postage stamps of Israel
...that the first postage stamps of Israel were issued on May 16 1948, within 48 hours of the independent republic being proclaimed?
...that the first <b id="mwER8"><a href="./Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Israel" id="mwESA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Israel">postage stamps of Israel</a></b> <i id="mwESE">(pictured)</i> were issued on <a href="./May_16" id="mwESI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="May 16">May 16</a> <a href="./1948" id="mwESM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1948">1948</a>, within 48 hours of the independent republic being proclaimed?