postal history

ISRAEL – EGYPT POSTAL LINKS from peace process 3 covers showing development (1) two different no service (2) first day of open communications

CENSORED MAIL 12 covers – all to same address, various dates & stamps; note: one has censor handstamp instead of resealing tape

HEBREW LETTER CENSOR MARKS 8 covers from 1950’s, seen Aleph, Chet, Mem,Tet,

RETURN TO SENDER 3 covers marked RETURN (1) USSR (2) Poland (3) USSR – various reasons

TEL AVIV 2 FE 1943 pmk ties 10 mil pictorial to private pc addressed to Alexandria Egypt; Egyptian censor, returned to sender as unclaimed

UNITED NATIONS covers to various countries from troops that were part of the UN Emergency Forces. These could have been in the Sinai, Lebanon, or elsewhere; incl 2 POW letters; about 50 items, appears to be mostly commercial usages

NEW YEARS MAILINGS These are small 110 x 70 mm envelopes that were used to send New Years cards. Postmarks are from the 1950’s and 1960’s, a few have the Holiday triangle pmks. Over 110 covers

NIVDAK & SHUKAF examined or x-rayed, 3 covers to Yitzhak Shamir, Ehud Barak, & Benjamin Netanyahu (this from Poland)

PRE-1960 METER MAIL same meter type may be from different cities, dates, or rates; over 25 items;

FIRST FLIGHT NETHERLANDS TO ISRAEL Haifa 22.6.1948 arrival pmk; note 1948 on pmk tying stamps