This Week in Palestine - Book Review
Issue no. 11  - June 1999
 
Palestine in postage stamps
1865 - 1981

Compiled by: Dr. Nabil Ali Shaath, Hasna' Mikdashi

Artistic director: Al Labbad
Second edition: 1985
First published in 1981
Publishers: Dar al Fata al Arabi, Corniche al Mazra'a, P.O.Box 5236/14, Beirut Lebanon And the Arab experimental workshop for children's books, 4 al Malla st. Al Matariyye, Cairo Hard Cover.

This book includes a comprehensive collection of postage stamps used in Palestine since the mail system was introduced in 1840, including those produced by the Arab revolutionaries during their revolts prior to 1948 and after 1967 in the Diaspora. The stamps produced by the revolutionaries are about 30, and the rest were produced by the Ottoman State, the foreign consulates, the British mandate, and the occupation authorities. This book includes 30 color pages with photographs of the various stamps used in Palestine over more than 100 years. Even though the text itself is in Arabic, the stamps themselves are an excellent historical document that transcends the confines of language.

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