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Image 3, front, no markings on the back
The next disrupted item is a cover dated September 4, 1962 from
Leipzig to Ramat Gan, Israel (Image 3). The violet, boxed handstamp
indicates that the cover was delayed in one of the Arab states (Reference
1, p. 111). There is no indication of when this delayed cover was finally
received in Israel.
Image 4, front and back
Image 4 shows another misdirected cover, dated November 19,
1964, mailed from Ibbenbüren, Germany to Tiberias, Israel. It ended
up in Egypt where it was censored (Type 8)(Reference 1, p. 116). It also
received a boxed “PAS DE SERVICE” (No Service) handstamp. In
green ink, the Israeli address was crossed out and a green arrow points
to the German stamps. From the cancels of the back we know the cover
arrived in Cairo on November 22, 1964. It was returned to Germany
and then resent to Israel. There is an indistinct Israeli cancel on the back.
As a result of the Six Day War (June 5 to June 10, 1967), Israel took
control of the West Bank and officially annexed East Jerusalem (the
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German Postal Specialist