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Sometimes, the envelopes in the Alexander collection were affixed with stamps that are interesting in their own right, and not just as representing the payment for the shipment. One of the items kept in the collection is an example of the technical errors that were involved in the printing of the stamps used during the British Mandate period, and illustrates the way in which these errors help to locate the original position of the stamp in the complete stamp sheet.
On October 11, 1855, British India issued the first stamps with the inscription "East India". This name was determined following the control of the East India Company that managed the colony.
Stamp designers are required to examine the background to the issuance of each stamp they handle, and to try and formulate a new and groundbreaking idea that will best express the message inherent in the stamp. There is of course a risk that the innovative proposal will be received with a lack of understanding by some of the audience, but this path is preferable to sticking to the familiar and routine path.
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A term for an error that occurred during the printing of a stamp that was printed in two colors in two separate passes. After the first stage was printed in one color, the sheet was accidentally fed into the printing press upside down, resulting in the central image being printed upside down relative to the frame.
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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