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Mandatory Palestine (1 Nov 1927 – 15 May 1948) Emirate of Transjordan (1 Nov 1927 – 25 May 1946) Jordan (25 May 1946 – 30 September 1950) Israel (15 May 1948 – 23 June 1952) All-Palestine (22 September 1948 – April 1951) West Bank (1 December 1948 – 30 September 1950) Issuance; Central bank: Palestine Currency Board: Printer: Thomas ...
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. This article surveys the postal history leading up to the area's two current postal administrations, that of the State of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority .
The first PNA stamps, printed by German state printer Bundesdruckerei Berlin, used the currency designation mils (which was the currency of the British Mandate of Palestine between 1927 and 1948). Israel protested over this issue, and all early stamps issued in 1994 had to be overprinted with fils (1/1000 of a Jordanian dinar ), as illustrated ...
The Palestine pound was not, however, used in conjunction with the normal sterling shillings and pence coinage. It was used with a decimal system in which it was divided into 1,000 mils. The Currency Board was dissolved in May 1948, with the end of the British Mandate, but the Palestinian pound continued in circulation for a transitional period:
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Palestinians commemorated the 1948 "Nakba" or catastrophe, on Wednesday, marking the time when hundreds of thousands were dispossessed of their homes in the war at the birth of the state of Israel ...
QUINCY − A rally demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 4 p.m. in Quincy Center outside the offices of U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch at 1245 Hancock St ...
Mandatory Palestine passports ceased to be valid on the termination of the Mandate on 15 May 1948. [9] Even so, in the early 1950s, United Nations officials described the "worn dog-eared Palestine passport issued in Mandate days by a government that no longer legally exists" as "mementos of identity that were treasured by refugees". [ 10 ]