1919-1939 Interwar period

Spanish Civil War interrupted Palestine mail: 19 Jan 1937 postmarked registered surface mail cover, sent from TRIESTE Italy (return addressed to TEL AVIV Palestine) to BARCELONA Spain (corrected by the sender to "Spagna" in Italian), franked 2.75 Lira (on back) & tied by 3x strikes of the TRIESTE-3 postmark on back (20:00 time stamp) + registry label & "REGISTERED" handstamp on front; backstamped ...

Spanish Civil War airmail: 25 Jan 1937 postmarked air mail cover sent from PALMA DE MALLORCA (Balearic Islands) to BRESLAU (Wroclaw) Germany, franked 1.25 pesetas + 10c Nationalist local issue Pro-Paro adhesive tax stamp (vertically misperforated at left-center) & tied by 3x strikes of the local postmark; routing endorsed "by air to Rome" in Spanish (manuscript) & French (red typewriting at base);...

Polish official express mail abroad: 13 VI 1924 express cover on Lublin Province official stationary (handstamped in red "Lubelski Urz?d Wojew?dzki"), from LUBLIN to VIENNA, franked 30gr using Eagle in Wreath single (Sc #223) & tied by single strike of the local postmark; sealed at back by official Voivodeship express mail red/white embossed label; cut open at right....

Iran-Germany Baghdad overland mail - end of surcharge era: 18 JAN 1934 postmarked commercial cover sent from ABADAN to company in HAMBURG, endorsed "Overland Mail" & franked 24ch + 30di (roughly 25ch in total) & tied by single strike of the local postmark; backstamped next day departure & 25 JAN DAMASCUS transit. Lacking Palestine transit marks such as at Jerusalem the cover may have b...

1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia - mixed franking: 16 March 1939 postmarked picture postcard (Prague - Jewish Town Hall Hebrew clock) sent from PRAGUE to BERLIN, franked 1.20Kr with Czechoslovakian postage stamps & 6pf with German franking presumably for the period 1.50Kr international postcard rate & tied by machine cancel of PRAGUE-25 post office. Of historical significance: the day befo...