Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

1948 Egyptian seizure of mail to Israel: 12-4-1948 surface mailed cv ex W. BERLIN to GAN ZVI (scarce destination), franked 50Pf & tied by local machine cancel: this mailed 6 days after UK suspended surface mail to Pal. (Ger.'s usual route), here possible sent via FRANCE (as not marked "no service" or RTS); routing went via EGYPT, where as of early April mail to Jews in Palestine is seized, censored & returned to sender, as done here - opened/resealed using K-type-A label & tied by K-Type1 (#53) censor. Such mail generally held by Egypt 3-4 months before being returned: no further postal markings but m/s on back indicates 10-11-48 receipt (slow, as surface mail).