Lot 10088 – SAFED, the May 1948 10c Local plus entire, fantast

SAFED, the May 1948 10c Local plus entire, fantastic holding incl. unused full sheet of 6, the UNIQUE strip of 3 on white paper (Bale $7’000), a booklet pane of 6 (rejoined), an addressed FDC (cert. Muentz), completely imperf T margin single, 3 unused essay entires (Bale 124-E, $600 each), and L margin single tied to ppc of interior of the « Ari » synagogue and one of only about 10 commercial pcs used from Safed during this period. The lot also shows covers with Mandate frankings tied by the interim cds (May 7-14), Safed Local franking covers (19, incl. several commercial) with some showing missing perforation (at top, at left, at bottom, etc.) tied by s/l boxed ds (May 4, First Day, Bale Pmk E-1) or by interim cds (Pmk E-2); dates incl. May 6/14, with several May 11, the « Day of Liberation. » Would make a powerful one-frame exhibit considering the rarity of much of the material, huge nominal Bale catalogue value (US$20’000++) for what is listed, very fine overall Estimate: € 6’000 – € 10’000