HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale

Egyptian postal boycott of Israel: 10-7-1969 registered airmail cover from HERZLIYA to WEST BERLIN, franked 80Ag per FA-18 period rate (40Ag letter to EU + 40Ag registration fee) & tied by local postmark; when arrived re-routed to CAIRO with Poste Restante address (as addresee travelling abroad) & backstamped 16-7-69 CAIRO AIRPORT arrival - however as cover's origins & markings are Israeli, censored using K-Type-8 handstamp & stamped by K-Type-II "pas de service" instructional marking (on last known date of usage) & returned to West Germany (manuscript notation); from here returned to Israel - backstamped 17-8-69 TEL AVIV transit & next day HERZLIYA arrival. A numbered circular cachet on top right at back may be an additonal censor mark - possibly German. Rare: unusual for Israeli-originated cover to receive Arabian "no service" markings, having reached that destination; this is the only known redirected 'poste restante' mail from Israel to an Arab state.
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This lot is being offered in a buy or bid sale format, whose initial buyout price is: $599. 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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Product Tags: Israeli, German, Egyptian, Philately - Postal Covers, Arab-Israeli mail suspensions 1967-1973 and Postal History from Israel, Germany, Egypt, and from 20th Century, 1960s which are Philately - Suspended Service mail, Philately - Significant Route, Philately - Unusual Origin, Destination or Postal Link, Philately - Earliest/Latest, First/Last & Proving dates or places, Philately - Air Mail, Philately - Censored Mail, Philately - Significant Addresses/Persons, Philately - significant cachets & postal markings, Unique/Discovery Piece