1940 Jordan H5 Oil Pipeline via Mafraq Jerusalem to Egypt
Code: B28716
Jordan: 1940 (19 May). Registered cover to Egypt franked with 5m and two 10m Emir Abdullah portrait stamps tied by H.5 (pumping station at Jafif on the Iraqi oil pipeline) datestamp, rather scarce TRANS-JORDAN. Amman, Opened By Censor (1) bilingual censor label (Najjar type CL2). Reverse next day Mefrak, 21 May Amman, 23 May Jerusalem and 25 May Cairo transit and 26 May Alexandria arrival cds’s.
