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During the transitional period between the start of the war and the incorporation of the West Bank into (Trans-) Jordan, two series of postage stamps and one series each of postage dues and obligatory tax stamps were issued.
They were on sales between December (OTs: June) 1948 and April 1950.
On 25.04.1950 Jordanian stamps were issued, but the overprints could be used up even beyond December 1950.
Usage on the West Bank from then onward is discernable only by looking at the post mark.
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SG no. P7 (together with obligatory tax stamp SG no. PT38) on pieces. Note the substantially varying quality of the overprint.
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For the definitives issued on 2.12.1948 regular Transjordanian stamps of various series in a number of different perforations
(design types 28 and 29, issued since 1930)
were overprinted in design type P1.
The overprint is in colours black, green and red. The different imprints show varying shades of these colours.
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Overprint design type P1
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SG no. P7 with inverted overprint.
Image from Ebay.
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SG no. P9 with double overprint; on piece cancelled at Hebron.
Image from Ebay.
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The base stamps:
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Issue 1930: design type 29 in perforation 14. Printed in recess by Perkins & Bacon.
Watermark Crown Agents type W9.
One value of 200m.
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Issue 1939: design type 28 in perforation 13.5:13. Recess (Perkins & Bacon) with watermark W9.
One value of 2m.
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Issue 1942: design type 34 in perforation 13.5. Produced in lithography by Survey Department, Cairo.
No watermark.
One value of 2m.
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Issue 1943: design type 28 in perforation 12. Printed in recess by Bradbury & Wilkinson.
Watermark W9.
Values of 1, 2, 3, and 5m.
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Issue 1944: design type 29 in perforation 12. Produced in recess by Bradbury & Wilkinson.
Watermark W9.
Values of 50, 90, 100, 200, 500m, and 1 Pound.
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Issue 1947: design type 28 in perforation 12. Printed by Bradbury & Wilkinson in recess printing.
Watermark W9.
Values of 3, 4, 10, 12, 15, and 20m.
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Registered airmail cover to Australia featuring a mixed franking of Transjordan definitives 5 Fils (SG no. 364) and 50 Mils (SG no. 238) in addition to a 90 Mils overprint stamp (SG no. P12).
Cancellation: BETHLEHEM / 8 NO / 52 (Wallach B.1.4). On reverse transit marks JERUSALEM / [...] / 8 NO 52 (Wallach J.1.5) and BEYROUTH 2 / CHARGEMENTS / 10 XI 52 as well as stamps from Sydney and Canberra.
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Picture postcard of Jerusalem used for airmail to Switzerland. Definitive stamp of 20 Mils (SG no. P10) and obligatory tax stamp of 10 Mils (SG no. PT39).
Postmark: JERUSALEM / C / 3 AU 50 (Wallach J.1.5).
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