Greece. 1967 War Israel-captured mail: 10 V 1967 surface-mailed registered parcel card from ATHENS to BETHLEHEM Jordan, franked 30d per parcel rate & tied by multiple strikes of ATHINA COLIS POSTEAUX postmark; sent via AMMAN to (East) JERUSALEM (front-stamped 28 MAY 67) & then BETHLEHEM where arrived 3 JUN where front-stamped rare BETHLEHEM PARCELS date-bridge postmark on 2nd to last day of use (Wallach-1.10: in use very briefly 6-02-1967 to 5-06-1967); front-stamped twice by different Arabic customs boxed cachets & backstamped by large circular handstamp of Jordanian MINISTRY OF FINANCE - CUSTOMS, but undelivered when town captured by Israel 7 June; now handled by Israeli military post (locale being within Israeli Military Governorate of West Bank) who delivered it 17-8-67 (backstamped trilingual Bethlehem-2 postmark). Rare mail: fewer than 40 captured parcel cards known; less than 15 captured in Bethlehem. Vertical fold at center, some horizontal creases along top.
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