The cover depicts an emergency service of
Rishon LeZion with the famous "by Armored Car" stamp.
On April 5, Iraqi Irregulars attacked and took the town of Tel Litvinsky effectively taking control of the road and thereby laying siege to the town.
The Town Council, proposed an emergency Daily Express Service using an “armored car” to break through the lines. Although referred to as the Armored Car Express Mail, more often than not, the delivery cars/trucks were not armored although always accompanied by armed Haganna escorts.
At first, service was provided only between Rishon and Tel Aviv, but on April 20, neighboring Nahalat Yehuda was included when mail was delivered to Rishon by bicyclist.
The stamp designer, Eva Samuel had submitted 2 of the 5 designs considered (others were provided by Eva’s sister, Edith Samuel, as well as by Roman Ginsburg and Reuben Blau). The daily service carried a 40 mils per piece fee and was often accompanied by either a red EX sticker, a hand written EX or “Express” transliterated into Hebrew. The stamp was first issued on April 4, 1948 and was in use until May 6, four days after the Minhelet HaAm postage cancelling hand stamp had arrived.
Printed by Mercaz Press, the total release in sheets of 10 (two rows of 5 stamps) involved 12,000 stamps of which 2,000 were imperforate and the remainder were perforated 11.
On April 5, Iraqi Irregulars attacked and took the town of Tel Litvinsky effectively taking control of the road and thereby laying siege to the town.
The Town Council, proposed an emergency Daily Express Service using an “armored car” to break through the lines. Although referred to as the Armored Car Express Mail, more often than not, the delivery cars/trucks were not armored although always accompanied by armed Haganna escorts.
At first, service was provided only between Rishon and Tel Aviv, but on April 20, neighboring Nahalat Yehuda was included when mail was delivered to Rishon by bicyclist.
The stamp designer, Eva Samuel had submitted 2 of the 5 designs considered (others were provided by Eva’s sister, Edith Samuel, as well as by Roman Ginsburg and Reuben Blau). The daily service carried a 40 mils per piece fee and was often accompanied by either a red EX sticker, a hand written EX or “Express” transliterated into Hebrew. The stamp was first issued on April 4, 1948 and was in use until May 6, four days after the Minhelet HaAm postage cancelling hand stamp had arrived.
Printed by Mercaz Press, the total release in sheets of 10 (two rows of 5 stamps) involved 12,000 stamps of which 2,000 were imperforate and the remainder were perforated 11.
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