• the first postage stamps of Israel (pictured) were issued on May 16, 1948, within 48 hours of the independent republic being proclaimed?
• Otte Wallish calligraphed Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948 and helped design its first coins, but since it as yet had no name, he sketched the first postage stamps for a country called Yehudah?

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Postage stamps and postal history of the Palestinian National Authority

• the postage stamps of the Palestinian National Authority have featured many well-known figures, but those with Pope John Paul II might be fake illegal stamps?

Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey

• Turkey was so dissatisfied with its first set of stamps that it had France make the second set (example pictured)?