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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.
On September 3, 1960, the Central African Republic Post issued its first airmail stamps.
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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 two-component stamp, which is a combination of a cancellation stamp and a date and place stamp. The cancellation stamp, which is intended to cancel the validity of the philatelic item, came into use with the invention of the stamp in 1840, and was stamped on the envelope in a separate process, in addition to a stamp with details of the date and place of shipment of the philatelic item. The introduction of the combined two-stamp type stamp was intended to eliminate the need to perform two separate stamping operations.
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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