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lot # 40062 - 1948 Emergency Post

Wednesday May 17, 2017 22:00 Asia/Jerusalem
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May 17, 22:00 IDT

1948 Jerusalem interim local/siege mail: long pm comm. cv ex nutrition committee in JERUSALEM to PETACH TIKVA, marked "Printed Matter" (barely visible) & franked 5m for 3m period PM rate using rare J'lem Locals III (Ba107) w/slanting "5", tied by large 38mm Mea Shearim branch pmk + 21 JUNE 1948 rubber dater at center. Franking accepted in PT although invalid outside of J'lem as of 23 May. The postal siege on J'lem ended 23 June: cv likely transported using "Burma Road" land route, opened 6 June. M-S BO received the Israeli trilingual canceller around 7 Aug. Folded for length; gently opened.
1948 Notfall-Post
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