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Special Air Mail Service to Israel Set Up in New York; All Mail to Go by Chartered Plane

May 20, 1948
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The formation of a special air mail service to Israel was announced here today by Palestine Emergency Deliveries, set up by a group ## Zionist organizations. The service will provide postal service–at the sender’s ask–to Israel on the following conditions:

Sealed letters addressed to individuals residing in Israel must be affixed ## the necessary U.S. postage. An additional charge of 25 cents per half ounce ##st, paid in coin or postal money order.The sealed letter, plus the service large, should be addressed in another envelope to Palestine Emergency Deliveries, I East 66 St., New York City 21. All mail will be flown to Israel by chartered ?lane. Regular mail service with the Jewish community of Israel has been unavailable since May 1.

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