Jerusalem Palace Hotel postal stationary serving as cover for surface mailed letter sent from JERUSALEM to CAMBRIDGE Massachusettes USA, franked 13m per period overseas surface mail & tied by partial strike of head post office postmark. Scarce mail: this hotel was built by the Supreme Muslim Council, headed by Haj Amin al-Husseini, in order to highlight the presence of Muslims in Jerusalem; a business rivalry existed between it and the nearby King David Hotel. The Palace Hotel opened in Dec. 1929 but didn't survive commercially and closed in 1935. As per the postage rate paid, this letter was sent sometime between Dec. 1929 and 31 May 1932.


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