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Stamp review: Haganah Organization Centennial (2020-04-21)

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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...