to Germany, sold 750 SF in 2000.