GPS June 2020

Image 6, front, no markings on the back
Image 6 shows a Drucksache (printed matter) cover from Hamburg,
dated February 15, 1968, which was sent to the former Jordanian portion
of Jerusalem. By this time, Jordan was returning mail sent to its territories
now occupied by Israel. Jordan applied a boxed handstamp reading
“RETURN TO SENDER/ DELIVERY PREVENTED BY ENEMY
OCCUPATION OF JORDAD (sic!) TERRITORY.” On November
11, 1968, the Jerusalem Post reported that “thousands of letters returned
by Amman to their senders are now reaching Israel for delivery to East
Jerusalem and the West Bank. (Reference 1, p. 140). When Image 6 was
“properly” returned from Germany to Israel (i.e., not sent via Amman), it
received a mimeographed label stating:
“THIS POSTAL ITEM WAS JUST NOW
RECEIVED IN ISRAEL AFTER IT WAS
ERRONEOUSLY DIRECTED. IN ORDER
TO AVOID SIMILAR DELAYS IN THE
FUTURE, IT IS DESIRABLE TO NOTIFY
THE SENDER OF THE NECESSITY TO
STATE IN THE ADDRESS AS FOLLOWS –
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL” (Reference 1, p. 210)
Note that this mimeographed label came in two sizes; this variety is
the rarer, small print version (Reference 1, p. 212).
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German Postal Specialist