HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Israeli "no service" marks on mail to Arab states: 26 III 1951 surface mailed printed-matter cover from LONDON to JERUSALEM ("PALESTINE"), meter-franked 1d per new 1950 overseas "reduced rate" (for non-commercial printed matter); routed via ISRAEL, backstamped 15-4-1951 JERUSALEM arrival where address found to be in Jordanian EAST JERUSALEM: cover manuscript-updated "Old City via AMMAN" & tied by "PAS DE SERVICE VIA ISRAEL" instructional marking handstamp K-Type-J.I.2 on earliest known date of use + Hebrew "RETURN TO" instructional marking handstamp (Glassman unlisted); cover returned to sender & resent: backstamped 29 MY 51 (EAST) JERUSALEM arrival. Very rare: Type-J.I.2 was a secondary instructional marking device at the JERUSALEM main post office, less than 10 covers known such stamped - here on scarce rate mail. Vertical fold at center + a few minor tears at edges.
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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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