Bidspirit auction | Magen Yerushalayim, the Community Council,

Magen Yerushalayim, the Community Council, a block of 9 emergency defence tax labels of 10 mils face value with sheet margin, Jerusalem, British Mandate period. A block of three by three labels on greenish paper with the sheet margin at the top. Each label carries a black frame, at its head the inscription Magen Yerushalayim, at its centre a device printed in red with the value 10 mils overprinted in black, at either side of the device the vertical inscription defence tax for a time of emergency, and at the foot the inscription the Community Council. The labels are uncancelled and the reverse is free of mounting marks. The perforation is complete, with light age stains. Good condition, exactly as photographed.