lot # 40566 - Service Suspended' Mail
"Interrupted Service" mail to Israel: 16 SEP 1950 a/m comm cv ex MINNEAPOLIS to Kibbutz GANIGAR, franked 25c per period a/m rate & tied by multiple strikes of local pmk; carried by TWA flight forced to make unscheduled landing in CAIRO due to engine trouble; here Israel-bound mailed seized, censored (opened/resealed using K-Type-C & censor-stamped K-Type-1 [#10]) & confiscated, only released after 5 mths under US & UPU pressure: of 19 bags seized, only US-originated mail known released - returned undelivered (w/o b/s as not reg. mail [23 Feb]) & resent where processed in HAIFA (no b/s, circa. 28-2-51) and arrived 1-3-51 (b/s) - the latest recorded arrival of mail from flight in north Israel; unique destination as v.small locale.
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