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Cover – Last Day of British Mandate Postal Service – Tel Aviv to Givat Brenner, 5 May 1948 - Cover mailed from Tel Aviv to Kibbutz Givat Brenner on 5 May 1948, the final day of British Mandate postal operations in Palestine. The envelope bears a Mandate-period postage stamp tied by a Tel Aviv postmark dated the same day. Typed address: Dr. Gad Naor Kibbutz “Givat Brenner”. Sender printed on the reverse: Holland Palestine Comp. Ltd. 8 Petach-Tikvah Rd., Tel Aviv, P.O.B. 603. Mounted on a decorative philatelic exhibition page titled: Israel Postal Issues – Last Day of Mandate Postal Service – 5 May 1948, with illustrations relating to the postal history of Eretz Israel. A historically significant item documenting the final day of British Mandate postal services in Eretz Israel, only days before the proclamation of the State of Israel. Good overall condition. Items from the collections of Jacob Yablok - VirtualJewishmuseum.com. The items are placed in a quality proactive nylon sleeve and can be easily and safely taken out from the display page. Displayed on a thin cardboard sheet.