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Bidboard #
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1935
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Lot #
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198
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Catalogue Value or Estimate:
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$325.00
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Current Bid:
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$110
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Canada Covers
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The 1956 Suez Crisis - A correspondence of covers / letters. In 1956 Egypt nationalized the British and French owned Suez Canal. This move infuriated the Western countries, who relied on the Suez Canal to transport supplies (especially Oil). France, Britain and their regional ally Israel plotted a military response to invade Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal. Canadian Secretary of State, Lester B. Pearson proposed at the United Nations that an impartial peacekeeping force be inserted between the Israeli and Egyptian forces. In mid-November 1956 UN military personal (including from Canada) began to arrive in the Middle East. This group of covers (144 in total), dated 1957 are written from a Canadian Peacekeeper to his wife back home in Calgary, Alberta. About 85% still have the letters inside, and give a wonderful first-hand account of events as unfolding. A small excerpt from one reads "Today, things were really popping on the Gaza Strip. An Egyptian fishing boat got too close to the shore in the Bay of Aquaba, and Israel captured it. The UN Chief here took a couple of our boys with him when he went up to the Israeli line for a pow-wow with them". True history, presented through a philatelic lens, with a great read ahead for the future owner. Estimate =
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