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With the end of the War of Independence, most of the territory of Mandatory Israel was divided between the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Transjordan, while the Kingdom of Egypt retained power in the Gaza Strip. This situation created two cities called Jerusalem, and more than once caused the postal services abroad to fail and route the mail to the "wrong" Jerusalem. In the Alexander collection there is a letter with a collection of postmarks stamped on it that testify to the path he traveled in "Jerusalem", the Israeli and the Jordanian , until he reached the addressee.
On August 20, 1934, the British Post Office for the first time issued two stamps that were printed using a photogravure method instead of engraving as was customary until then.
Designing a postage stamp, which includes both written and visual information, requires those involved in the craft to conduct in-depth and thorough research in order to locate images, maps, and book excerpts that faithfully reflect the stamp’s theme.
On 10 January 1840, the price of a letter throughout Britain was reduced to a flat rate of one penny. This was another step in the great reform of the British postal service led by Rowland Hill, which culminated in the introduction of postage stamps. The one penny rate remained in force until 1918.
An envelope sent on the island of Trinidad documents an attempt by the local charity to collect donations for the Red Cross during World War I. The course of events turned this activity into a philatelic curiosity.
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