postal history

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

REDIRECTED TO ISRAEL 1961 cover sent from Switzerland to London, arrived seriously damaged, bearing an oblong cancel on back stating it was damaged on route; fragile

FIRST FLIGHT 8 JULY 1933 India to Israel; then re-addressed to Liverpool England, various backstamps & mss message [back on WEB]

CRASH MAIL from Tel Aviv to France

REGISTRATION LABELS computer sheetlet with 9 labels, top 3 missing black numbers and bar codes

THE GOOD FENCE The Good Fence was a term that referred to Israel's mountainous 80-mile northern border with Lebanon during the period following the 1978 South Lebanon conflict (during Lebanese Civil War2228.00. 24 covers, mostly philatelic – but 1 or 2 commercial usages; 2 photos

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

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

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