Palestine
Printing details
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The Crown Agents Requisition books in the British Library include printing details for stamps from 1922 onwards. Palestine revenue printings are covered from 1922 until 1948, when the State of Israel was created, though printings details for banderolles are recorded only for the period from 1926 to 1940.
Revenues in regular stamp format:
- Immigration and Consular Fee
- Revenue
Tobacco and other Excise Banderolles:
- Cigarettes
- Cigars
- Heisheh
- Matches
- Playing Cards
- Snuff
- Tobacco
- Tombac
Immigration and Consular Fee
1923-27. EEF typographed issue overprinted (in black) Palestine in Arabic, English and Hebrew, now additionally overprinted for consular use or surcharged also. 10p in sheets of 120, perf 15 x 14; others in sheets of 240, perf 14. Printed and overprinted by Waterlow.
a) Overprinted I. & T. (= Immigration and Travel)
b) Overprinted FEE
Note: the entry for Req 1663/3 in the Requisition book describes the stamp as 2m overprinted in blue "Fee 25 P.T." - ie similar to my I3/5. Both Bale and Wallerstein list this stamp, perhaps on the basis of the Requisition book entry, but I have never seen an example. However it is possible that the Crown Agents description was not a literal description of the overprint, and that Req 1663/3 was actually a reprint of I1 (inscribed I. & T.)
a) Overprinted I. & T. (= Immigration and Travel)
- Req 733 (sent to Palestine 2nd October 1923): 25p on 2m, 37p on 2m (23 sheets each)
- Req [no number stated] (sent to Palestine 5th September 1925): 25p on 2m (17 sheets), 37p on 2m (12 sheets)
b) Overprinted FEE
- Req 1663/1 (sent to Palestine 16th December 1925): 50p on 2m (42 sheets)
- Req 1663/2 (sent to Palestine 13th November 1926): 10p (42 sheets of 120)
- Req 1663/3 (sent to Palestine 22nd February 1927): 25p on 2m (21 sheets)
Note: the entry for Req 1663/3 in the Requisition book describes the stamp as 2m overprinted in blue "Fee 25 P.T." - ie similar to my I3/5. Both Bale and Wallerstein list this stamp, perhaps on the basis of the Requisition book entry, but I have never seen an example. However it is possible that the Crown Agents description was not a literal description of the overprint, and that Req 1663/3 was actually a reprint of I1 (inscribed I. & T.)
Revenue
1927. Key type inscribed Palestine Revenue in English, Hebrew and Arabic. 18 x 22 mm. Perf 14. Watermark Multiple Script CA. Printed (typo) by De La Rue, the 5m to 50m in sheets of 200 (two panes 10x10), the 100m to 500m in sheets of 100.
Printings:
Printings:
- Req 2087 (sent to Palestine 1st to 27th July 1927): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 250m, 500m - annotated New issue; to be printed on watermarked paper with non-fugitive ink
- Req 2591 (sent to Palestine 26th August 1927): 5m
- Req 2934 (sent to Palestine 31st July 1928): 5m, 10m
- Req 3325 (sent to Palestine 10th June 1929): 5m, 10m, 20m
- Req 3842 (sent to Palestine 4th to 11th July 1930): 5m, 10m, 20m
- Req 4302 (sent to Palestine 28th May to 5th June 1931): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m
- Req 4842 (sent to Palestine 15th to 18th July 1932): 10m, 20m, 50m
- Req 5360 (sent to Palestine 28th June to 20th July 1933): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m
- Req 6228 (sent to Palestine 17th to 30th August 1934): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 250m
- Req 6948 (sent to Palestine 24th July to 2nd August 1935): 5m, 10m, 50m, 250m
- Req 7926/1 (sent to Palestine 5th to 14th August 1936): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 500m
- Req 9317/1 (sent to Palestine 25th February 1938): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m
- Req 452/1 (sent to Palestine 14th July 1939): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 250m, 500m
- Req 1325/1 (sent to Palestine 5th August to 24th September 1940): 5m, 10m, 50m, 100m, 250m, 500m
- Req 1653/1 (sent to Palestine 20th October 1941 to 5th January 1942): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 250m
- Req 1816/1 (sent to Palestine 27th March to 4th May 1942): 5m, 10m, 500m
- Req 1977/1 (sent to Palestine 8th February to 22nd March 1943): 5m, 10m, 50m
- Req 2059/1 (sent to Palestine 13th August to 8th November 1943): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m
- Req 2170/1 (sent to Palestine 23rd June to 21st August 1944): 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 250m, 500m
- Req 2405/1 (sent to Palestine 15th May to 8th August 1945): 5m, 10m, 20m, 250m
- Req 2854/1 (sent to Palestine 15th July 1946 to 17th February 1947): 10m, 20m, 100m, 250m, 500m
- Req 3459/1 (sent to Palestine 15th April 1947): 50m, 100m, 250m
- Req 3718/1 (sent to Palestine 30th June to 30th October 1947): 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 500m
- Req 4043/1 (sent to Palestine 10th December 1947 to 7th January 1948): 10m, 20m, 50m
Cigarettes
1920s-40s. Inscribed Cigarettes Manufactured in Palestine / Duty Paid. 130 x 19mm. Imperf. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 44 (2 x 22).
Printings to 1940:
Printings to 1940:
- Req 1874 (ordered for 4th June 1926): 10g
- Req 1875 (ordered for 22nd May 1926): 5g
- Req 2111 (no date recorded c1926): 18g
- Req 2112 (no date recorded c1926): 20g
- Req 2296 (no date recorded c1927): 1g, 2g, 5g
- Req 2435 (ordered for 14th June 1927): 5g, 20g
- Req 2571 (ordered for 7th September 1927): 1g, 2g
- Req 2815 (ordered for 30th March 1928): 20g
- Req 2830 (ordered for 16th March 1928): 6g
- Req 2940 (ordered for 16th July 1928): [value not specified]
- Req 2955 (ordered for 16th July 1928): 6g
- Req 3070 (ordered for 14th September to 2nd November 1928): 1g, 18g
- Req 3206 (ordered for 6th March 1929): 16g, 18g, 20g
- Req 3381 (ordered for 25th June 1929): 5g, 10g, 18g, 20g
- Req 3488 (ordered for 27th September 1929): 1g, 5g, 10g, 16g, 18g, 20g
- Req 3695 (ordered for 2nd April 1930): 1g, 5g, 6g, 16g, 18g, 20g
- Req 4156 (ordered for 16th January 1931): 20g
- Req 4226 (ordered for 22nd April 1931): 5g, 6g, 16g, 18g, 20g
- Req 4552 (sent to Palestine 27th November 1931): 20g
- Req 4579 (sent to Palestine 27th November 1931): 6g
- Req 4695 (sent to Palestine 22nd March 1932): 6g, 10g, 20g
- Req 4776 (sent to Palestine 4th June 1932): 5g, 18g
- Req 4973 (sent to Palestine 15th September 1932): 6g, 10g, 18g, 20g
- Req 5303 (sent to Palestine 4th May 1933): 5g, 6g, 10g, 16g, 18g, 20g
- Req 5550 (sent to Palestine 28th July to 17th August 1933): 5g, 6g, 10g, 20g
- Req 5749 (sent to Palestine 20th October 1933): 5g, 6g, 16g, 18g, 20g
- Req 6078 (sent to Palestine 10th May to 29th June 1934): 5g, 6g, 10g, 18g, 20g
- Req 6486 (sent to Palestine 30th August to 12th September 1934): 20g
- Req 6588 (sent to Palestine 11th October to 14th November 1934): [value not specified]
- Req 6613 (ordered for 13th November 1934): 9g
- Req 6894 (sent to Palestine 9th May to 21st June 1935): 1g, 5g, 10g, 20g
- Req 6894/2 (sent to Palestine 7th June to 3rd July 1935): 1g, 5g, 10g, 18g, 20g
- Req 7142 (ordered for 16th August 1935): 20g,
- Req 7337 (sent to Palestine 4th to 25th October 1935): 1g, 5g, 20g
- Req 7860 (sent to Palestine 30th April 1936): 10g, 20g
- Req 7860/2 (ordered for 26th August 1936): 5g, 6g, 10g, 20g
- Req 8486/1 (ordered for 8th April 1937): 10g, 20g
- Req 8900/1 (ordered for 23rd August 1937): 6g, 10g, 20g
- Req 9237/1 (no date recorded c1938): 9g
- Req 9237/2 (no date recorded c1938): 5g, 18g
- Req 406/1 (sent to Palestine May 1939): 9g, 18g
- Req 406/3 (sent to Palestine 30th August to 22nd September 1939): [value not specified]
- Req 9547/1 (no date recorded c1940): 9g
- Req 9611/1 (no date recorded c1940): 5g, 6g, 9g, 10g, 20g
- Req 9611/2 (no date recorded c1940): 9g, 10g, 20g
Cigars
1920s-40s. Inscribed Cigars Manufactured in Palestine / Duty Paid. Imperf. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 44 (2 x 22).
Printings to 1940:
Printings to 1940:
- Req 6023/1 (sent to Palestine 23rd March 1934): 1g, 2g, 25g, 30g, 125g, 145g, 170g
- Req 7142/2 (sent to Palestine 13th September 1935): 10g
- Req 7860 (sent to Palestine 30th April 1936): 125g
- Req 7860/3 (sent to Palestine 5th June 1936): 2g, 25g, 30g, 145g
- Req 406/4 (sent to Palestine 30th June 1939): 1g, 10g, 25g, 30g, 125g, 145g
Heisheh
1934. Inscribed Heisheh Manufactured in Palestine / Duty Paid. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 44 (2 x 22).
Only one printing recorded:
Only one printing recorded:
- Req 6078 (sent to Palestine 29th June 1934): 20g
Matches
1920s-40s. Two different types. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 26 (1 x 26) or 44 (2 x 22).
Printings to 1940:
Note that the Req book entries do not specify which of these printings were Excise Duty and which were Import Duty Paid
Printings to 1940:
Note that the Req book entries do not specify which of these printings were Excise Duty and which were Import Duty Paid
- Req 1876 (no date recorded but proofs dated 1926)
- Req 3206 (ordered for 6th March 1929)
- Req 3488 (ordered for 27th September 1929)
- Req 4156 (ordered for 16th January 1931)
- Req 6078 (sent to Palestine 10th May to 8th June 1934)
- Req 4226 (ordered for 22nd April 1931)
- Req 4695 (sent to Palestine 22nd March 1932)
- Req 5303 (sent to Palestine 4th May 1933)
- Req 5749 (sent to Palestine 20th October 1933)
- Req 6894 (sent to Palestine 23rd May to 7th June 1935)
- Req 6894/2 (sent to Palestine 7th June to 3rd July 1935)
- Req 7860 (sent to Palestine 30th April 1936)
- Req 7860/2 (ordered for 26th August 1936)
- Req 8900/1 (ordered for 6th to 20th September 1937)
- Req 406/3 (sent to Palestine 30th August to 22nd September 1939)
- Req 9611/1 (no date recorded)
Playing Cards
1926. Inscribed Foreign Manufactured Playing Cards / Import Duty Paid. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 26 (1 x 26)
Only one printing recorded:
Only one printing recorded:
- Req 1876 (ordered for 24th to 30th June 1926): quantity not specified
Snuff
1926. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 48 (3 x 16).
Printings to 1940:
*Note Req 143/1 shows three entries for 10 grammes - one described as Heishah snuff, one as Tobacco snuff and one as Tombac snuff - plus another three entries with the same descriptions but for 30 grammes. It is not clear whether or not these refer to stamps with different inscriptions. The only snuff proofs in the archive are inscribed simply Snuff.
Printings to 1940:
- Req 1874 (ordered for 4th June 1926): 30g
- Req 3392 (ordered for 20th June 1929): 30g
- Req 6078 (sent to Palestine 29th June 1934): 10g
- Req 4226 (ordered for 22nd April 1931): 10g
- Req 4395 (ordered for 4th July 1931): 10g
- Req 4695 (sent to Palestine 22nd March 1932): 10g
- Req 5303 (sent to Palestine 4th May 1933): 10g, 30g
- Req 5550 (sent to Palestine 12th August 1933): 10g
- Req 6894/2 (sent to Palestine 7th June 1935): 10g
- Req 7860/3 (sent to Palestine 5th June 1936): 10g
- Req 9237/1 (no date recorded): 10g
- Req 9237/2 (no date recorded): 30g
- *Req 143/1 (sent to Palestine 27th January to 3rd February 1939): 10g, 30g
- Req 9611/1 (no date recorded): 10g
*Note Req 143/1 shows three entries for 10 grammes - one described as Heishah snuff, one as Tobacco snuff and one as Tombac snuff - plus another three entries with the same descriptions but for 30 grammes. It is not clear whether or not these refer to stamps with different inscriptions. The only snuff proofs in the archive are inscribed simply Snuff.
Tobacco
1926-40. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in three different sheet formats: 10g - 44 (2 x 22), 20g & 100g - 26 (1 x 26), Import Duty Free / Paid - 48 (3 x 16).
Printings to 1940:
Printings to 1940:
- Req 2193 (ordered for 27th November 1926): 10g
- Req 3381 (ordered for 25th June 1929): FMT
- Req 3488 (ordered for 27th September 1929): 20g, FMT
- Req 3695 (ordered for 2nd April 1930): 20g
- Req 4156 (ordered for 16th January 1931): 20g, FMT
- Req 4226 (ordered for 22nd April 1931): 20g, FMT
- Req 4695 (sent to Palestine 22nd March 1932): FMT Duty Free
- Req 4776 (sent to Palestine 4th June 1932): FMT
- Req 4900 (ordered for 10th August 1932): 100g
- Req 5303 (sent to Palestine 4th May 1933): 20g, FMT
- Req 5550 (sent to Palestine 12th August 1933): FMT
- Req 6078 (sent to Palestine 11th June 1934): 20g, FMT
- Req 6894 (sent to Palestine 9th May to 21st June 1935): FMT
- Req 6894/2 (sent to Palestine 13th May 1935): 20g, FMT
- Req 7337 (sent to Palestine 4th October 1935): FMT
- Req 7860/3 (sent to Palestine 5th June 1936): 20g
- Req 7860/2 (ordered for 26th August 1936): FMT
- Req 8900/1 (ordered for 23rd August 1937): 20g, FMT
- Req 9237/3 (sent to Palestine 7th January 1938): 20g
- Req 9611/1 (no date recorded): FMT
- Req 406/3 (sent to Palestine 30th August to 22nd September 1939): FMT Duty Paid
Tombac
1926-38. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in sheets of 26 (1 x 26)
Printings to 1940:
Printings to 1940:
- Req 1875 (ordered for 22nd May 1926): 30g
- Req 2571 (ordered for 7th September 1927): 30g [Req book entry reads 3g but presumed error]
- Req 2635 (ordered for 19th September 1927): 20g
- Req 2940 (ordered for 16th July 1928): [value not specified]
- Req 3206 (ordered for 6th March 1929): 30g
- Req 3253 (no date recorded but c1929): 25g
- Req 3381 (ordered for 25th June 1929): 30g
- Req 3488 (ordered for 27th September 1929): 25g, 30g
- Req 3695 (ordered for 2nd April 1930): 25g, 30g
- Req 6078 (sent to Palestine 11th-29th June 1934): 30g, 60g
- Req 4226 (ordered for 22nd April 1931): 25g, 30g, 60g
- Req 4776 (sent to Palestine 4th June 1932): 25g
- Req 4973 (sent to Palestine 15th September 1932): 30g
- Req 5303 (sent to Palestine 4th May 1933): 60g
- Req 6894/2 (sent to Palestine 7th June 1935): 30g
- Req 7860 (sent to Palestine 30th April 1936): 30g
- Req 7860/3 (sent to Palestine 5th June 1936): 60g
- Req 7860/2 (ordered for 26th August 1936): 30g
- Req 8486/1 (ordered for 8th April 1937): 30g
- Req 9237/3 (sent to Palestine 7th January 1938): 60g
