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During the period of British rule over the Land of Israel, post offices were established in more than one hundred and thirty settlements all over the country. Some of the post offices were opened in old and established settlements, and others were established in new and sparsely populated settlements that came up on the ground a short time before. One of those settlements was Kibbutz "Alonim", where a local post agency was opened in 1945.
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On October 1, 1851, the Hawaiian Kingdom Post Office issued its first postage stamps. These stamps were nicknamed the "missionary stamps", because most of the known copies were used by the Christian missionaries who worked in the Hawaiian Islands to send their letters to the United States.
The initial idea for issuing stamps is in some cases the starting point of a turbulent journey during which decisions are made that stem from the worldview of the parties participating in the decision-making process, and pressures from various groups in the population.
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A stamp whose use was limited to sending letters within the borders of the issuing country. These are usually stamps that did not have the face value printed in the local currency, or stamps issued in countries where, according to the local currency system, there was a difference between a "hard" currency used for international trade and another currency used within the country.
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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