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A letter sent by the editors of the Zvi newspaper in Jerusalem at the end of the 19th century makes it possible to trace the path of the mail’s transmission from the Land of Israel to Europe, and at the same time constitutes a basis for historical research that tries to decipher the content of what was written in it.
On May 20, 1982, Tuvlu Post issued its first charity stamps. The revenue from the sale of the stamps is intended for the restoration of the damage caused by the cyclone that hit the islands.
Since the establishment of the state, the Philatelic Service has been careful to issue each year, in preparation for the Tishrei holidays, a series of stamps designed to enable the sending of traditional greeting cards for the holiday season. The inscription on these stamps was changed in the mid-1980s.
A stamp whose design was copied from an existing stamp. According to modern perception, this is an illegal act of stealing the rights of the original designer, but the issuance was carried out at a time when copyright laws did not exist, and there was no prohibition against copying the works of other creators.
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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