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Israel, Palestine Postage , Definitive and Commemorative stamps Pictorials ,
Revenue stamps , Postal stationery; Sheetlets ,
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the postal administrations in Palestine
have included Austrian, French, Italian, German, Egyptian, and Russian
post offices , the
Egyptian Expeditionary Forces, the British Mandate, and various interim
authorities in the lead up to and after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Since
1948, postal services have been provided by Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and
the Palestinian National Authority.
During the Ottoman period, postal services relied upon Turkey's
stamps .During the British mandate, postage stamps and services were provided by
British authorities. In May 1948, as the British withdrew the provisional government issued overprints and ad hoc postage was created in
Nahariya and Safed.
Israeli stamps are trilingual, in Arabic, English and Hebrew, following
the practice of the British Mandate of Palestine . Israel Post first
issued postage due stamps, tete-beche and gutter pairs in 1948, airmail
stamps in 1950, service stamps, for government offices, in 1951 and
provisional stamps in 1960.
Philately is popular among Israelis.with two dozen stamp clubs and 15
philatelic businesses. The country has stamp fairs , annual souvenir sheets, postage exhibitions, philatelic
journals, and catalogs. . Owing to sales to collectors in the Jewish
diaspora, philatelic items has been a considerable revenue stream.
In the West Bank, prior to its incorporation into Transjordan in 1950,
Jordanian authorities issued stamps from 1948 until April 1950. With
overprints of "Palestine" in Arabic and English..
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) issued two sets
of labels in the 1970s: five labels depicting martyrs and two labels
with freedom fighters in font of the globe.[ The Palestinian Popular
Struggle Front (PPSF) contributed two sets of labels with motifs Leila
Khaled and party symbols Other groups issuing propaganda labels in
the 1970s include Organization for Arab Palestine and Action
Organization for the Liberation of Palestine. During the 1980s, at least
18 different labels pertain to the First Intifada.
Starting in 1994-1995, Israel shifted away from providing postal
services for territories that, under the Oslo Accords, were to come
under the auspices of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The PNA
established post offices throughout the PNA, developed its own unique
postmarks and issued stamps.
Starting in 1994-5, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) -- now
located at the post office in Gaza City-- established
post offices throughout the PNA, developed its own unique postmarks and
issued stamps. providing a range of mailing services and issued its
first stamp booklets in 2000 .The PNA maintains relations with the
Universal Postal Union, though it is not a member
When discussing the pre-1948 postal history, most philatelists refer to
this geographic area as Palestine or the Holy Land, though some also use
Eretz Israel. Now the State of Israel and the Palestinian National
Authority
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