US: THE SANDINISTA ENDGAME: incoming cover CORREO ATRASADO POR LA GUERRA Great!

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

meter

Stamp Type

Air Mail

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Military

Year of Issue

1979

Item Description

NICARAGUA: The Sandinista Endgame; 1979 COVER w/ INTERRUPTED SERVICE due to the Sandinista Revolution, (Originally franked in United States with a Tempe Arizona Pitney-Bowes meter stamp), Jun 19 1979 usage, legal size cover, rated at double the airmail rating (62c), addressed Managua NICARAGUA, sent to the Bank of London & Montreal, mail in Nicaragua was stopped in June due to the final phases of the Sandinista Revolution (takeover by the FSLN), once things were sorted-out in July, a Junta of National Reconstruction was established, during the stoppage mail was accumulated at the Main Post Office, then during July it was stamped "Correo Atrasado Por la Guerra" (Mail delayed due to war), it was then handstamped with a Blue receiving mark from TELCOR (acronym translates as Nicaraguan Institutre for Telecommunications and Mail in Spanish, they were the Media company who managed the Postal Service), envelope is stamped by Telcor on the reverse July 17 1979, finally it was delivered as evidenced by the non-postal receiving mark from the bank on the face of the cover, this cover's receiving mark is dated Jul 24 1979, both markings are private, bit rough at top from opening, otherwise very fresh and displayable cover, VF.

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