Israel Stamp Reviews

The " Ludwig van Beethoven, 250 Years " stamp was issued by Israel Post on 15 December 2020 to mark the semiquincentennial of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth. Face valued at ₪11.80, corresponding to the postage rate for domestic priority 100-300g mail, the stamp depicts an image of Beethoven based on a portrait of him by Joseph Karl Stieler and the iconic opening notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. The tab below the stamp proper illustrates the opening notes of Symphony No. 5's second subject and features a "Philately Day" inscription indicating that proceeds from the stamp's sale go to the Philately Promotion Foundation. Gray is the stamp's dominant color. It was designed by Zvika Roitman (צביקה רויטמן), who has been a stamp designer with Israel Post since 2003. בולים של מוצארט, באך J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart stamps Israel Post (2000, 1991) Beethoven was born on 17 December 1770 and, along with Bach (1685-1750) and Mozart (175...

Hobby , identity and community are distinct but closely related concepts. The distinction is one of experience: a hobby is a thing we do, an identity is a thing we have, and a community is a thing of which we are a part. The relationship, meanwhile, is one of progression: engaging in a hobby can form part of a person's identity, and people with common identities tend to cling to one another and form communities. Not everyone who collects stamps will identify as a stamp collector, and not everyone who identifies as a stamp collector will join a philatelic community; however, the distance from point A to point B and from point B to point C is shorter now than at any time in the past. What has shortened the distance has been the rise of social media, because social media has increased the visibility of identities and made accessing communities virtually effortless. Case in point: Had it not been for social media -- specifically YouTube, and more specifically Graham Beck's Ex...

בול 150 שנה למקווה ישראל עיצוב: צביקה רויטמן "Mikve Israel – 150 Years" stamp The " Mikve Israel – 150 Years " stamp was issued by Israel Post on 21 April 2020 to mark the sesquicentennial of the first agricultural school in the land of Israel. Face valued at ₪4.10, corresponding to the postage rate for an unregistered domestic 0-200g oversized letter, the stamp shows Mikve Israel 's historic synagogue with its iconic palm trees, foregrounded by a tractor beside which a young man and woman are seated on a bench with a laptop computer and a book. The tab below the stamp depicts the Mikve Israel emblem -- a farmer holding a seed basket in a plowed field, an ear of wheat on the right, and an olive branch on the left. Green, off-white, yellow, and blue are the stamp's prominent colors. It was designed by Zvika Roitman , who has been a stamp designer with Israel Post since 2003. בול כל ישראל חברים עיצוב: צביקה רויטמן 2010 "150 ans de l'Alliance...