The history of Palestine is reflected in its postal history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp...ry_of_Palestine
"In the era of modern postage, the postal administrations in Palestine have included Austrian, French, Italian, German, Egyptian, and Russian post offices (through arrangements made with the Ottoman Empire), the Egyptian Expeditionary Forces, the British Mandate, and various interim authorities in the lead up to and after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Since 1948, postal services have been provided by Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian National Authority."
It obviously was not an independent country, but an area under managed control by others.
Like Palestine, Jerusalem has been under managed control over the years, presently Jewish.
The history of the Grand Mufti was covered in a History Channel documentary. His support of Hitler was because he was against anything Jewish, especially emigration to Palestine/Israel. He is in part responsible for the holocaust because he fought to deny Hitler the option of sending the Jews there.