Yehuda ha-Nasi St 22, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 186:
The French Postal Service – 1912 – Postcard – Complete, Clean Postmark of "Haifa, Syria"
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Start price:
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120
Estimated price :
200-300$
Buyer's Premium: 20%
VAT: 17%
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The French Postal Service – 1912 – Postcard – Complete, Clean Postmark of "Haifa, Syria"
French Levant printed postage stamp of 10 Para with a postmark of Haifa Syria from 7.10.12
Large red stamp of the "Otto Fischer Import" Firm. On the reverse side of the postcard, a red stamp of "Otto Fischer".
Nice, clean stamps and postmarks
It is possible this is the firm of Otto Fischer on whose lands the Templar neighborhood of Haifa was built.
Otto Fischer was a German who assisted the Templars in their first attempts to settle in the land of Israel. He gave them, free of charge, land for building the Templar neighborhood of Haifa – Sarona. Either the postcard refers to his firm or there was another rich German named Otto Fischer who lived in Haifa [and who most likely was a Templar]. Requires additional study!
Condition: Very Good.
