BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE WORLD WAR TWO & AFTER very detailed collection of the air letter sheets used at the time. This includes the varieties of the sheets (gum, burelage & watermark and private overprints). Most notably are letter sheets and other covers from many of the units located on the West Bank. A list of British Foreign Post Offices with locations and dates in Palestine is included. [The items were not checked against the list.]. There are also some privately made letter sheets. Over 100 items.
WW TWO
military forces
RED CROSS FORMULA ENQUIRY SHEET 1942 from Werner Seidel, Tel Aviv, to his brother Gerog, of Berlin. Actually in Alt Moabit (there area where Berlin’s Jews were forced to move); dated 5 Dec 1942; stating ‘No News from parents” (as they probably were deported to the East), German Red Cross (both ways), 2 Palestine censor backstamps; actually mailed to sender when received in Palestine; cancelled Jerusalem 18 AP 42—a 10 month journey! [front in catalog, both sides in web]
Concentration Camps, DP Camps, Etc.
other
REGISTERED AIRMAIL CVR FROM SHANGHAI CHINA. w/5 stamps on cover & 5 more on the back. Addressed to Canadian thanking him for gifts. Letter in German. 2 500 Yuan overprints on 3 Yuan along with three 100 Yuan stamps on front. On reverse: 4 - 100 Yuan & 1 50 Yuan. Date on letter: 1 Dec 46, 2 Dec 46 Shanghai, SF, CA Dec 26, 46, 19 Dec 46 Montreal; Some sort of Canadian Customs hstmp.
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY “HIAS” HANDSTAMP Field Post Office 424 25 No 46; On His Majesty’s Service cvr (on flap). Letter from HIAS Head office: Hannover-Linden dated 20 xi 46. Letter is written in Hebre and signed by Gregory Plankins, Deputy Director of HIAS British zone in Germany