Description
Horizontally ribbed 5m & 6m pictorial stamps (Ba #93d/94d) as part of 15m franking on 15 AUG 1938(?) postmarked airmail cover, from TEL AVIV to HAMBURG & tied by 2x strikes of the single circle postmark of the sorting office (i.e. the cover was deposited into a pillar box uncancelled & processed later when the box was emptied); subsequently tied by the thick black "jusqu'a" cross used at BRINDISI Italy (Imperial Airways' European transit point), at which point the cover was transported by surface route to Germany; torn open at back, complete. Scarce stamps.
