Fake British Consular Stamps Printed for Haganah, Merhavia, 1940s.

Fake British Consular Stamps Printed for Haganah, Merhavia, 1940s.
Fake British Consular Stamps Sheets Printed for the Haganah, Merhavia, 1940s.

Printed for the Haganah in order to forge certificates.

Stamps with the writing Consular Service and a photo of the King of England, printed to be used for fake Aliyah certificates, as part of "Aliyah Daled".

"Aliyah Daled" is the name of a system to let illegal immigrants enter Eretz Israel with fake certificates.

The system was introduced in 1947.

Aliyah certificates were fake, prepared with fake British consular stamps and ink-stamps. The initiator of this idea, who also materialized it, was Shlomo Zimermann.
Zimermann said that they succeeded in forging various British visas – tourists visas, Aliyah certificates, visas for returning citizens – and to accord passports by exchanging photos.

In order to verify that there are no problems upon arrival Zimermann and his colleagues recruited a Jewish Passport Control clerk in Haifa port, who – for payment – took the risk and made all the holders of forged documents – pass.

During the "Aliyah Daled" operation thousands of Olim arrived.

All of this operation was done through Haifa Port and through Zimermann and the "Institute for Aliya Bet" in Haifa.

The stamps were printed in Merhavia printing press, the perforation was done in "Ot" printing press in Haifa.

The graphic designer was probably, Nathan Shelker.

One sheet of 21 stamps and three sheets of 12 stamps (total 57 stamps).