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An envelope kept in the Alexander collection sheds light on the development of postal services in the West Bank of the Kingdom of Jordan in the late 1950s. In addition, we can learn from the way the Jordanian security services handled the envelope about the tense relations with the State of Israel across the border.
On May 9, 1900, the German post office in the Qiaochao colony issued stamps based on the German postage stamps in China.
Whether it is an item of information that was intentionally incorporated by the designer, a technical element that is expressed in the stamp, or a marginal item that was accidentally added to the image displayed on it, the stamp collector is advised not to be satisfied with a superficial glance but to look at the stamp carefully and look for the element that is not obvious.
Special stamps issued in several countries to pay the special rate charged by the post office for letters delivered at the post office after normal business hours and requiring special manual handling by postal officials. In most countries, special stamps were not prepared for this purpose, but ordinary stamps were used and a handwritten or stamped note on the envelope stating that the additional payment had been collected.
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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