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

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #685
ISRAEL - INTERIM PERIOD
1948 (March-May) BRITISH FLEET MAIL, HAIFA, three covers addressed to Alan Tyler, c/o Fleet Mail Office, Haifa, two with Palestine franking, one with GB 1 1/2d adhesive (addressed to HMS "Chevron"), British Fleet and Field Post office markings, fine. (Lieutenant Tyler served throughout WWII, remaining in service until the 1960's. Alan participated in extraordinary events including the sinking of both the Scharnhorst and the Tirpitz, escorting Churchill, the liberation of Singapore, the founding of the State of Israel and Britain's first atomic tests)
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Price Realized
$75.00

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