Description: Shipping by a registered letter at 10 USD worldwide. Free shipping if sent with a purchased GBLA Catalogue. During the Six-Day War in 1967, fourteen merchant ships from eight nations - Agapenor, Melampus, Port Invercargill and Scottish Star from Great Britain, Killara and Nippon from Sweden, Munsterland and Nordwind from Germany, Boleslaw Bierut and Djakarta from Poland, African Glen from USA, Sindh from France, Vasil Levsky from Bulgaria and Lednice from Czechoslovakia - called the Yellow Fleet, were trapped on the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal. The ships stayed there for eight years, to 1975. Seafarers established the Great Bitter Lake Association (GBLA) to pool resources, organize activities…and issued stamps. If you have any questions or proposals, you are welcome to consult me at https://valdpete.blogspot.com in English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Czech and/or Slovak. If your message is in another language, I would use AI to get it translated. If you have any GBLA items, I would like to hear from you. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE GBLA collectors should remember five names. Captain Bryan Hill wrote the first book on the GBLA. Captain Jiri Kudrna produced the first eighty GBLA stamps plus stationery. Robert Hornby proved GBLA stamps could be used as postage stamps. Marian Kasprzyk carved lino templates to print stamps and decorate covers, letters and souvenirs with wonderful pictures. Captain Klement Benda spent five tours of duty on the GBL, more than any other master, from 1968 to 1974. He created the largest GBLA collection. The offered stamp originates from his extraordinary collection.
Price: 39 USD
Location: Bratislava
End Time: 2024-11-04T14:40:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Back of Book
Year of Issue: 1974
Place of Origin: Egypt
Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH
Color: Multi-Color
Grade: Superb
Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
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Certification: Guaranteed genuine
