EARLY POSTAL LINKS: INCOMING COURIER MAIL - ppc of Stockholm (family correspondence) message endorsed 18/5/48, Par Avion & Via Paris, Flown from Paris to Haifa by Air France plane which landed in Haifa on 29th May 48, posted by the Courier unfranked marked large T & boxed "To Pay 15 Mils" (double the domestic pc rate rounded) Taxed 15m (5+10m - #J2 &3) 1st P. Dues tied by pmk HAIFA - 1.6.1948! - 1st Day of the Postage Dues in Haifa; few light spots, f - vf & a Rare early courier, certif. Muentz
Handbooks & Catalogues:
"Israel Foreign Postal Links", 1991, Ch. Shamir & Marvin
Siegel, listed as IFPL
"Jerusalem & Safed Postal Services in the Transition Period", 2004,
Z. Shimoni, Y. Rimon & I. Karpovsky, listed as JSPS
"Nahariya, Rishon Le Zion, The Negev Settlements...", 2009
Z. Shimoni, I Karpovsky & Z. Aloni, listed as NRNS
Bale Israel Specialized Catalogue 1948 - 2016, D. Stier,
Chariot Publishing, listed as Bale # or Ba #