Arab-Israeli mail suspensions 1956 Sinai Campaign

Rare 1956 Suez campaign affected & interrupted mail - Germany: 27-28 Oct 1956 postmarked registered surface mail cover sent from BREMERHAVEN Germany to CAIRO Egypt, franked 90 pfennig & tied by multiple strikes of the illustrated Bremerhaven Stamp Day postmark.The ongoing transmission of the cover was delayed in transit by the Sinai military campaign as evidenced by the late dated backstamped CAIR...

Rare 1956 Suez campaign affected Syrian mail: 12 Nov 1956 postmarked cover sent from NEBIK Syria & franked 12 1/2 piastres, tied by 2x strikes of the local postmark; owing to the Israeli-British-French military campaign in the Egyptian Sinai peninsula (29 Oct - 7 Nov 1956) this cover was uniquely subjected to censorship - opened and sealed with green label & tied by oval red "24" censor seal. Kibb...