Jordan. Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel DISCOVERY PIECE: 4 SEP 1967 postmarked air letter/aerogramme from WATERBURY (US) to American Mission in Old City in JERUSALEM "JORDAN", with pre-printed 13c frank & tied by local machine cancel; with locale now held by Israel, as of Sept. Jordan began holding back all mail destined to former Jordanian territories newly held by Israel, in AMMAN - and then released it all back to sender en-masse 13 months later (Sept. 68), after applying an English-language "Return to Sender | Delivery Prevented by Enemy Occupation of Jordad(sic) Territory" instructional marking handstamp - here K-Type-Va & as backstamped 19 FEB 68 (proving date) this pre-dates by 7 months Kibble's earliest known period of usage (Sept. 1968), the significance of which is, such mail was marked by the instructional handstamp/s well before being returned en masse to senders. Rare: one of the earliest known covers affected by this policy & with earliest known date of instructional marking usage; prior to this, from 5 June - 12 Aug 1967 Jordan transferred such mail to Israel via the Red Cross.

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Jordan. Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel: 26 IX 1967 airmail printed-matter newspaper ('Manchester-Guardian') from MANCHESTER to civilian in JERUSALEM "JORDAN", franked at 6d printed-matter airmail rate; with locale now held by Israel, as of Sept. Jordan began holding back all mail destined to former Jordanian territories newly held by Israel, in AMMAN - and then released it all back to sender en-masse 13 months later (Sept. 68), after applying an English-language "Return to Sender | Delivery Prevented by Enemy Occupation of Jordad(sic) Territory" instructional marking handstamp - here K-Type-Va during 1st month of use (Sept. '68). Early post-6 Day War airmail with Type V instructional marking is rare, especially as printed matter.

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