HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Israeli "No Service" marks on mail to Arab countries: 9 I 1956 commercial cover from LEEDS to BASRA Iraq, meter-franked 2½d per 1950 surface rate for printed matter & samples; cover mis-routed to ISRAEL where marked by TEL AVIV Post Office "Pas de Service via Israel" instructional marking handstamp K-Type-T-III.1, here on last known date of use & backstamped 3-2-56 TEL AVIV-24(?) arrival; returned to sender. Very rare: less than 10 covers known marked by T-III.1. Scarce rate & sea-mail route: Tel Aviv received mail at its port until November 1965, when it closed and sea operations were transferred to new port of Ashdod. Opened gently at back.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $374. 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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