



A personal postcard, sent from Metula to Jaffa in April 1912, adds a small section to a fascinating historical story describing the first planned journey of the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium students from Tel Aviv to learn about the Land of Israel. The postcard, preserved in the Alexander Collection, opens the door to the postal connections with the settlement of Metulah, as well as to a failed attempt by stamp collector to add stamp on a corrupted postcard.

On February 23, 1884, the post office of the French colony of Guadeloupe issued its first stamps.