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lot # 50615 - Philately > Arab-Israeli "Suspended Service" mail, 1949-1973
Egyptian friendly "no service" mail to Israel: 22 XI 1950 a/m comm. cv ex VOORBURG Netherlands to Old City J'LEM "ISRAEL", meter franked 25c; addressed in error to Israel rather than JORDAN (Old City then Jordanian) & [mis-]routed via EGYPT where b/s 25 NO 50 CAIRO transit; here mistake in address realized & "Israel" crossed off and replaced "via Kingdom of Jordan", where to routed but oddly still opened/resealed (by censor using K-Type-C label tied by K-Type6 h/s) & marked by K-Type1 (#53) h/s; 5 DEC censored in AMMAN & b/s next day J'LEM arr. - remarkably fast delivery time in spite of address error.
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