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In 1945, a special order was issued which gave the soldiers of the Jewish Brigade who served in Italy a special benefit in sending letters to the Land of Israel. This was a unique benefit that was personally granted only to soldiers whose permanent place of residence was the Land of Israel. Two letters preserved in the Alexander collection serve as evidence of how this benefit was exercised in order to send letters to Israel.
In June 1918, the British Gold Coast colony’s post office issued stamps to collect war taxes. The tax was intended to finance the expenses of the First World War.
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When a mistake is made in the design of a stamp, and incorrect information items are incorporated into it, the philatelic service is required to correct the mistake and not issue a stamp containing errors. Sometimes it is necessary to destroy the stamps that have already been printed and reprint corrected stamps, and sometimes it is sufficient to cut out the part containing the incorrect information.
A printing technique that creates the illusion of a three-dimensional object. The print consists of two images of the same object, each in a different color, printed side by side at a slightly different angle. The three-dimensional effect is achieved by viewing the image through glasses in which each lens is a different color, so that each eye receives a different view. This technique was first used to create stamps with a three-dimensional appearance in 1956.
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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