Australia. Wartime air mail from Australia: 17 JAN 1941 registered airmail cover from MOUNT LAWLEY (Perth) to RISHON LE ZION, franked 1Sh 9d & tied by 2 strikes of local postmark on front + 1x on back; opened/resealed by censor & cover tied by Censor 3 handstamp; backstamped same day REG WEST AUSTRALIA transit; as per franking, cover charged period 1S 1d rate to Palestine: carried locally via MMA to DALY WATERS, then via QANTAS to BRISBANE, via ANA to SYDNEY; then via QANTAS direct to TIBERIAS via eastern leg of period "Horseshoe Route" (not via CAIRO & surface to Palestine per Boyle as cover lacks Egyptian censor marks), as final leg was a direct flight to Palestine, this is a possible reason why no Palestine censor marks, here on flight WS-54; backstamped 31 JA 41 REG HAIFA transit, same day REG TEL AVIV transit & same day RISHON LE ZION; cut open at top.

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