Israel Stamp Reviews

Nicole Mowbray, The Guardian Is the popularity of stamp collecting in decline or on the rise? This was the question explored in a recent article by Nicole Mowbray in The Guardian ( "Post modern: why millennials have fallen in love with stamp collecting," 11 April 2020). Mowbray's conclusion, based on interviews with five individuals between the ages of 29 and 37 active in the United Kingdom's philatelic scene, was that the popularity of stamp collecting is on the rise. Is her analysis an accurate reflection of reality or does closer scrutiny reveal it to be a product of wishful thinking? "Year of the Ox" stamp ( China Post , 2009) Among stamp collectors there are two attitudes regarding philately's future. To frame the debate in Wall Street terms, the bulls believe stamp collecting experienced a decline in popularity for an extended period but has bottomed out and is now in a definite uptrend; the bears , on the other hand, believe that eve...

יום הזיכרון התש"ף: 100 שנה לארגון ההגנה Memorial Day 2020: Haganah Organization Centennial The "Haganah Organization Centennial / Memorial Day 2020" souvenir minisheet was issued by Israel Post on 21 April 2020. It consists of three stamps, each with a face value of ₪4.10, corresponding to the postage rate for an unregistered domestic 50-200g letter. Depicted on each stamp is a scene representing an area in which the Haganah was active: the "Security" stamp (right) shows four armed men in uniform on a training exercise in Israel's Jezreel Valley; the "Settlement" stamp (center) shows a group of men erecting a guard tower at Kibbutz Masada; and the "Immigration" stamp (left) shows a ship transporting Jews being moored off the coast of Nahariya. The minisheet was designed by David Ben-Hador , who has been a designer of Israeli stamps since 1980. The Haganah -- Haganah is Hebrew for "defense" -- was founded in June 1920...