Israel: lot of 12 first flight and special flight covers, 1954-1964, including KLM Lod-Amsterdam 1954,...
Lot of 12 Israeli flight covers, most of them registered and sent by air mail, with Israeli stamps:
1. KLM, Lod-Amsterdam, 6.4.1954, registered, with a Schiphol arrival postmark;
2. Arkia special flight to the aviation exhibition, Elat-Tel Aviv, 23.9.1956, registered, issued by the Aero Club of Israel;
3. Alitalia first flight Lydda-Rome, 3.11.1957, registered, with a Roma Ciampino arrival postmark;
4. Arkia first flight Beer Sheva-Elat, 9.9.1958, registered;
5. express, the first direct mail despatch from Lod airport to New York, 15.2.1959;
6. the first Britannia flight Lydda-Brussels, 1.4.1959, registered, with arrival and RETOUR handstamps;
7. El Al special flight Lydda-Istanbul, 17.5.1959, registered;
8. flight to the INTERPOSTA stamp exhibition, Lod-Hamburg, 21.5.1959, registered;
9. flight LY 211 Lod-Brussels on the day of issue of the ten years of civil aviation stamp, 22.7.1959, registered;
10. El Al flight to the SICILIA 59 stamp exhibition, Lod-Palermo, 15.10.1959, registered;
11. El Al Boeing 707 first flight Lod-New York, 8.1.1961, registered, with an Idlewild arrival postmark;
12. special flight Nazareth-Jerusalem for the pilgrimage of Pope Paul VI, 5.1.1964, registered.
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.
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Lot of 12 Israeli flight covers, most of them registered and sent by air mail, with Israeli stamps:
1. KLM, Lod-Amsterdam, 6.4.1954, registered, with a Schiphol arrival postmark;
2. Arkia special flight to the aviation exhibition, Elat-Tel Aviv, 23.9.1956, registered, issued by the Aero Club of Israel;
3. Alitalia first flight Lydda-Rome, 3.11.1957, registered, with a Roma Ciampino arrival postmark;
4. Arkia first flight Beer Sheva-Elat, 9.9.1958, registered;
5. express, the first direct mail despatch from Lod airport to New York, 15.2.1959;
6. the first Britannia flight Lydda-Brussels, 1.4.1959, registered, with arrival and RETOUR handstamps;
7. El Al special flight Lydda-Istanbul, 17.5.1959, registered;
8. flight to the INTERPOSTA stamp exhibition, Lod-Hamburg, 21.5.1959, registered;
9. flight LY 211 Lod-Brussels on the day of issue of the ten years of civil aviation stamp, 22.7.1959, registered;
10. El Al flight to the SICILIA 59 stamp exhibition, Lod-Palermo, 15.10.1959, registered;
11. El Al Boeing 707 first flight Lod-New York, 8.1.1961, registered, with an Idlewild arrival postmark;
12. special flight Nazareth-Jerusalem for the pilgrimage of Pope Paul VI, 5.1.1964, registered.
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.