Soviet Union. Soviet Bloc 'postkrieg' against Israel: 18-01-1981 airmail stationary cover from TEL AVIV (probably couriered as return address new immigrants absorption center YAVNE) to LVOV (USSR, interestingly no addressee name) franked 2.80IS per postage period rate & tied by 'LIBI Fund' machine slogan cancel; backstamped -2-02-81 MOSCOW transit where refused further service: address crossed out + cover stamped "return" & manuscript arrow pointing to slogan cachet; on return Israeli Post Office applied instructional marking handstamp "Regretfully this postal object was returned from the USSR because of a postmark which has since been removed from service". The USSR objected to the "Defense Fund for Israel" display and refused to give the letter further postal service. Opened gently at back, vertical fold; part of the slogan cachet's text has been retraced by pen.

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