Australia. Israeli "no service" marks on mail to Arab states: 20 V 2003 airmail postcard from SUNSHINE COAST Australia to DUBAI, franked $1.05 & tied by local machine slogan cancel; mis-routed via ISRAEL, where marked by TEL AVIV Post Office "PAS DE SERVICE Via ISRAEL" instructional marking handstamp K-Type-XII.2 & returned to sender; resent & postcard manuscript marked "rec'd 8/7/03": this is only known instance of T-XII.2 on overseas-originating mail (of 50+ such stamped mail items known).

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