Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel: 26 MAY 1968 surface mailed cover from LAKES ENTRANCE Australia to "JORDAN & JERUSALEM", franked 7c & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark; destination was now in Israel but cover routed to JORDAN per address, where backstamped 25 AUG 68 AMMAN arrival: as of Sept. '67 Jordan held back all mail destined to former Jordanian territories newly held by Israel, in AMMAN - and released it back to sender en masse 13 months later (Sept. '68); cover tied by both K-Type-Va & Vb English & (rare) Arabic "no service" instructional marking handstamp on front and returned to sender; cover resent & received 5-11-68 JERUSALEM (backstamped) where attached with bilingual Hebrew/Arabic Israeli mimeograph K-Type-M4 on back "this postal item was received only now after having been initially misrouted. To prevent similar delays in the future please inform the sender to write VIA ISRAEL in the address" - this is earliest JERUSALEM recept date with type M4 or M5 mimeograph (of which hundreds known). Scarce cover as surface mailed.

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Jordanian post-1967 War "no service" mail to Israel: 16-8-1967 postmarked surface-mailed printed-matter wrapper from BONN to locale formerly Jordanian & now held by Israel (address obstructed), franked at special surface mail printed-matter rate 0.30DM; as of Sept. 1967 Jordan began holding all mail addressed to former territories & returned them en masse 13 months later (Sept. 1968): here cover marked by English & rare Arabic "Return to Sender | Delivery Prevented by Enemy Occupation of Jordad(sic) Territory" instructional marking K-Type-Va & Vb handstamps on back & returned to sender (circa. Sept. 1968); cover resent to JERUSALEM where affixed by Israeli instructional marking mimeograph K-Type-M4 tied by 28-11-68 JERUSALEM-75 postmark: this being affected cover with longest transit time known - 469 days. Scarce rate & surface routing.

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Belgium. Jordanian post-1967 War mail to Israel via Red Cross: 13-6-1967 [airmail] cover from BRUSSELS to JERUSALEM "JORDAN", franked 7F & tied by local machine cancel; as of 7 June locale part of Israel, but cover routed via JORDAN, where backstamped 19 JUN 67 AMMAN transit: between June-Aug 1967 Jordan accumulated all mail received for newly Israeli-conquered territories & then delivered them via Red Cross in Sept. Here as cover backstamped AMMAN after 7 June, cover not captured by Israel & as backstamped 29-9-67 using Israeli postmark (East JERUSALEM post office; Nacht 289/131), this cover was transferred by Red Cross. Less than 50 such covers known & rare as hard to identify (no special markings), here with Israeli receipt mark on earliest known date of receipt of mail via Red Cross.

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France. Jordanian start & post-1967 War mail to Israel via Red Cross: 6-6-1967 airmail cover from LA COTE ST ANDRE France to Old City JERUSALEM "Arab Zone" (no country written), franked 0.80F & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark + round numbered censor cachet on front; 6 Day War began day before: cover routed via JORDAN as was then correct, where backstamped 10 JUN 67 AMMAN transit (last day of war) but JERUSALEM captured 7 June; between June-Aug 1967 Jordan accumulated all mail received for newly Israeli-conquered territories & then delivered them via Red Cross in Sept. Here as cover backstamped AMMAN after 7 June, cover not captured by Israel & as backstamped 9-10-67 using Israeli postmark (East JERUSALEM post office; Nacht 289/131), this cover was transferred by the Red Cross. Less than 50 such covers known & rare as hard to identify (no special markings), here with postmarks during the war period.

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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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