Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

Eastbound mail: 16 MY 1938 cv ex Iranian Consulate in Palestine J'LEM to TEHERAN, franked 15m using 5m & 10m (Ba93/97) per period "overland" service though cv not marked such (period non-UK surface rate was 20m) & tied by 2 strikes of local pmk; b/s 21 MAY 38 BAGHDAD transit & 25 V 38 TEHERAN arr.; slit open at top. Scarce east-bound mail originating in J'lem. Per Collins et. al. "all mail going eastwards is scarce to very rare"; 13 cvs ex Palestine recorded.