Israel: lot of 12 first flight and special flight covers, 1951-1974, including the SAS first...

Lot of 12 flight covers, most of them registered and sent by air mail, with Israeli stamps:

1. SAS, Scandinavian Airlines System, first flight Lod-Tokyo, 26.4.1951, with the 50 and 100 prutot air mail stamps, poste restante Tokyo, with a Tokyo arrival postmark 28.4.1951;

2. Cyprus Airways first flight Haifa-Nicosia, 30.1.1957, registered in Haifa, with a RETOUR handstamp and Nicosia postmarks;

3. Air France, the first regular Super G Constellation service Lod-Teheran-Rangoon-Saigon-Manila-Tokyo, 22.4.1957, registered, addressed to Teheran;

4. BEA official first flight cover Lydda-Milan, flown by Viscount G-AMON, 7.10.1957, registered;

5. BEA first flight Israel-England, flight BE 127 Lod-London, 7.10.1957, registered, with the Technion stamp;

6. TWA, the first Jetstream flight Israel-USA, Lod-New York, 31.10.1957, registered, with a New York arrival postmark;

7. Olympic Airways Comet 4B first flight Lydda-Paris, 19.5.1960, registered, with a RETOUR handstamp and a Paris postmark;

8. first flight Lod-Sydney via Rome, 14.6.1961, registered, with the three air mail stamps with tabs and a day of issue cachet;

9. El Al first flight Lod-Frankfurt, 11.6.1962, registered, with a printed German letter from Frankfurt on the back;

10. special flight Metula-Elat on the day of issue of the bird stamps, 25.4.1963, with the three stamps with tabs, registered in Metula;

11. TWA first flight Lod-Bombay for the 20th anniversary of TWA international service, 3.7.1966, registered, with the Knesset building stamp and RETOUR handstamps;

12. the first postal flight from El Arish airfield on the opening day of the Zefon Sinay postal service, to the Golan Heights, 14.5.1974, registered at the Zefon Sinay mobile post office, with the Hermon and En Gedi stamps.

Some covers bear arrival postmarks on the back.

Condition: exactly as photographed.

Units in lot: 12

Number of units In lot: 12

Condition Report:
The accompanying photographs constitute an integral part of the item description and complement the written information.