14) 1947-49 Arabian mail in War of Independence

1948-49 War Arab POW mail: undated stampless cover addressed in Arabic to a prisoner of war referencing his name and prisoner number; sent unsealed & tied on back by the Iraqi Army negative censor cachet, whose expeditionary force operated in area of Qalqilya-Tulkarem-Nablus-Jenin between 15 May 1948 & April 1949; front-stamped by the Red Cross GENEVA circular cachet + Israeli base censor oval han...

Rare wartime misdirected no-service mail from JORDAN: 6 Sept 1948 postmarked air mail cover, sent from AMMAN and addressed to female in "Florida" USA (no city specified), franked 100 mils & tied by 2x strikes of the local postmark + censor handstamp. The cover was misdirected to Israel via Haifa airport (the only one operating incoming civilian aviation prior to the reopening of Lydda in November)...

Postal history discovery: 31 Jan 1949 postmarked air mail cover sent from BEIRUT Lebanon and addressed to serviceman at Royal Air Force RAF base in AMMAN Jordan, mixed franked 35 Lebanese Piastres + 0.50 Syrian Piastres stamps (1940 landscapes series; possibly used as a 'Palestine welfare tax' stamp in lieu of the national issue - but unusual) & tied by 3x strikes of the local postmark, including ...

Arabian mail during 1948 Israeli War of Independence - uncensored: 3 May 1948 postmarked surface mail cover on imprinted business postal stationary sent from ALEPPO Syria to business in COMO Italy, franked 30 piastres including 2pia tax stamp per the period postage rate & tied by 2x strikes of the local postmark; backstamped 6 May DAMASCUS-2 transit & 22 May 1948 COMO arrival. Rare late pre-war er...

Arabian mail during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence: 18 May 1948 postmarked registered air mail cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TRIPOLI Lebanon to a business in HUDDERSFIELD Britain, franked 80 piastres & tied by 4x strikes of the local postmark; backstamped next day BEIRUT CHARGEMENTS transit-dispatch. Slit open at top. Rare as sent just as 5 Arab armies + Lebanese c...

1948-49 Jordanian occupation of West Bank: 7 FEB 1949 commercial cover from TULKAREM to El-Andalus Library [EAST] JERUSALEM, franked 15m using "Palestine" overprinted Jordanian franks & tied by 2 strikes of local reintroduced Mandate double-ring postmark; between 15 May 1948 & April 1949 region of Qalqilya-Tulkarem-Nablus-Jenin was held by Iraqi Expeditionary Force in Palestine in coordination wit...

RARE - 1949 wartime mail to Israel directly from an Arab country: 17 (Jan-Feb) 1949 postmarked commercial cover sent from AMMAN Jordan to the Shell Oil Company in HAIFA "Palestine", likely franked for air mail service though at least one stamp is missing, the remainder totalling 40 mils & tied by 2 weak strikes of the local postmark - part of the date is visible. At this time Transjordan was i...