Israel Stamp Reviews

'Twas the night before World Postcard Day , and all through the town Not a pen wasn't stirring, oh-so-much to write down Some wrote by lamp light with coffee beside Others 'neath candles with tea or red wine "I've written ten!" said one girl with joy "I'm up to twenty," came the voice of a boy And Mamma in her 'kerchief and I in my cap Both knew that tonight there would be no nap A marathon of writing, a celebration of mail Not with keyboards and pixels but on cards and by snail Messages of love and of friendship sincere The farther they travel, the more they're held dear From Krakow , Kinshasa and Kalamazoo To Lapland, Lachish and Lima, Peru Send one to a stranger, and they'll write you back The next thing you know, a new bond is hatched Postcards of beaches and kids having fun Of buildings and mountains and cats in the sun Some shaped like hearts or perfectly round Others old-fashioned on paper turne...

On Monday, March 1st, Israel Post announced the launch of a direct postal route, for the first time in history, between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain. The announcement followed January 20th's equally historic launch of a direct postal route between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Both came on the heels of the Abraham Accords, signed by Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in August 2020. When the Israel-UAE postal route was launched, Israel was under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection rates were setting new records daily, schools and stores were closed, and leaving the house beyond a radius of one kilometer was permitted only in special cases. Nevertheless, on the same day the Israel-UAE postal route debuted, I was able to reach a post office in walking distance from my neighborhood and send four pieces of mail to a contact in Dubai. Would I be able to replicate that success this time around with mail to Bahrain? The good news w...