MAIL VIA THIRD COUNTRY:
THE CYPRUS FORWARDING OFFICE
External Envelopes
A. ex Israel
External Covers to forwarding Nicosia Post Office
As above, with addition of "Service Habbies" (Hopes?)
ex El Arish, Sinai, Israel to Cyprus; sender acknowledgment on rear: "Help me please. Thank you for this nouble servant".
Preprinted external cover.
Preprinted external cover with arrival postmarks.
ex Gaza preprinted and registered; rear - Israeli censor "L" [letter], Cyprus reg. arrival postmark
Violet rubber pre-addressed cachet.
B. ex Arab Countries
External covers are known ex- (i) Lebanon (ii) Libya (iii) Kuwait ; but probably others exist.
C. Internal Envelopes
Second phase: from Cyprus to final destination - Israel or Arab states - These envelopes were posted at the Nicosia Post Office, Cyprus.
to Israel
ex Arab country forwarded by Cyprus to Nablus, Israel |
to Tulkarem, Israel |
ex Gaza Strip to Faculty of Agriculture, AlexabTandria, Egypt - Egyptian censor mark on rear. ? Translation of text on front of cover: (To:) The Arabic Egyptian Republic, To Alexandria University Faculty of Agriculture. Sent to: The brother, Sir, Muhamed Nimer El-Aziz. On rear: Sender: Hospital el-Amrani, Gaza
ex Gaza Strip to Cairo, Egypt. Note Egyptian censor mark, and Cyprus postage stamp on rear.
D. The Whole Story in a 3-Line Cachet:
"Please advise the sender to forward two international reply coupons for each letter instead of one" cachet, applied in Cyprus (red). Front: in English. Back: in Arabic
Cachet (blue) ex LIBYA, via CYPRUS, to Gaza - Palestine, Dir El-Balah (note vertical crease down center of cover).
"Please advise the sender to forward two Int. reply coupons for each letter, instead of one" 2-line Arabic cachet.