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...

Apples in Honey (Festivals 5780) | פרחי דבש The last thing a new stamp wants to be is forgettable. When it comes off the press and makes its way to post offices around the country, the new stamp wants to stand out and be meaningful. It wants to be in demand, to trend on social media, to have a shelf life that extends beyond the arrival of the next new stamp. What is the formula for achieving this dual goal of popularity and longevity? How can a stamp both capture the public's attention and then retain that attention once it has it? "Apples in Honey," a three-stamp set issued as a souvenir minisheet by Israel Post on September 18th, 2019, struck me early on as a forgettable issue. Designed by Baruch Naeh and Sharon Israel , the set depicts three honey flowers common in Israel -- sage, citrus and eucalyptus -- with each flower enclosed in an apple-shaped outline and surrounded by the colors purple, light blue and peach, respectively. The words " THAT WILL BE R...