1948 South African cv to Palestine affected by postal
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1948 South African "service suspended" mail to Palestine: 20 III 1948 surface mail commercial cover from JOHANNESBURG (no return address) to 'Haaretz' newspaper TEL AVIV, franked 3½d & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark; posted 11 days before South Africa suspended surface mail service to Palestine but still affected it (probably before official suspension date) & marked 2x on front by 2-line bilingual instructional marking "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED | POSDIENS GESTAAK" (Kibble unlisted - this very unusual, possibly a surface mail only instructional marking device); the cover was probably held at the port for some time pending resolution of the mail suspension because cover subsequently front-stamped 16 JUN 1948 DURBAN transit & backstamped 21 VI 48 CAPETOWN RETURNED DLO. Here interesting proving postmark: sea mail link to Palestine was via Durban and not Capetown. Cut open at top. At this time, from 7 May, mail could have been sent to Palestine through the Johannesburg Zionist Federation's "Box 18" emergency service for 1 Shilling prepayment.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $300. 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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Product Tags: Israeli, South African, Mandatory Palestinian, Philately - Postal Covers, 1948 Israel: Service Suspended (by non-belligerents) and Postal History from Israel, South Africa, Palestine Mandate, and from 1947-49 Israel War of Independence, 1948 Mandate Termination & Israeli Interim period, 20th Century, 1940s, 1945-1949 Postwar era, which are Philately - Surface Mail (contemporary), Philately - significant cachets & postal markings, Philately - Suspended Service mail, Philately - uncatalogued/undocumented varieties, Unique/Discovery Piece, Philately - Significant Route, Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event,
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $300. 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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Product Tags: Israeli, South African, Mandatory Palestinian, Philately - Postal Covers, 1948 Israel: Service Suspended (by non-belligerents) and Postal History from Israel, South Africa, Palestine Mandate, and from 1947-49 Israel War of Independence, 1948 Mandate Termination & Israeli Interim period, 20th Century, 1940s, 1945-1949 Postwar era, which are Philately - Surface Mail (contemporary), Philately - significant cachets & postal markings, Philately - Suspended Service mail, Philately - uncatalogued/undocumented varieties, Unique/Discovery Piece, Philately - Significant Route, Object Related Specifically to a Personality or Key Event,
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1948 South African cv to Palestine affected by postal
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