Israel issues its 2nd set of stamps of the Historic Pope Visit to Israel
On June 22 2014 Israel will be issuing a second My Own Stamp Sheet and Folder documenting the historic visit of Pope Francis to the Holy Land This folder will also be in a limited numbered edition. The...
View ArticleIsrael’s New Issue – Palmer Gate, Haifa!
Holocaust survivors rose from the ashes of the crematoriums and immigrated illegally to Eretz Israel during the British Mandate period. Under terrible conditions, on crowded decks of dilapidated...
View ArticleIsrael’s New Issue – Pioneering Women!
Early signs of women’s aspirations for gender equality in Eretz Israel were apparent as far back as the First Aliyah, as some women chose to take part in public affairs or non-conventional...
View ArticleAmphibians in Israel is now on WOPA Stamps!
This stamp series presents four of the seven amphibian species currently inhabiting Israel. All four species are endangered locally or globally. Human activity has harmed the amphibian class more than...
View ArticleFiddler on the Roof- 50 Years- Israel’s First Presentation Pack!
Fifty years ago, in 1964, the curtain rose on “Fiddler on the Roof” – the first large-scale Broadway musical based on a Jewish-Yiddish classic. The plot takes place in a Jewish town in Russia and is...
View ArticleFestivals 2014 – Simchat Torah Flags Issued by Israel Post!
As far back as the 17th century the children in Ashkenazi communities would come to the synagogue on Simchat Torah night waving flags. The Simchat Torah flags were part of a popular material culture...
View ArticleTel Aviv – Global City Issued by Israel Post!
On April 11, 1909 a few dozen people gathered on a sand dune to the northeast of Jaffa in order to allot plots of land for a new neighborhood called “Ahuzat Bayit”. Akiva Aryeh Weiss, the chairman of...
View ArticleWolfgang von Weisl Issued by Israel Post!
Dr. Benjamin Zeev (Wolfgang Johannes) von Weisl (1896, Vienna – 1974, Gadera) was a Viennese physician and a decorated WWI artillery corps officer, an international author and journalist and a...
View Article‘Orchids Israel-Ecuador Joint Issue’ (Plate Block) Launched by the Israeli Post!
The Bee Orchid (Ophrys fuciflora) belongs to the Orchidaceae family and resembles a bee, hence its name. It has an underground egg-shaped part where it accumulates food. This species grows wild in...
View ArticleCollection Pack Plus 2014 – (December) Launched by the Israeli Post
Collection Pack Plus are issued with every set of stamps (5 times a year) Collection Pack Plus contains single stamps with tabs, souvenir sheets plus First Day Covers which have been issued during the...
View ArticleIsrael’s Automotive Industry – Newly Published
The automotive industry in Israel, both before and after the establishment of the State, consisted of a number of workshops and factories, most of which did not remain in operation for more than two...
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