HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel: 4 SEP 1967 postmarked air letter/aerogramme from WATERBURY (US) to American Mission in Old City in JERUSALEM "JORDAN", with pre-printed 13c frank & tied by local machine cancel; with locale now held by Israel, as of September 1967 Jordan began holding back all mail destined to former Jordanian territories newly held by Israel, in AMMAN - and then released it all back to sender en-masse 13 months later (Sept. 68), after applying an English-language "Return to Sender | Delivery Prevented by Enemy Occupation of Jordad(sic) Territory" instructional marking handstamp - here K-Type-Va, applied in September 1968 per Kibble. Oddly the cover is backstamped 19 FEB 68 AMMAN transit - 5 months after dispatch; very late arrival/processing. Rare: one of the earliest postmarked covers known to be affected by this policy; prior to this, from 5 June - 12 Aug 1967 Jordan transferred such mail to Israel via the Red Cross.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $374. 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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