Palestine Post
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The Palestine Post was the postal service operating in the British Mandate of Palestine, responsible for mail delivery, stamps, and related communications infrastructure during the mandate period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mandate Palestine postage stamps | 1 |
| Palestine Post canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
postal service ⓘ |
| collectingField | philately of Palestine ⓘ |
| country |
British Mandate for Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate of Palestine
|
| dissolvedFollowing | end of British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ |
| endTime | around 1948 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| historicalRole | linking towns and rural areas in Mandate Palestine through mail services ⓘ |
| industry | postal services ⓘ |
| mainProduct |
postage stamps
ⓘ
postal stationery ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Palestine Post
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mandate Palestine postage stamps
postmarks and cancellations of Mandate-era Palestine ⓘ |
| operatedInTerritory |
Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate of Palestine
|
| operatedPostOfficesIn |
Acre
ⓘ
Beersheba ⓘ Gaza Strip ⓘ
surface form:
Gaza
Haifa ⓘ Jaffa ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Lydda ⓘ Nablus ⓘ Safed ⓘ Tiberias ⓘ |
| operatedUnderAuthorityOf |
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate authorities
Colonial Office ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial administration
|
| operationalPeriod | British Mandate period ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Palestine (British Mandate)
|
| partOf | communications infrastructure of the British Mandate of Palestine ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | British postal regulations ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Egyptian postal service in the Gaza Strip
ⓘ
Israel Postal Service ⓘ Jordanian postal service in the West Bank ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
cancellation marks
ⓘ
issuance of postage stamps ⓘ mail delivery infrastructure ⓘ post offices ⓘ postal rates ⓘ postal regulations ⓘ postal routes ⓘ |
| serviceType |
mail delivery
ⓘ
money orders ⓘ parcel delivery ⓘ postal communications ⓘ telegraph services ⓘ |
| startTime | British Mandate era (approx. early 1920s) ⓘ |
| usedCurrencyOnStamps | Palestine pound ⓘ |
| usedLanguagesOnStamps |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mandate Palestine postage stamps