WWII 3 Sept 1939 Germany-Palestine registered airmail sent AFTER declaration war

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Seller: jerusalem-stamps ✉️ (519) 98%, Location: Jerusalem Israel, IL, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 116080154610 WWII 3 Sept 1939 Germany-Palestine registered airmail sent AFTER declaration war. EXTRAORDINARY VERY LAST WWII (wartime) MAIL FROM GERMANY TO PALESTINE: Sunday 3 SEPT 1939 postmarked registered airmail cover with 16:00 time-stamp, sent from BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG to HAIFA & franked 75pf per period rate using 3x Hindenburg medallion definitives stamps + tied by single strike of the local postmark; backstamped 10 SEPT 1939 TEL AVIV transit-arrival, 12 SEPT HAIFA transit and 15 SEPT HAIFA delivery. The cover was posted 5 hours after Great Britain officially declared war on Germany (at 11:00am) and an hour before France followed suit. As per the quick transit time, the cover was clearly sent by air. Under the circumstances and given the Tel Aviv transit marking [suggesting a LYDDA airport arrival] the cover was likely carried by the Dutch KLM airline (British BOAC flew via Rome-Brindisi to Alexandria and Tiberias & Air France flew via Beirut - regardless of the transit markings, neither was an option by this date; Italian Ala Littoria flew to Haifa): per Boyle "all civilian air mail services were suspended in Germany from 1 September 1939 through 5 October 1939"; the cover was transported by land to neutral Italy where KLM received it at NAPLES on Flight 783 on its newly altered Amsterdam-Bandung route, on Thursday 7 Sept from where it was carried via Athens and Alexandria to Lydda where it was received on Saturday the 9th and forwarded to Tel Aviv. Palestine censorship was carried out by the office closest to the address on mail - here Haifa - where at this early stage of the war the office here uniquely used a plain brown paper label (#Q1 - as confirmed used 10 Sept 1939 by Sacher) & tied 4x times by the mute rectangular censor cachet of censor #16 (#Q20 - also confirmed used 10 Sept 1939 by Sacher). The cover was delivered on the 2nd day of Rosh HaShana (Friday). The uniqueness of the cover is that it was dispatched not just on the 3rd but also after the official start of war between the United Kingdom and Germany - and still transmitted beyond Germany's borders: wartime mail censorship in Germany began roughly on 4 Sept. in Berlin & Konigsberg, yet this cover evaded the censors. Palestine officially suspended postal relations with Germany on the 6th. Slit open at top. --- Most of our merchandise ships out from Israel | orders are combined | additional items are charged 75c: DOMESTIC services available are Registered mail (default) and courier mail. Please contact us if you desire courier mail. BUYERS IN ISRAEL: eBay does not recognize Israel as being a "domestic" mailing destination - please contact us to be invoiced and charged $5 for registered mail. --- OVERSEAS services available are Priority ECO Post registered airmail (default - $15 flat fee) and express EMS mail (3-day / 5-day to-door delivery - $40 flat fee). These options can be selected on check-out. We recognize that the shipping overseas is expensive - only ECO Post shows tracking up to delivery; for less expensive purchases on the understanding of the customer that tracking is not available we can user $5 standard registered mail overseas - please contact us so we can invoice you at this rate. --- Prospective buyers in countries without postal relations with Israel can receive orders via a third country. Please contact us for this option. --- To see higher end specialized philatelic items + materials from countries which cannot be displayed on ebay, add d o t com to our our handle name
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Grade: as described
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Place of Origin: Germany
  • Year: 1939
  • Type: Air Mail
  • Country: Israel
  • Subject: History
  • Year of Issue: 1941-1950
  • Cancellation Type: Handstamped
  • Topic: WWII
  • Regional Status: Colony
  • Region: Palestine
  • Quality: As Described

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