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The postage stamps and postal history of Israel is a survey of the postage stamps issued by the state of Israel, and its postal history, since independence was proclaimed on May 14, 1948. The first postage stamps were issued two days later on May 16, 1948. [1] Pre-1948 postal history is discussed in postage stamps and postal history of Palestine .
International reply coupon. An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter sent to another Universal Postal Union (UPU) member country. IRCs are accepted by all UPU member countries.
Israel Post first issued postage due stamps, tete-beche and gutter pairs in 1948, airmail stamps in 1950, official mail stamps in 1951 and provisional stamps in 1960. The Israel Defense Forces operate a military postal system but, in 1948, dropped plans to print their own stamps. In 1955, Israel's first mobile post office began in the Negev.
Ford F-1 truck used by Israel Postal Company in 1948-1949, now at Eretz Israel Museum, Philatelic Building Jerusalem Central Post Office, Jaffa Road, Jerusalem. The Israel Postal Company (Hebrew: דואר ישראל, romanized: Do'ar Yisra'el), formerly called the Israel Postal Authority and currently doing business as Israel Post, is a government-owned corporation that provides postal ...
The Israel Philatelic Federation, which later became affiliated with the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP), was established in Tel Aviv, Israel on 11 April 1945. This came after the national philatelic exhibition "Fila 1945," organized by the Tel Aviv Philately Association. The federation collaborates closely with the Philatelic ...
Postal service. Starting in 1994–95, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) established post offices throughout the PNA, developed its own unique postmarks [1] and issued stamps. In its first decade, the PNA expanded from 49 to 82 post offices (1994–2004). It provides a range of mailing services and issued its first stamp booklets in 2000.
Postage stamps and postal history of Israel; Postage stamps and postal history of Palestine This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 19:35 (UTC). Text is ...
Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is attributed to Robson Lowe, a professional philatelist, stamp dealer and stamp auctioneer, who made the ...