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The four envelopes kept in the Alexander collection, part of a shipment that originally included six envelopes, were sent in 1950 from Jerusalem to Iraq as a gift from the Bishop of Jerusalem to a British officer who loved stamps. The envelopes document the postal system established by the Jordanians in the territories they took over west of the Jordan River during the War of Independence.
On November 5, 1934, the post office of the colony of French Oceania issued its first airmail stamp.
As part of organizing a stamp exhibition, it is customary to issue philatelic items that will be sold during the exhibition and help fund it. In 1960, the Philatelic Service decided to issue a special commemorative issue that served as historical documentation of the golden age of Prague Jewry.
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A political entity that previously issued postage stamps, but has ceased to exist and no longer issues new stamps.
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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