List of post offices in Mandatory Palestine explained

The List of post offices in the British Mandate of Palestine refers to post offices operated in Palestine under allied British military control of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and, after 1920, the civil administration of the British Mandate of Palestine. During the Mandate, postal services were provided by British authorities.

About 160 post offices, branch offices, rural agencies, travelling post offices, and town agencies operated, some only for a few months, others for the entire length of the period. Upon the advance of allied forces in 1917 and 1918 initially Field Post Offices and Army Post Offices served the local civilian population. Some of the latter offices were converted to Stationary Army Post Offices and became civilian post offices upon establishment of the civilian administration. In 1919 fifteen offices existed, rising to about 100 by 1939, and about 150 by the end of the Mandate in May 1948.

With most of the Jerusalem General Post Office archives destroyed, research depends heavily on philatelists recording distinct postmarks and dates of their use.

The postal service operated by the Mandatory authorities was reputed to be the best in the Middle East. Letters were delivered daily in Jerusalem. Palestine joined the Universal Postal Union in October 1923.^[1] The post was transported by boat, train, cars and horses, and after 1927, also by air.^[2] During the volatility of 1947 and 1948, British postal services deteriorated and were replaced by ad hoc interim services prior to the partition and the establishment of the State of Israel.

Mandate post offices

Place name (alternatives)^[3]	Est.^[4]	Operating^[5]	References
Acre	(1919)	1919–1948	^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Afikim	1945	1945–1948	^[9] ^[10]
Afula (El Affule, Affula)	1920	1923–1948	^[11]
Alonim	1945	1945–1948	^[12]
Ashdot Yaaqov	1945	1945–1948	^[13]
Athlith (Athlit)	1922	1922–1948	^[14]
El Bassa (Elbasse)	1944	1944–1948	^[15]
Bat Yam	1938	1938–1948	^[16] ^[17]
Beersheba	(1919)	1919–1948	^[18] ^[19]
Beer Tuviya (Beertuviya, Beertuvyia, Ber Tuviya)	1938	1938–1948	^[20]
Beisan (Beisan)	1920	1921–1948	^[21]
Beit Hakerem (Beth Hakerem)	1926	1927–1948	^[22] ^[23]
Beit Hashita (Beyt Hashitta)	1944	1944–1948	^[24] ^[25]
Beit Jala	1929	1929–1948
Bayt Jibrin	1947	1947–1948	^[26]
Beit Vegan (Bait Vegan)	1936	1936–1938
Benay Beraq (Bnei Brak, Benei Beraq, Benei Beraq, Beneiberaq)	1929	1929–1948	^[27]
Ben Shemen	1944	1944–1948	^[28]
Ber Yacob	1922	1922–1926	^[29]
Bethlehem		1919–1948	^[30] ^[31]
Binyamina (Benjamina, Benyamina)	1923	1927–1948	^[32]
Bir Zeit (Bir ez Zait)	1925	1944–1948	^[33]
The Dead Sea	1941	1941–1947
Ein Harod (Ain Harod, Meshek Ein Harod)	1923	1927–1948	^[34] ^[35] ^[36]
Ein Hashofet	1944	1944–1948	^[37]
Ein Karim	1945	1945–1948	^[38]
Even Yehuda	1944	1944–1948	^[39]
Faluja	1943	1943–1948
Gaza	1919	1919–1948	^[40] ^[41]
Gedera	1936	1936–1948	^[42] ^[43]
Gevat	1944	1944–1948	^[44]
Giva'tayim (Givatayim)	1946	1946–1948	^[45]
Givat Brenner (Gevaat Brenner)	1936	1936–1948
Givat Haiyim (Givat Haim)	1944	1944–1948	^[46]
Hadera (Khudeira, Hedera)		1921–1948	^[47] ^[48]
Haifa (Field Post Office)		1918–1919	^[49] ^[50]
Haifa (Indian Field Post Office)		1919–1920
Haifa		1918–1948	^[51] ^[52] ^[53]
Haifa, Ahuzat Samuel	1935	1935–1948	^[54] ^[55] ^[56]
Haifa, Bat Galim	1939	1939–1948	^[57]
Haifa, Bazaar	1929	1929–1938	^[58]
Haifa, Carmel Avenue	1924	1924–1926	^[59] ^[60]
Haifa, Hadar Hacarmel	1926	1926–1948	^[61] ^[62]
Haifa, Hertseliya Street	1945	1945–1948	^[63]
Haifa, Hidjaz	1941	1941–1948	^[64] ^[65]
Haifa, Mount Carmel	1928	1928–1948	^[66]
Haifa, Nahla	1938	1938–1948	^[67]
Haifa, Nazareth Street	1938	1938–1941	^[68]
Hebron	1919	1919–1948	^[69]
Heftsibah Beit Alfa	1935	1935–1948	^[70] ^[71] ^[72]
Herzliya (Herzelia, Herzlia, Hertsliya, Hertseliya)	1926	1926–1948	^[73]
Holon (Holon)	1943	1943–1948	^[74]
Isdud (Isdud)	1947	1947–1948
Jaffa (Field Post Office)		1918–1918	^[75] ^[76]
Jaffa		1918–1948	^[77] ^[78] ^[79]
Jaffa, Ajami Street (Ajami)	1921	1921–1931	^[80] ^[81] ^[82]
Jaffa, Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa)	1920	1920–1948	^[83] ^[84] ^[85]
Jenin (Jenin)	1920	1920–1948	^[86] ^[87]
Jericho (Jericho)	1921	1921–1948	^[88]
Jerusalem (Field Post Office)	1917	1917–1919	^[89]
Jerusalem		1918–1948	^[90] ^[91] ^[92]
Jerusalem, Citadel	1929	1929–1948	^[93] ^[94]
Jerusalem, German Colony	1928	1928–1928	^[95] ^[96]
Jerusalem, Greek Colony	1929	1929–1948
Jerusalem, Mahne Yehuda (Mahane Yehuda)	1934	1934–1948	^[97]
Jerusalem, Meo Sheorim (Mea Shearim)	1920	1920–1948	^[98] ^[99]
Jerusalem, Rehavia	1936	1936–1948	^[100]
Jerusalem, Talavera Barracks	1936	1936–1936	^[101] ^[102]
Karkur (Kerkur)	1928	1928–1948	^[103]
Kefar Barouch	1944	1944–1948	^[104]
Kefar Behadraga	1944	1944–1948	^[105] ^[106]
Kefar Hassidim	1944	1944–1948
Kefar Sava	1929	1929–1948	^[107]
Kefar Shemaryahu	1944	1944–1948	^[108]
Kefar Sirkin	1944	1945–1948	^[109]
Kefar Tabor	1944	1944–1948	^[110]
Kefar Vitkin	1936	1936–1948
Kefar Yedidya	1944	1944–1948	^[111]
Kefar Yehezkel	1938	1940–1948	^[112]
Kefar Yehoshua	1925	1944–1948	^[113] ^[114]
Kefar Yona	1944	1944–1948	^[115]
Kfar Ata (Kefar Ata)	1942	1942–1948
Khan Yunis (Khan Yunus)	1922	1926–1948	^[116] ^[117]
Kinneret (Kinereth)	1934	1934–1948	^[118]
Lydda (Ludd Village)	1921	1921–1948	^[119] ^[120]
Lydda Airport	1937	1937–1948	^[121] ^[122]
Lydda Junction (Ludd, Ludd Junction, Lydda)	(1919)	1919–1934	^[123]
Maaborot (Maabarot)	1944	1944–1948	^[124]
Magdiel	1926	1926–1939	^[125] ^[126]
El Majdal (Majdel, Majdal, Mijdel, Mejdel)	1920	1920–1948	^[127]
Maoz Haim (Maoz Haiyim)	1944	1944–1948	^[128] ^[129]
El Masmiya al Kabira (Masmiya al Kabira)	1945	1945–1948	^[130]
Meir Shefeya	1945	1945–1948	^[131]
Merhavya	1944	1944–1948
Meshek Ayelet Hashshahar (Meshek Ayelet Hashahar)	1944	1944–1948	^[132]
Meshek Yajur	1944	1944–1948	^[133] ^[134]
Metulla (Metullah)	1924	1925–1948
Migdal	1944	1944–1948	^[135]
Mishmar Haemek	1945	1945–1948	^[136]
Mizra	1945	1945–1948	^[137] ^[138]
Na'an (Naan, Na an)	1944	1944–1948
Nablus	(1919)	1919–1948	^[139] ^[140]
Nahalal	1923	1923–1948	^[141]
Nahalat Yehuda (Nachlat Yehouda)	1936	1936–1948	^[142]
Nahariya	1938	1938–1948	^[143]
Nathanya	1933	1933–1948	^[144]
Nazareth	1919	1919–1948	^[145]
Nes Ziyona (Nes Tsiyona)	1925	1927–1948	^[146]
Nuseirat	1944	1944–1945	^[147] ^[148] ^[149]
Pardess Hanna	1933	1933–1948
Petah Tikqva (Petach Tikvah, Petah Tikvah, Pethah Tiqva, Petahtiqva)	1920	1920–1948	^[150]
Qalqilya (Qalqilye)	1929	1929–1948	^[151] ^[152]
Qiryat Amal	1947	1947–1948
Qiryat Anavim	1944	1944–1948	^[153]
Qiryat Haim (Kiryat Haim)	1935	1935–1948	^[154]
Qiryat Motzkin	1947	1947–1948	^[155] ^[156]
Raanana	1931	1931–1948	^[157] ^[158]
Rafa	1920	1920–1921
Er Rama (Errama)	1944	1944–1948	^[159]
Ramallah (Ram Allah)	(1919)	1919–1948	^[160]
Ramataim (Ramatayim)	1935	1935–1948	^[161]
Ramat Gan	1926	1927–1948	^[162] ^[163]
Ramat Hakovesh	1945	1945–1948	^[164]
Ramat Hasharon	1935	1935–1948
Ramleh (Er Ramle)	(1919)	1919–1948	^[165] ^[166]
Rehovot (Rehoboth, Rehovoth)	1920	1921–1948	^[167] ^[168]
Rishon Le Zion (Richon Le Zion, Richon-Le-Zion, Rishon, Rishon Le Ziyon, Rishon Le Tsiyon)	1921	1921–1948	^[169]
Rosh Pinna (Roch Pina, Rosh Pinah)	1921	1921–1948	^[170]
Safed (Safad)	(1918)	1918–1948	^[171] ^[172] ^[173]
Salfit	1945	1945–1948	^[174] ^[175]
Sarafand (Surafend) <	-- NOT Al-Sarafand -->	1922	1922–1948	^[176]
Sarona	1928	1928–1939	^[177]
Sdeh Nahum	1944	1944–1948	^[178]
Sde Yaaqov	1944	1944–1948	^[179]
Semakh (Samakh)	1921	1921–1948	^[180]
Shefa Amr	1925	1932–1948
Shekhunat Borokhov	1933	1933–1942	^[181] ^[182]
Tarshiha	1944	1944–1948
Tel Aviv		1921–1948	^[183] ^[184] ^[185]
Tel Aviv, Allenby Road		1925–1948	^[186] ^[187] ^[188]
Tel Aviv, Dizengoff Street		1937–1948	^[189] ^[190]
Tel Aviv, Herzl Street		1936–1948	^[191]
Tel Aviv, Shekhunat Montefiori		1937–1943	^[192] ^[193]
Tel Aviv, Tel Nordau		1934–1948	^[194]
Tel Aviv, Yorkon (Yarkon)		1935–1937
Tel Mond (Tel Mond)	1934	1934–1948	^[195] ^[196]
Tiberias	1919	1919–1948	^[197]
Tirat Tsevi (Tirat Tsevi)	1945	1945–1948	^[198]
Tul Karm (Tul Keram, Tulkeram, Tulkarem, Tulkarm)	1919	1919–1948	^[199] ^[200]
Yajur Nesher	1934	1934–1948	^[201] ^[202]
Yavneel (Yavniel)	1924	1924–1948	^[203]
Yokneam	1944	1944–1948	^[204]
Zammarin	1920	1920–1920
Zikhron Ya'akov (Zicron, Zicron Jacob, Zikhron Yaaqov)	(1921)	1921–1948	^[205]
Jaffa–Lod–Jerusalem TPO (PAL, LAP, PAJ, JAP, RAK, KAR, KAL, LAK, DAL, LAD, BAR, RAB)		1918–1919	^[206] ^[207]
Jaffa–Lod–Jerusalem TPO (Jerusalem Ludd, Jerusalem Jaffa)		1920–1934	^[208]
Jerusalem–Lydda TPO (Jerusalem Lydda, Jsm Lydda)		1935–1938	^[209]
Haifa–Kantara TPO (Kantara Haifa, Kantar Haifa)		1920–1931	^[210] ^[211] ^[212]
Haifa–Rafa TPO (Rafa Haifa, Haifa Rafa)		1931–1938	^[213] ^[214] ^[215]

See also

• Postal rates in the British Mandate of Palestine
• Postage stamps and postal history of Palestine
• Postage stamps and postal history of Israel

References

Header Notes

1. Proud, 2006, p. 14.
2. Baker, 1992, p. 187.
3. Name of the town or village, as postally used at the time, plus alternative spellings.
4. Official establishment of a postal facility: Post Office, Postal Agency, Branch Office, Town Agency, Travelling Post Office.
5. Dates of actual use of postmarks, as recorded by philatelists.
6. Sacher, 1995, p. 475.
7. Dorfman, 1985, p. 36.
8. Proud, 2006, p. 135–136.
9. Sacher, 1995, p. 476.
10. Proud, 2006, p. 139.
11. Proud, 2006, p. 137–138.
12. Proud, 2006, p. 142.
13. Proud, 2006, p. 143.
14. Proud, 2006, p. 143–144.
15. Proud, 2006, p. 158.
16. Sacher, 1995, p. 477.
17. Proud, 2006, p. 144.
18. Dorfman, 1985, p. 41.
19. Proud, 2006, p. 145–146.
20. Proud, 2006, p. 147.
21. Sacher, 1995, p. 480.
22. Sacher, 1995, p. 478.
23. Proud, 2006, p. 148.
24. Sacher, 1995, p. 479.
25. Proud, 2006, p. 149.
26. Proud, 2006, p. 150.
27. Proud, 2006, p. 150–151.
28. Proud, 2006, p. 151.
29. Proud, 2006, p. 153.
30. Dorfman, 1985, p. 47.
31. Proud, 2006, p. 153–154.
32. Proud, 2006, p. 155.
33. Proud, 2006, p. 156.
34. Sacher, 1995, p. 481.
35. Dorfman, 1985, p. 47, 72.
36. Proud, 2006, p. 239.
37. Proud, 2006, p. 157.
38. Sacher, 1995, p. 482.
39. Proud, 2006, p. 164.
40. Dorfman, 1985, p. 52.
41. Proud, 2006, p. 165–166.
42. Sacher, 1995, p. 483.
43. Proud, 2006, p. 166–167.
44. Proud, 2006, p. 167.
45. Proud, 2006, p. 168.
46. Proud, 2006, p. 169.
47. Sacher, 1995, p. 484.
48. Proud, 2006, p. 169–171.
49. Sacher, 1995, p. 159.
50. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 4.
51. Sacher, 1995, p. 160–170, 177.
52. Proud, 2006, p. 173–185.
53. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 5–15.
54. Sacher, 1995, p. 179.
55. Proud, 2006, p. 187.
56. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 13.
57. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 14.
58. Proud, 2006, p. 188.
59. Sacher, 1995, p. 180.
60. Proud, 2006, p. 189.
61. Proud, 2006, p. 189–190.
62. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 11–12.
63. Proud, 2006, p. 190.
64. Sacher, 1995, p. 181.
65. Proud, 2006, p. 191.
66. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 12.
67. Proud, 2006, p. 193.
68. Proud, 2006, p. 194.
69. Proud, 2006, p. 195.
70. Sacher, 1995, p. 485.
71. Dorfman, 1985, p. 57.
72. Proud, 2006, p. 144, 197.
73. Proud, 2006, p. 197–198.
74. Proud, 2006, p. 199.
75. Sacher, 1995, p. 210.
76. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 40.
77. Sacher, 1995, p. 210–218.
78. Proud, 2006, p. 201–208.
79. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 40–45.
80. Sacher, 1995, p. 218.
81. Proud, 2006, p. 211.
82. Goldstein & Dickstein, 1983, p. 44.
83. Sacher, 1995, p. 224.
84. Proud, 2006, p. 283, 287.
85. Groten, 1988, p. 6.
86. Sacher, 1995, p. 486.
87. Proud, 2006, p. 111.
88. Proud, 2006, p. 213.
89. Sacher, 1995, p. 64–65.
90. Sacher, 1995, p. 65–99.
91. Dorfman, 1985, p. 117–134.
92. Proud, 2006, p. 107–126.
93. Sacher, 1995, p. 104.
94. Proud, 2006, p. 214.
95. Sacher, 1995, p. 103.
96. Proud, 2006, p. 215.
97. Proud, 2006, p. 216.
98. Sacher, 1995, p. 102.
99. Proud, 2006, p. 216–217.
100. Proud, 2006, p. 217–218.
101. Sacher, 1995, p. 105.
102. Proud, 2006, p. 218.
103. Proud, 2006, p. 220.
104. Sacher, 1995, p. 487.
105. Dorfman, 1985, p. 64.
106. Proud, 2006, p. 221.
107. Proud, 2006, p. 222.
108. Proud, 2006, p. 223.
109. Sacher, 1995, p. 488.
110. Proud, 2006, p. 224.
111. Proud, 2006, p. 225.
112. Proud, 2006, p. 225–226.
113. Sacher, 1995, p. 489.
114. Proud, 2006, p. 226.
115. Proud, 2006, p. 227.
116. Dorfman, 1985, p. 68.
117. Proud, 2006, p. 228.
118. Proud, 2006, p. 229.
119. Sacher, 1995, p. 490.
120. Proud, 2006, p. 229–230.
121. Sacher, 1995, p. 491.
122. Proud, 2006, p. 230–232.
123. Proud, 2006, p. 233–234.
124. Proud, 2006, p. 234.
125. Dorfman, 1985, p. 72.
126. Proud, 2006, p. 235.
127. Proud, 2006, p. 158–159.
128. Sacher, 1995, p. 492.
129. Proud, 2006, p. 236.
130. Proud, 2006, p. 159.
131. Proud, 2006, p. 237.
132. Proud, 2006, p. 238.
133. Sacher, 1995, p. 493.
134. Proud, 2006, p. 241.
135. Proud, 2006, p. 242.
136. Proud, 2006, p. 243.
137. Dorfman, 1985, p. 79.
138. Proud, 2006, p. 244.
139. Sacher, 1995, p. 494.
140. Proud, 2006, p. 245.
141. Proud, 2006, p. 247.
142. Proud, 2006, p. 248.
143. Sacher, 1995, p. 495.
144. Proud, 2006, p. 249–250.
145. Proud, 2006, p. 251.
146. Proud, 2006, p. 255.
147. Sacher, 1995, p. 496.
148. Dorfman, 1985, p. 84.
149. Proud, 2006, p. 256.
150. Proud, 2006, p. 257–259.
151. Sacher, 1995, p. 497.
152. Proud, 2006, p. 260.
153. Proud, 2006, p. 261.
154. Proud, 2006, p. 261–262.
155. Dorfman, 1985, p. 89.
156. Proud, 2006, p. 262.
157. Sacher, 1995, p. 498.
158. Proud, 2006, p. 263.
159. Proud, 2006, p. 161.
160. Proud, 2006, p. 264.
161. Proud, 2006, p. 265.
162. Sacher, 1995, p. 499.
163. Proud, 2006, p. 266.
164. Proud, 2006, p. 267.
165. Dorfman, 1985, p. 95.
166. Proud, 2006, p. 161–163.
167. Sacher, 1995, p. 500.
168. Proud, 2006, p. 268–269.
169. Proud, 2006, p. 269–271.
170. Proud, 2006, p. 273.
171. Sacher, 1995, p. 505.
172. Dorfman, 1985, p. 101.
173. Proud, 2006, p. 273–276.
174. Sacher, 1995, p. 501.
175. Proud, 2006, p. 277.
176. Proud, 2006, p. 278.
177. Proud, 2006, p. 279.
178. Sacher, 1995, p. 502.
179. Proud, 2006, p. 280.
180. Proud, 2006, p. 277–278.
181. Dorfman, 1985, p. 102.
182. Proud, 2006, p. 281.
183. Sacher, 1995, p. 215–216, 225, 230–233, 250.
184. Proud, 2006, p. 283–297, 303, 305, 307.
185. Groten, 1988, p. 6–19, 27.
186. Sacher, 1995, p. 252.
187. Proud, 2006, p. 301.
188. Groten, 1988, p. 27.
189. Sacher, 1995, p. 253.
190. Proud, 2006, p. 303.
191. Proud, 2006, p. 303–304.
192. Sacher, 1995, p. 254.
193. Proud, 2006, p. 307.
194. Proud, 2006, p. 309.
195. Sacher, 1995, p. 503.
196. Proud, 2006, p. 309–310.
197. Proud, 2006, p. 311–313.
198. Proud, 2006, p. 314.
199. Sacher, 1995, p. 504.
200. Proud, 2006, p. 314–315.
201. Dorfman, 1985, p. 107.
202. Proud, 2006, p. 315–316.
203. Proud, 2006, p. 316.
204. Proud, 2006, p. 317.
205. Proud, 2006, p. 317–319.
206. Sacher, 1995, p. 126.
207. Firebrace, 1991, p. 193–199.
208. Sacher, 1995, p. 127.
209. Sacher, 1995, p. 128.
210. Sacher, 1995, p. 510–511.
211. Dorfman, 1985, p. 29, 31.
212. Proud, 2006, p. 323–326.
213. Sacher, 1995, p. 511.
214. Dorfman, 1985, p. 30–31.
215. Proud, 2006, p. 326–327.

Notes

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