Bidspirit auction | Israel: lot of 12 first


Israel: lot of 12 first flight and special flight covers, 1954-1971, including the special flight Lod-Brussels for the pilgrimage of King Baudouin 1964, the Air Force helicopter flight on the opening day of the Quneitra post office 1967 and the first day of El Al Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet service, 1971 - Lot of 12 Israeli flight covers, most of them registered and sent by air mail, with Israeli stamps: 1. Arkia flight Elat-Lod for the 5th anniversary celebrations of Elat, 6.4.1954, with the 350 prutot Elat stamp with tab and a day of issue cachet, registered; 2. special flight Haifa-Ramat Gan-Tel Aviv over the Ramat Gan stadium on the opening day of the 5th Maccabiah, 15.9.1957, issued by the Aero Club of Israel (THE AERO CLUB OF ISRAEL); 3. El Al Britannia inaugural flight Lod-Paris, 22.12.1957, with the first flight postmark; 4. the first Britannia flight Lydda-Brussels, 1.4.1959, registered; 5. special flight Lod-Munich-Berlin to the MOBRIA stamp exhibition, Berlin, 26.8.1960, registered; 6. Swissair flight to the POLSKA 60 international stamp exhibition, Lod-Warsaw, 1.9.1960, registered, signed S. Shalit; 7. special El Al jet flight to the ISPEX stamp exhibition in New York, in honour of the 13th anniversary of the State, May 1961, registered in Jerusalem, with the Independence Day flowers set with tabs; 8. special flight Lod-Brussels for the pilgrimage of King Baudouin of the Belgians, 17.2.1964, registered; 9. Israel Air Force special helicopter flight on the opening day of the Quneitra post office, Rosh Pina and El-Arish, October 1967, registered in Quneitra, with IDF postmarks; 10. El Al inaugural flight Montreal-Tel Aviv, Lod, 28.3.1971, with Canadian stamps, registered in Montreal; 11. Canadian Pacific (CANADIAN PACIFIC AIR LINES) first flight Lod-Montreal, 2.4.1971, registered; 12. El Al, day of operating service of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, first flight Lod-New York, 8.6.1971. Some covers bear arrival postmarks on the back. Condition: exactly as photographed. Units in lot: 12