The United Nations voted in favor of the establishment of a Jewish State on November 29th 1947. The British Mandate of Palestine was to be terminated on the 15th of May 48. In April 1948, as the British Mandate drew to a close, the authorities abandoned their control over civilian affairs. This vacuum was filled by the Minhelet Ha'am, the temporary government of the Jewish community, which lasted until the State of Israel was proclaimed and took over on May 14th 1948. The continuation of the postal services was a prime objective of the Minhelet Ha'am administration and a big effort was made to effect a smooth transition from the Mandatory postal system to the Minhelet Ha'am postal system and to the Israeli post in spite of the difficult political and military situation existing at the time. The Mandate postal services were gradually terminated, from the 15th of April 1948, with Minhelet Ha'am taking over on the 2nd of May. On the 25th of April, Minhelet Ha'am issued the first circular referring to the termination of the Mandate postal services and the continuation of the postal services by the Minhelet Ha'am authorities.All the Jewish postal employees were to remain at their posts. Mail would be handled and routed as previously, and postal rates would be unchanged. The second circular was issued on May 9th, which announced the forthcoming "Doar Ivri" stamps on May 16th, and the withdrawal from sale of the Minhelet Ha'am stamps, which would however be accepted for postage until May 23rd 1948.Stamps in use:Mandate stamps demonetized as from 16.5.1948Minhelet Ha'am, JNF overprinted labels demonetized as from 23.5.1948Kofer Hayeshuv stamps demonetized as from 23.5.1948Jerusalem Minhelet Ha'am stamps tolerated till 9.1948Local issues of stamps demonetized as from 16.5.1948Doar Ivri stamps In use as from 16.5.1948Doar Ivri stamps in Jerusalem In use as from 20.6.1948