Auction No. 50
Romano Auction House.
Worldwide Stamps, Banknotes (Paper Money), Silver and Gold Co.
Israel & Worldwide, Postal History, Judaica & Holocaust.n House.
Sale: 50
16. April 2026
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Lot 1
Postal History
Austrian Post Jetusalem - cover to Wien franked 5+20sld (Mc 10A+128) "post in der Levante" 1883 issue tied to cover by pmk JERUSALEM-GERUSALEMME 18/12/84 repeated alongside (Steichele 543) Wien arrival pink 27/12/84.
OPINION: GENUINE in every respect; fine. Cet: by Yacoc Tsahor.
Lot 2
Postal History
1897-1904 A group of two postcards sent to the Austrian post office in Jerusalem from Russia and Italy (Judaica)
Lot 3
Postal History
1900 Colored illustrated postcard sent from the Austrian post office in Jerusalem to Germany dated 25.12.1900, Sequence UPU Postmark. PMK Taxing in Europe (PMK 1901).
Lot 4
Postal History
1889 Levant Postcard sent from Mr. J. L. Goldwicht, Jerusalem, to Henry Seligmann in Frankfurt, addressed in Mainz, Lastr. 46 Frankfurt Dentrekland. With private pmk for Happy New Year (Judaica).
Lot 5
Postal History
Austrian Levant Printed Prepaid Postal Stationery from Jerusalem 1898 arrival CDS, Frankfurt. Bale: 132. vf
Lot 6
Postal History
1897-1914 lot of 3 different Illustrated postcards sent from the Austrian Post in Levent from Jerusalem to The Hague, Netherlands via Jaffa post & to Vienna and Belgium
Lot 7
Postal History
1897, postcard from Jerusalem to Brussels, Belgium, franked by a 20para stamp, tied by a strong Jerusalem CDS, also bears a Brussels arrival CDS, the picture side showing views of Bethlehem, Marsaba, and Bedouins
1895, postcard from Jerusalem - Gerusalem post 18.1.95 to Germany Bavaria, franked by a 20para printed Prepaid, tied by a strong Jerusalem CDS, also bears a Bavaria arrival CDS 30/1/95.
Bale: 114.
Lot 9
Petach Tikva Jewish colony.
Petach Tikva Jewish colony 1909 issue stamp, denominated 14 Para (Ba #J-1), MH & OG. This adhesive was used as a surcharge applied to mail for the forwarding fee to the Austrian post office in Jaffa; the Austrian post in the Holy Land exclusively handled mail from the Jewish colonies and settlements. The stamp was in use for only a year, between 1909 and 1910, owing to the disapproval of the Ottoman Turkish authorities, who ordered its usage stopped.
Lot 10
Postal History
Austrian Post parcel card for 3Kg. 200 grams from Jerusalem to Germany, franked 5 Piastres. Note the packet label numbered "62".
Cat Bal: $500
Lot 11
Postal History
HOLY LAND - FORERUNNERS - FRENCH POST OFFICE.
1907, postcard from Jerusalem to Paris, franked with a Levant 5¢ stamp tied by a French post "Jerusalem - Palestine" CDS, also bears two good strikes of the Paris arrival CDS, the picture side shows the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
Lot 12
Postal History
Holy Land (French Post Office) 1873, cover from Jerusalem to Paris bearing a genuine grey-blue "Jerusalem Cross" postmark of the French P.O. in Jerusalem, black pearl-ring Jaffa/Syrie cancel dated October 31, 1873, and a blue 20c French "Laureé" stamp (Yv. #29) with an illegible numeral cancel. Original single franking was removed and replaced by the blue Laureé stamp, which is not original to the cover. Numerous transit and arrival marks on reverse. Expertized by P.O.B. Tel Aviv (March 18, 1982, H.G. Muentz). Scarce and historically significant.