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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 April 20, 1914, UK Post issued its first postage due stamps.
Since the establishment of the state, the Philatelic Service has been careful to issue each year, in preparation for the Tishrei holidays, a series of stamps designed to enable the sending of traditional greeting cards for the holiday season. The inscription on these stamps was changed in the mid-1980s.
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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