Ended on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM.

9/1940 WWII Australian military mail to Scotland from Palestine via Horseshoe Route

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Start of the sale:
Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 9:24 AM
Item n°738995897
Sale ends:
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Lot:
#70905
Catalog:
Historama Auction #7 - Buy or Bid Sale

WWII Australian-British military mail in Palestine / 'Horseshoe Route': 15 SE 1940 airmailed green honour envelope from FPO 122 (TULKARM) to EDINBURGH Scotland, franked 1s/3d at period 'hourshoe route' rate, using British stamps & tied by 2 strikes of FPO postmark; return addressed to soldier of D Troop, 4th Battery, 2/2 Field Regiment, 6th Division of 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF - the volunteer component of the wartime Australian Army; not recorded as serving in Palestine but the 6th Division fought in the Western Desert Campaign at Bardia, Tobruk & Benghazi) - unusual as military mail normally sent without displayed return address. Passed censor #224 in Palestine. This special rate was in use locally from Sept. - Nov. 1940; mail was sent by air via TIBERIAS or CAIRO to DURBAN South Africa, and then by sea to UK: here probably on flight WS16 departing SYDNEY on 11 SEPT, reaching TIBERIAS/CAIRO on 19-20th & DURBAN on the 23rd. Slit open at top. Rare origin & scarce route.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $150. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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Product Tags: Mandatory Palestinian, United Kingdomian,British, Scottish, Egyptian, South African Philately - Postal Covers, WWII Military Mail and Postal History from Palestine Mandate, United Kingdom, Scotland, Egypt, South Africa and from World War II, 20th Century, 1940s which are Philately - Military Post Offices or Military Administration, Philately - Significant Route, Philately - Unusual Origin, Destination or Postal Link, Philately - Air Mail, Philately - Significant Rates/Periods, Philately - Censored Mail, Philately - Significant Addresses/Persons,

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9/1940 WWII Australian military mail to Scotland from Palestine via Horseshoe Route

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