Auction #4 World Coins & Medals + Specialized Holyland Postal History

1948 early incoming airmail: I VII 1948 Israeli government airmail cover ex representative in GENEVA to [director general of Foreign Office of "Provisional Government of Israel"] Walter Eitan in TEL AVIV, franked 120c and tied by slogan machine cancellation; arrived 13-7-1948, b/s by HAKIRYA (govt-military complex in TLV) pmk. Most probably transported by Air France and received at Sde Dov airfield (reopened as of mid-June) or Haifa; slit open at top, small peripheral tear on top right.
1948 Übergangszeit & frühe israelische Postgeschichte
תולדות הדואר ממנהלת העם וקום המדינה תש"ח