What is a simple postcard. It tells many stories.
Mavi Boncuk |
Postcard from Rehovot to California 1915[1], posted at the Turkish post office in Rehovot, franked 10 Para Turkish imprint + 10 para stamps, to pay the 20 para postcard rate, cancelled by “Rehoboth (Jaffa) 20 1 15” postmark. On front framed rectangular “Military Censor 1” [2] cachet.
Date 20/1/1915
Postage Turkey 1914 issue postal card 10 para green (Birken 77, Michel P42)
Turkey 1914 issue 2×5 para brown overprinted “Abrogation of Capitulation” (Michel 252)
Markings
“Rehoboth (Jaffa) 20 1 15” postmark (Collins PM1)
“Military Censor 1” framed rectangular cachet
Place of Origin Rehovot | Place of destination USA
The postcard was sent by Yaacov Shlomo Khazanoff, one of the founders of Gedera, to his son Amram Khazanoff [3] who was a student at Berkeley University.(College of Agriculture, Degree). Amram Khazanoff was one of the 165 who received the bachelor’s degree on December 20, 1915, and was among the twenty-six who received “Honors”.
[The 2250 Fulton Street location is now a gas station]
[1] With the entry of Turkey into WWI, all foreign post offices were closed down.
The Turkish post offices continued to operate during the war until September, 1918.
[2] According to Steichle’s book The Osmanische Post in Palestine there were 25 different censor cachets for civilian mail during 1914-1917. Collins in his book The Ottoman post and Telegraph offices in Palestine and Sinai recorded 24 for Palestine proper. Some of these cachets have been in use for a few days only there were 25 different censor cachets for civilian mail during 1914-1917. Collins in his book The Ottoman post and Telegraph offices in Palestine and Sinai recorded 24 for Palestine proper. Some of these cachets have been in use for a few days only.
[3]Carton 14 Elwood Mead Papers | United States land settlement miscellany
Scope and Contents : Notebook containing material for 1923 Land Settlement Conference and other correspondence and miscellany; report of the Committee on Co1onization; Official Report to the Jewish Colonization Association; On Two Years' Experimental Work in Agriculture, by Amran Khazanoff; North Carolina--papers on rural credits; Land settlement miscellany.
See also:
Collins, Norman J.:
The Ottoman post and telegraph offices in Palestine and Sinai / Norman J. Collins and Anton Steichele. Transl. by Ernest C. Sterne. —London : Sahara Publ., 2000. — iv, 241 p. : ill. ; 31 cm (hbk.) + 1 suppl. ISBN: 1-903022-05-1
Engl. — With supplement: A valuation guide / George H. Muentz. 22 p. ; 21 cm (pbk.).
Filistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : cilt 2 ; Alexander koleksiyonu = Ottoman post in Palestine 1840–1918 : volume 2 / hazirlayan: Kemal Giray = editor: Kemal GirayFilistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : cilt 2 ; Alexander koleksiyonu = Ottoman post in Palestine 1840–1918 : volume 2 / hazirlayan: Kemal Giray = editor: Kemal Giray. —Istanbul : Türkiye Ekonomik ve Tuplumsal Tarih Vakfi, 2007. — [3], 171 p. : ill. ; 27 cm (pbk.)
ISBN: 978-975-8813-36-0
Turkish / Engl.
Filistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : kilt 1 Kudüs ; Alexander koleksionu = Ottoman post in Palestine : volume 1 Jerusalem ; the Alexander collection / Kemal Giray [ed.]Filistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : kilt 1 Kudüs ; Alexander koleksionu = Ottoman post in Palestine : volume 1 Jerusalem ; the Alexander collection / Kemal Giray [ed.]. —Istanbul : Türkiye Ekonomik ve Tuplumsal Tarih Vakfi, 2004. — [3], 80 p. : ill. ; 27 cm (pbk.)
ISBN: 975-8813-11-0
Turkish / Engl.
[3]Carton 14 Elwood Mead Papers | United States land settlement miscellany
Scope and Contents : Notebook containing material for 1923 Land Settlement Conference and other correspondence and miscellany; report of the Committee on Co1onization; Official Report to the Jewish Colonization Association; On Two Years' Experimental Work in Agriculture, by Amran Khazanoff; North Carolina--papers on rural credits; Land settlement miscellany.
See also:
Collins, Norman J.:
The Ottoman post and telegraph offices in Palestine and Sinai / Norman J. Collins and Anton Steichele. Transl. by Ernest C. Sterne. —London : Sahara Publ., 2000. — iv, 241 p. : ill. ; 31 cm (hbk.) + 1 suppl. ISBN: 1-903022-05-1
Engl. — With supplement: A valuation guide / George H. Muentz. 22 p. ; 21 cm (pbk.).
Filistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : cilt 2 ; Alexander koleksiyonu = Ottoman post in Palestine 1840–1918 : volume 2 / hazirlayan: Kemal Giray = editor: Kemal GirayFilistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : cilt 2 ; Alexander koleksiyonu = Ottoman post in Palestine 1840–1918 : volume 2 / hazirlayan: Kemal Giray = editor: Kemal Giray. —Istanbul : Türkiye Ekonomik ve Tuplumsal Tarih Vakfi, 2007. — [3], 171 p. : ill. ; 27 cm (pbk.)
ISBN: 978-975-8813-36-0
Turkish / Engl.
Filistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : kilt 1 Kudüs ; Alexander koleksionu = Ottoman post in Palestine : volume 1 Jerusalem ; the Alexander collection / Kemal Giray [ed.]Filistin'de osmanli postalari 1840–1918 : kilt 1 Kudüs ; Alexander koleksionu = Ottoman post in Palestine : volume 1 Jerusalem ; the Alexander collection / Kemal Giray [ed.]. —Istanbul : Türkiye Ekonomik ve Tuplumsal Tarih Vakfi, 2004. — [3], 80 p. : ill. ; 27 cm (pbk.)
ISBN: 975-8813-11-0
Turkish / Engl.