U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 12-13, 2018

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1252
LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS ISRAEL - Covers and Postal History
1918-80 "Terror in the Mails" collection, partly written-up exhibition style on pages, 150+ covers and cards, beginning with "Saved Letter" cover recovered from a British ship torpedoed March 1918 (sender was from the 54th Division of the E.E.F. which participated with General Allenby in the invasion of Palestine), also 1955 mail from the EL AL plane shot down by the Bulgarian Air Force",1970 Swissair "Coronado" Air Crash mail, various letters censored with "Nivdak" and "Shukaf" (checked and inspected, screened or X-rayed), warning memorandums (requesting that the addressee knows the identity of the sender and to report all suspicious mail to the authorities). A fascinating collection
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

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