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No special formatting, no bullets that break copying, no symbols that get 1956 MIDDLE EAST TRAVEL ARCHIVE – 10 ORIGINAL PAPER ITEMS
JERUSALEM • BEIRUT • AMMAN • TURKEY
HOTELS • AIRLINE • SOUVENIR SHOPS • REVENUE STAMP
Original mid-1950s Middle East travel ephemera group from a single documented journey, all dating to 1956 and all related to the same traveler. This is a cohesive historical archive, not a random assortment.
INCLUDED ARE TEN (10) ORIGINAL ITEMS:
1. American Colony Hotels Ltd. hotel receipt – Jerusalem, dated 1956
2. Second Jerusalem receipt/document associated with the same stay
3. Palm-Beach Hotel receipt – Beirut, Lebanon
4. Le Bristol Hotel receipt – Beirut, Lebanon
5. Hotel Philadelphia receipt – Amman, Jordan
6. Turkish Hilton hotel folio with original Turkish revenue (damga pulu) stamp, stapled to receipt
7. Arab Airways bilingual route and schedule notice (Arabic & English), dated December 1956, covering Beirut, Damascus, Amman, and Jerusalem
8. Canavati & Sons Oriental Souvenir Shop advertising card – Jerusalem (Old City) and Bethlehem
9. Magasin Oriental / J. & M. Terzis advertising card – Beirut
10. Additional folded hotel/account document tied to the Beirut portion of the trip
All items are authentic originals, not reproductions. Paper shows expected age wear including folds, handling, and light creasing consistent with documents carried during travel. No modern alterations.
This archive documents civilian travel through the Middle East during a historically important period (mid-1950s, Suez Crisis era) and includes rare airline material, multiple international hotel receipts, commercial advertising, and a stamped Turkish hotel folio.
Items will be shipped together and kept intact as a single historical group.
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