Start of the sale:
Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 9:26 AM
Item n°738997769
Sale ends:
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Lot:
#71275
Catalog:
Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel affecting Arabian mail : 14 DEC 67 airmail cover from ADEN ("Federation of South Arabia" now People's Republic of Southern YEMEN as of 30 Nov. ) to St. Georges Anglican Cathedral [East] JERUSALEM (no country indicated ), franked 40 Fils using pair of Federation stamps & tied by local machine cancel; routed (correctly, prior to the War) via JORDAN where backstamped [unclear] DEC 67 transit: with locale now held by Israel , as of Sept. '67 Jordan held back all mail destined to former Jordanian territories newly held by Israel, in AMMAN - and released it back to sender en masse 13 months later (Sept. '68), after applying English-language "Return to Sender | Delivery Prevented by Enemy Occupation of Jordad(sic) Territory" instructional marking K-Type-Va handstamp; cover resent (possibly via forwarding service in UK ) as bilingual Hebrew/Arabic Israeli postal instructional marking K-Type-M5 label applied, indicating delayed delivery & requesting in future that address be written as "JERUSALEM. Israel"; recipient noted in manuscript that this received Dec. 1968 This is the only known period example of Arabian-originating mail to Israel, refused service by Jordan . Significant postal history embodying 2 different historical events/upheavals + unusual franking in this period .This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $600 . 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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