Description
Registered double weight air mail: 5 Jan 1951 postmarked registered airmail cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV to DETROIT & franked 185pr at the FA-2a postage period rate (80pr letter + 25pr registration + 80pr additional 10g weight) using a mix of 2x 50pr & 2x 30pr 1st Airmails (Ba #33/35) + 10pr & 15pr 1950 3rd Coinage (Ba #43/44) stamps tied by 3x strikes of TEL AVIV-19 (head post office) postmark on front + 2x on back; opened and resealed by Israeli censor tav-1017 in Tel Aviv; backstamped 10 Jan NEW YORK AIR MAIL FIELD transit & next day arrival; slit open at top, a few peripheral tears and creases.
