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A letter, sent by the armorer of the Hagana in the old city, Gershon Finger - by convoy, to his father in the new city. The letter bears the first metal stamp of the Old City Wall. Sender’s address: Mishgav Ladach, the Old City.
On April 25, 1956, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Post issued its first airmail stamps.
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In stamps depicting buildings and landscapes that exist in reality, one can expect the designer to depict them as they are, and to be precise in the details that appear in them and in their immediate surroundings. In practice, designers tend to make changes that contribute to the best representation of the image that appears on the stamp.
A term referring to a stamp printed from a worn printing plate (intaglio or embossing). After printing in very large quantities, the metal plate becomes worn, and the design elements are difficult to distinguish in the stamps printed with it. In this situation, the printer usually repairs the lines engraved in the original printing plate or prepares a completely new printing plate.
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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