Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

Israeli "no service" marks on mail to Arab states: 25 X 1949 a/m cv ex ATHENS to BETHLEHEM "PALESTINE", franked 1300Dra & tied by 2 strikes of local pmk; posted 9 days after end of Greek civil war: here checked by censor & "exchange control", which sealed cv but mis-routed via ISRAEL where f/s 8-11-1949 W. JLEM arr, censored & sealed by Gladstone Type-4b w/unlisted "Yud 1008" + "PAS DE SERVICE VIA ISRAEL" IM h/s K-Type-II.2 on EKD of use & mandate era "RETURN TO" IM on front & RTS; cv resent & correctly routed: b/s 19 FEB 50 AMMAN transit + next day E. JLEM & BETHLEHEM arr.; Israeli IM crossed off. Less than 30 cv's known marked by T-II.2.