Israel Stamp Reviews

Festivals 5781: Modern Jewish Art -- Mandalas is a set of three stamps issued by Israel Post on 8 September 2020 on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Face valued at ₪2.50, ₪7.40 and ₪8.30, each stamp in the set features a unique mandala design centering on a theme from the Rosh Hashanah liturgy. The theme of the ₪2.50 stamp, whose dominant color is red, is kingship ; ₪2.50 corresponds to the postage rate for a domestic unregistered 0-50g letter. The theme of the ₪7.40 stamp, whose dominant color is blue, is remembrances ; ₪7.40 corresponds to the postage rate for international 0-100g airmail to Group 3 countries (Denmark, Portugal and Sweden). The theme of the ₪8.30 stamp, whose dominant colors are green and gold, is shofars ; ₪8.30 corresponds to the postage rate for international 0-100g airmail to Group 1 countries (United States, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Canada, South Korea, and Thailand). The tab below each...

The " From Jaffa to Tel-Aviv and from Olinda to Recife " (henceforth: " Israel-Brazil ") stamp was jointly issued by Israel Post and Brazil's Correios on 8 September 2020. Face valued at ₪11.80, corresponding to the postage rate for a domestic registered 0-50g letter, the stamp depicts two stretches of coastline, one on either side of a palm tree that splits the stamp down the middle: the coastline on the left starts at Olinda in Brazil and extends south to Recife, and the coastline on the right starts from Jaffa in Israel and extends north to Tel Aviv . The tab below the stamp proper features the flags of Brazil and Israel. Green and blue are the stamp's prominent colors. It was designed by Ronen Goldberg (רונן גולדברג) and Lidia Marina Hurovich Neiva , with input from Laís Botler of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ככר אוסוולדו ארניה, ירושלים צילום: אמיר אפסאי PRACA OSWALDO ARANHA DEDICADA AO NOBRE POVO BRASILEIRO CONFEDERAÇÃO ISRAELITA DO BRASIL...

When it comes to stamps, like architecture or fashion, no design can please everyone. Stamp collectors are as opinionated when viewing a stamp as food critics are at a restaurant, and rare is the collector with no philatelic pet peeves. For some, it's when the design is too bland and lacks color; for others, it's when the design is too vibrant and colorful. The design can be too sparse or too dense, too conventional or too sophisticated, too derivative or too bold. When a new stamp is issued, collectors line up on opposing sides and either lavish it with praise or heap their scorn on it, largely in reaction to the design. Even a subject as harmless as solar energy can polarize audiences on account of how the designer chose to manifest it visually. Despite appearances to the contrary, the stamp above is not the result of a printing error. It represents a deliberate attempt on the part of the designer -- in this case, Osnat Eshel -- to require viewers to either tilt their h...