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lot # 50442 - Philately > WWII Palestine military & civilian postal links

Wednesday Oct 25, 2017 20:00 Asia/Jerusalem

Wartime incoming civilian mail: 22 XI 1939 postal stationary pc in German ex LIEPAJA (Libau) Latvia to TLV, pre-franked 20c & tied by single strike of local pmk - unusually not marked by Palestine censor. Six weeks earlier (5 Oct.), Latvia forced into pact with USSR which paved way for latter's occupation of former, Jul. 1940.