Auction 7
Auction #7: Ancient & Modern Coins | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Militaria | Israeliana | Judaica | Banknotes & more
Apr 8, 2019
Israel
Shaulzon 58, Jerusalem - by appointment only
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Welcome to our 7th auction, featuring 579 attractive lots. The sale covers items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention. The pdf catalogue is available <a href="https://historama.com/A7CataloguePart1-compressed.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.
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LOT 70867:
8/1940 WWII/Vichy French mail from LYON to TEL AVIV just after renewed postal relations
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Start price:
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120
Auction house commission:
18%
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8/1940 WWII/Vichy French mail from LYON to TEL AVIV just after renewed postal relations
Wartime incoming civilian mail: 10-08-1940 uprated postcard from LYON (now Vichy France) to TEL AVIV franked 1.50Fr; received in Palestine as per hexigonal T5 Tel Aviv censor cachet. The UK suspended postal services to France and her colonies on 25 June 1940, on the same date the Vichy government was installed; Vichy severed diplomatic ties with the UK on 8 July following her attack on French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir but the UK restored postal services to France & colonies on 18 July 1940 but subsequently limited them to social and not business correspondence (letters & telegrams) to the areas of France (and certain colonies) not occupied by the Axis (i.e. Southern France) on 30 July. Vichy was not part of the Axis & maintained armed neutrality. Anti-Jewish legislation began with the "denaturalization law" of 16 July 1940, and the first specificially anti-Jewish law (excluding Jews from the army, press, commercial/industrial activities, and civil service) was enacted 3 October 1940. Interesting postal link at this time. The message seems to describe the writer's escape from France via Dunkirk.
Product Tags: Mandatory Palestinian, French Postcards, WWII era Postal Links and Postal History from Palestine Mandate, France and from World War II, Holocaust, 20th Century, 1940s, which are Philately - Censored Mail, Philately - Significant Route, Philately - Unusual Origin, Destination or Postal Link,
