In the first years of the existence of Tel Aviv's Hebrew secondary school, the Herzliya "Gymnasium", a student organization called the "Herzl Club" took it upon itself to set up the first Hebrew post. There was not a single post office in Tel Aviv in those days, although there were several in Jaffa: Turkish, Russian, German, Austrian and French. None of the Post Offices saw any point in opening a branch in the new suburb, Tel Aviv. Instead, they placed a row of mailboxes on the wall of a house adjoining the railroad crossing at the foot of Herzl Street. At the close of summer 1912, as the High Holidays drew near, a new letterbox appeared beside all the others. It was painted light blue and white, bearing a Magen David (Star of David) and the inscription "Hebrew Mail" in the center. A sign at the side proclaimed: "All letters dropped into this box and bearing a Jewish National Fund stamp will be delivered to their addresses by members of the Herzl Club" (this was the first time that JNF labels were used for postage). After Yom Kippur in 1914, the local Turkish governor ordered the service to be discontinued