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A few days after the occupation of Jerusalem by the British military forces, the opportunity arose for the residents of the city to renew the ties that were severed during the war with relatives and friends who lived in countries that were enemies of the Ottoman Empire. In the Alexander collection there is an envelope sent by the Carmel Mizrahi company in Jerusalem to David Yudilovitz, its representative in Egypt, with whom contact was severed with the outbreak of the First World War.
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To prepare the printing plate, a single stamp plate must be produced and duplicated with as much precision as the number of copies required to print an entire stamp sheet. The process of duplicating a single stamp is susceptible to errors, resulting in copies that differ slightly from the original.
A portion cut from the entire envelope on which the stamp is affixed and the seal is impressed. Until recent years, many stamp collectors did not collect entire envelopes, but cut out only the portion that interested them. Today, it is more common to collect entire envelopes, and cutting out the envelope greatly reduces the value of the item.
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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