בידספיריט | Wartime outbound civilian mail: 18

Wartime outbound civilian mail: 18 AP 1943 comm cv on Solel Boneh stationary ex TLV to Hotel des Narcisses in MONTREAUX Switzerland, franked 15m (10m letter + 6m additional weight, underfranked 1m) & tied by 2 strikes of local pmk. Opened 3 times by 2 censoring authorities (UK & Ger): as surface mail, probably transported to London by sea, then Lisbon and overland through Spain, German occ. France & Switzerland. Hotel rented by the Dutch government & housed refugees (hence Dutch addresee's name). Rare destination & postal handling; torn open at bottom, few pieces missing.