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FARUK BARRED (BI-13 #40-53) blocks of 4, full set, VF, cat $260 per set

EGYPTIAN HELP PALESTINE FUND DONATIONS 6 different: 50 & 100 Piaster, 5 10 50 and 100 Lira; all with counterfoils (folded under) and red hstmp; ALSO 2 panes of four of HELP PALESTINE stamps

1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR (1) about 45 special events covers including post office opening (2) over 160 military post cards – a few used; mounted in stock cards [note: I recommend that the buyer remount these as the cards are not in good condition]

SIX DAY WAR: PARCEL CARDS OR TAGS) (1) posted California Apr 9, 1967, transit 28 MAY 1967 JERUSALEM, arrival 3 JUN 67, (PARCELS) RAMALLAH, delivered ZAHAL RAMALLA 22.9.67 (2) posted California, Aug 14 1967 , arrival ZAHAL RAMALLAH 26.9.67, addressed to “Ramallah vis Israelâ€ (3) posted 30 MAY 1967 London, 3 JUN 1967 transit, ZAHAL 17.9.67 BETHLEHEM arrival, Hebrew & Arabic hstmp of Customs House [one side in catalogue; both sides on web] (4) posted Italy 18.5.67, 21 May 67 Amman transit, 23 May 1967 Jerusalem ‘2’ transit, 3 June 1967 Bethlehem (Parcels) arrival, but ZAHAL Be

SIX DAY WAR Post Office openings (covers and maximum cards) , special events, military post cards, a couple commercial usages, 6 used Egyptian Postal Money Orders [per note seized from Gaza Post Office], and more; well over 160 items in all; mounted in stock cards with short descriptions [note: I recommend that the buyer remount these as the cards are over loaded]

UNDERCOVER & CLANDESTINE COLLECTION MAIL VIA LONDON and VIA JORDAN BRIDGES COURIERS 1970-1985 Gaza Strip, Judea, Samaria; mail contacts via a third country; covers from above and Arab countries to an office in London to be mailed to the destination; censored, cachets, addresses; over 170 covers and 28 documents & permits (exit & bridge passes)

UNDERCOVER MAIL from various post offices in Judea and Samaria to PO BOX 19 in England; about 150 covers

TRAVEL VISAS in and out of Israel/West Bank via the Allenby Bridge; 3 items; names are only approximate, as they were transliterated from Arabic into Hebrew. (1) Travel Visa for M'arbuh Seyyid Abu-Zaqur (b. 1927). Travel undertaken Nov. 1972. Total fees - 57 Agarot. (2) Travel Visa for Laoghaire Habib aI-Chris (b. 1944). Travel undertaken Nov. 1972 Total fees 57 Agarot. (3) Travel Visa for Dr. Savarin Aliasartin (b. 1930). Travel undertaken Sept. 1971. UN employee, no fees

TRANSIT APPLICATIONS 3 items (1) Heading: Command of the Israeli Defense Force; Application for Permission to Depart from the District; 14 Jan. 1968, Ramallah District. Request from a Muslim farmer (b. 1902) 5mils and 10 mils Israeli fiscal stamp for the West Bank. (2) Heading: Command of the Israeli Defense Force; Ministry of the Interior. 27 March 1969. Photo attached. District - Gaza Man employed by the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza (born in 1917) for travel to Amman; un-attached, UNRW form. 50 Agarot West Bank Israeli fiscal stamp.

INFORMAL TRAVEL DOCUMENTS 3 items (1) 31 x21 cm school-lined paper written in Arabic on one side. In blue ink are six headings. Responses are in green ink. 1st heading, the Name of the person (Muhammad Mahmud Ali Abu'l-Zaid); 2nd heading asks for religion, place and date of birth, which elicits the response, al'Islam, QP, 1933. 4th heading asks for names of children [Shahira (l O), Mariam (8), and Nafuz] (5). 6th heading concerns a trip. At bottom, three Israel revenue stamps, each 10 mils value.