Besieged Gush Etzion - Flown Courier cover from the Gush to TLV - return address: "Massuot Yitzhak, Gush Etzion, POBox 2693 Tel-Aviv", under siege as of January 1948, the air strip was in service as of February 7, 1948 . The Gush surrendered to the Jordanian Legion on 13 May 1948. Cover addressed to Kvutzat Ma'ayan near Zichron, posted in Tel-Aviv franked 10m Minhelet Ha'am stamp (Ba #14) cancelled by Minhelet Ha'am Tel Aviv Violet postmark. Cover shortened at left 0.5 cm, photographed in "The Emergency, Local and Private Postal Services - Part 2" p. 203; fine & Rare, certif Tsachor-Aloni
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Ing. Yacov TSACHOR
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Current Areas of Specialisation: Israel, including Doar-Ivri, 1948 Interim Period; British Mandate Palestine: postal... Read More