Lot 30129 – 1941 Registered mail from Ojain/Hassa via Bahrain to

1941 Registered mail from Ojain/Hassa via Bahrain to USA, after the bombing of Dhahram by Italian planes in October 1940, mail from the Eastern Province (Hassa) to Europe and the USA was sometimes sent via Bahrain, almost all known covers are from CASOC staff in Al Khobar. Mail from other locations in Hassa is very rarely seen, franked Bahrain 1/2 A., 2 As., 12As., and 2 Rs., with stapled Bahrain censor’s sealing label, sent 19.5.41 via Bagdad (7.6) and Honolulu (15.6) to Philadelphia (18-19.6), unusual and an extremely rare usage