1970-1979 Rates, Routes & Postal Handling

The 1971 British Postal Strike delayed cover - privately transmitted: 15 Jan 1971 postmarked large airmail envelope sent from business in LONDON to bank in TEL AVIV, [business] meter franked 120 pence per 1966 postage rate of 12s for 5 ounces; the cover was posted 5 days before the outbreak of the first ever national postal strike in Britain, which ran from 20 Jan. to 8 March 1971 but nevertheless...

1971 returned air mail: 17 Feb 1971 postmarked airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV to LOS ANGELES & franked 0.85L per FA-20 postage period rate; the US postal service was subsequently unable to locate the address & marked the cover 'returned to sender'; machine backstamped 12 March COMPTON return-dispatch; slit open at top....

Members of Israel's Knesset/Parliament - Moshe Dayan (Labor Party): stampless 3 July 1974 postmarked cover on Knesset postal stationary from TEL AVIV (return addressed to Moshe Dayan at his residential address in ZAHALA) to Reuven Dafni (diplomat) in JERUSALEM; slit open at base. Postmarked exactly a month after the 3 June resignation of Golda Meir's government and Dayan's position as Minister of ...

The 1978 Israeli Post Office workers strike proving cover: 5 Oct 1978 postmarked long air mail cover sent from FORT LAUDERDALE USA to TEL AVIV, franked 31c for the period airmail postage rate & tied by machine cancel. Sometime thereafter & prior to overseas dispatch the cover was tied by a 2-line carmine instructional marking SERVICE SUSPENDED | RETURN TO SENDER with the word "Air" manually writte...

The 1978 Israeli Post Office workers strike: OCT 6 1978 airmail cover from ENCINO, California to RAMAT GAN meter franked $0.32 but refused ongoing service - franking and airmail marks crossed out + cover stamped "Return to Sender | Service Temporarily Suspended". Of note here, the Israeli Post Office employee strike took place between 8-12 October 1978, but it seems foreign post offices (in the US...

The 1978 Israeli Post Office workers strike interrupted & returned cover: 9 Oct 1978 postmarked airmail cover sent from FLUSHING USA to guests at hotel in TEL AVIV, franked 31c for the period airmail postage rate & tied by machine cancel. Sometime thereafter & prior to overseas dispatch the cover was tied by a 1-line violet instructional marking SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED + pointing hand mark, ...

The 1978 Israeli Post Office workers strike interrupted & returned cover with long transit time: 9 Oct 1978 postmarked airmail cover sent from BROOKLYN to JERUSALEM, franked 31c for the period airmail postage rate & tied by machine cancel. Sometime thereafter & prior to overseas dispatch the cover was tied by a 3-line violet instructional marking RETURN TO SENDER | SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED | ...