HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Triple censored wartime outbound civilian mail: 18 AP 1943 commercial cover on Solel Boneh stationary from TEL AVIV to Hotel des Narcisses in MONTREUX Switzerland, franked 15m (10m letter + 6m additional weight, underfranked 1m) & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark. Opened 3 times by 2 censoring authorities (British Palestine censor, UK censor probably in London & German censor - per "X" index, in PARIS): as surface mail, probably transported to London by sea, then Lisbon by sea and overland through Spain, German occupied France & Switzerland. The hotel was rented by the Dutch government in exile & housed refugees (hence Dutch addressee's name). Rare destination, route & postal handling; torn open at bottom, few pieces missing.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $299. This price will rise by about 5-10% for every new bid received once the bid level passes the midway mark between the starting bid price and the initial buyout price. In such cases please check the latest buyout price on our homesite or contact us.
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