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lot # 50604 - Philately > 1967 War "Suspended Service" mail
Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel: 15 DEC 67 a/m cv ex BRADFORD (UK) to couple in BETHLEHEM "JORDAN", franked 12d & tied by local machine cancel; with locale now held by Israel, as of Sept. Jordan began holding back all mail destined to former Jordanian territories newly held by Israel, in AMMAN - and then released it back to sender en-masse 13 months later, after applying a "Return to Sender" IM - here both Eng. K-Type-Va & rare Ar. Type-Vb; b/s 7 OCT 68 DOVER arr. - rarely seen return receipt proving date & this earliest known arrival date of such mail, marked in UK "Undelivered for Reason Stated" + PTO marking on front. Note sender m/s receipt date of 8-11-68 (a month after cv arr. in UK). Key postal history proving document.
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