Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

1948 Egyptian seizure of mail to Israel: 19-4-1948 surface mailed reg. cv ex SIEFHENNERSDORF (Ger., Sov. zone) to TLV, franked 1.10DM & tied by 2 strikes of local pmk: this mailed 13 days after UK suspended surface mail to Pal. (Ger.'s usual route), here possibly sent via FRANCE (as not marked "no service" or RTS) - late s/m; route went via EGYPT, where as of early April mail to Jews in Palestine was 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: here resent & b/s'd 24-10-1948 TLV-7 arr.