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The news about the establishment of the State of Israel was reported in the United States within a few hours, and evoked among the listeners mixed emotions of joy along with fear of war. In the letter preserved in the Alexander collection, one can get an impression of the reaction of one of those Americans, who sought (unsuccessfully) to share his feelings with a woman of his acquaintances who lived in the young state of Israel.

On November 17, 1959, Moroccan Post issued the first stamps that were valid for use throughout the country, and not just in the former French region.