WWII era Foreign Postal Links with Allied, Liberated & Neutral Countries

WWII Mandatory postal links / small locales: 26 FE 1945 cover from MAABAROT to Jewish addressee ("Levi") in EDIRNE Turkey, franked 20m per period non-UK overseas surface rate & tied by full strike of local postmark; opened & sealed in TEL AVIV by censor KK/25835 (predates Sacher earliest known date of use by 2 months); marked by Turkish censor on front; backstamp covered by censor's tape - probabl...

Wartime incoming civilian mail: 11 XII 1944 pre-paid Vatican City stationary postcard from VATICAN CITY to TEL AVIV, with short Hebrew greeting from "Yitzhak" (probably a soldier in the Jewish Brigade), tied by local machine cancel; stamped by "M" DC Arabic/Eng. censor in Egypt & Palestine censor (probably TEL AVIV); unusual origin - possibly related to a 'Papal Audience' with the Pope, Pius XII (...

Wartime incoming civilian mail: 8 VI 1943 airmail cover from LUGANO to JERUSALEM, franked 50Rp (40Rp total postage for 5gr including 10Rp for airmail + 10Rp additional weight) and marked for intended start of routing (rectangular cachet on front): Zurich to Stuttgart (where censored) by Swissair or DHL, by air from Stuttgart to Sofia, by rail to Istanbul, rail to Syria and Palestine, where censore...

Wartime incoming civilian mail: 8 II 1940 uprated airmail postcard in French (family correspondence) from THESSALONIKI to TEL AVIV, pre-franked 5d + 13d additional for airmail, tied by 2 strikes of local postmark + Greek airmail etiquette; postcard tied by double-ring handstamp of the "exchange control" authority (ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑ ΠΡΟΣ...

Postwar incoming civilian mail: 31-5-1946 uprated postcard in Russian on Polish postal stationary from Mariam Berlas SŁUPSK Poland to Jewish soldier (Erus Schutzer) in 179 Palestine Company Royal Army Service Corps General Transport (possibly HAIFA), with pre-printed frank of 1.50Zł + additional 1.50Zł attached & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark. Marked possibly by Polish cens...

Postwar incoming civilian mail: 29 V 1945 registered postcard in English on Polish postal stationary from Mariam Berlas STRYI Poland to Jewish soldier (Erus Schutzer) in 468 Palestine Company Royal Army Service Corps General Transport (HAIFA), franked 20kop (damaged) & tied by local postmark; passed Soviet military censor & H12 Palestine censor (Sach-Q22 - 3 years after his last known date of use)...

Wartime outgoing mail (undercover address): 24 FE 1942 surface mailed cover from JERUSALEM to ISTANBUL, franked 15m (3 color franking) per period surface mail rate & tied by 2 strikes of single-circle local postmark; passed J30 Palestine censor; backstamped 2-3-1942 ANKARA transit (suggesting inland transport by rail, not sea) & 4 March arrival Cut open at top. The curious brevity of addressee's n...

Wartime incoming Jewish refugee mail: 25-12-1943 surface mailed cover from ISTANBUL (no return address) to BAT YAM, franked 10k & tied by strike of local postmark on front + machine cancel on back; opened by Palestine Censor KK/23346 (Sacher Q9 type - this unlisted) & stamped twice by "Please request sender..." full name/address 4-line TEL AVIV-type Sach-Q52 instructional marking front/back (4 mon...

Wartime outbound civilian mail: 23 NO 1942 registered life insurance document with Avis Receipt service (manuscript) from Levantine branch of 'La Nationale' French insurance business TEL AVIV to deputy chief of military infirmary section BEIRUT franked 30m (15m registration fee + 15m AR - but lacking at least 3m for printed matter; not taxed) using pair Ba108 tied by REG TEL AVIV postmark & strike...

WWII period westbound Baghdad overland mail from Iran: 26 X 1943 registered airmail cover from TEHERAN to HAIFA, franked (on back, covering most of return address) 22D & tied by multiple strikes of local postmark + Persian air mail etiquette on front; opened/resealed locally & tied by #4 Russian & #15 English "Anglo-Soviet-Persian Censorship" handstamp (front/back) + Persian "7" censor cachet (fro...

WWII era eastbound mail: 8 NO 1941 cover on Windsor Hotel stationary from HAIFA to "Nairn Transport Co. Ltd" (the operators of "Baghdad overland" service) DAMASCUS, franked 15m using single Ba108 per period "overland" service though cover not marked such (period non-UK surface rate was 20m) & tied by strike of local postmark; cover opened/resealed by a Haifa censor using white PC22 label; backstam...