Wartime incoming civilian mail: 8 JUNE 1943 airmail cover from LUGANO Switzerland to JERUSALEM, franked 50Rp (40Rp total postage for 5gr including 10Rp for airmail + 10Rp additional weight) and marked for intended start of routing (rectangular cachet on front): Zurich to Stuttgart (where censored) by Swissair or DHL, by air from Stuttgart to Sofia (Bulgaria), by rail to Istanbul (Turkey), rail to Syria and Palestine, where censored again. Locally re-routed. Rare route & double Axis/Allied censorship. The unusual German censorship - and onward transmission - of mail from Switzerland was due to a special arrangement between Switzerland and wartime Nazi Germany whereby the latter would transport Swiss mail through Germany to other countres in exchange for Swiss permission to let Germany use her railroads to transport German troops through her territory; mail destined to an Allied country required transit first through a neutral country as observed in the routing here.


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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.
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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.
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