New Stamps on Tourism

Date of Issue : 25 September 2008

Hi ! Through net surfing I came across some beautiful stamps issued by Hungary on Synagogue - the jewish temple. The stamps are brightl coloured and very attractive. The details about them are given below. I have also to show you here some stamps issued by Australia on Tourism. There are so many stamps from Australia on Tourism with the variety of philatelic material like max cards, stamp booklets, postcards in addition to normal items like stamps and FDCs. In our regular series the remaining se-tenants on Gandhi theme from the album of Mr. Shrikant Parikh. This is all for today. Till next Post ...Have a Nice weekend !


SYNAGOGUES IN HUNGARY

New Synagogue in Szeged

The HUF 200 denomination of the special stamp series by Magyar Post shows the altar of the New Synagogue in Szeged. Szeged’s New Synagogue was designed by Lipót Baumhorn in the Sezession style mixing Moorish, Arabic and Mediterranean elements, and was built between 1900-02. It is the second biggest synagogue in Hungary and the fourth biggest in the world with a length of 48 m, a width of 35 m, a height of 48.6 m, and an internal height of 32 m. The synagogue has 740 ground floor seats and 600 in the gallery. Although the synagogue is eclectic, the mix-ture of styles is not disturbing as the colour harmony of the ivory-white, blue and gold walls creates unity as does the moderate use of the different characteristics of style. The stained glass of the dome as well as all the other stained glass was made in the workshop of Miksa Róth. The colourful secession windows on the ground and first floors depict major events from the Jewish religion and Jewish history. Above the main entrance, there is a picture of the Old Synagogue with a boat tied in front of it in remembrance of the great flood of Szeged in 1879.

Synagogue of the Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies
The HUF 250 denomination of the special stamp series features the altar of the Synagogue of the Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies in Budapest. The ceiling decoration is shown on the accompanying first day cover while the postmark is a stylised drawing of a menorah. The Synagogue of the Jewish Theological Seminary - University of Jewish Studies has fulfilled its function con-tinuously, without interruption, since 1877. With its 120 seats and organ, the main function of this place of worship in the Jewish religion is to provide a venue for religious services, the house of prayer, where the Sabbath, weekdays, major and pilgrimage festivals are celebrated. The secondary function of this small synagogue, which is nevertheless of great importance to the university, is to serve educational purposes as it acts as a teaching synagogue. Future rabbis hold sermons in the synagogue every Friday night according to a set order. This is also the venue where students of the liturgy department learn the order and ritual of the services for Friday evening, Saturday morning, major festivals and weekdays.

Tourist Precincts of Australia

These stamps feature seven of Australia's most loved tourist precincts this issues is also the first incorporating the new postage rate of 55c.

Date of Issue : 8 September 2008

The tourist precincts featured are: Luna Park, Melbourne - 55c South Bank, Brisbane - 55c The Rocks, Sydney - 55c Fishermans Wharf, Fremantle - 55c Foreshore, Cairns - $1.10 Salamanca Place, Hobart - $1.65 Glenelg, Adelaide - $2.75

Max Cards

Post cards

Stamp Booklet

From se-tenant album of Shrikant Parikh

Theme - Gandhi

This is a special set of se-tenants. In one of the stamps Gandhi ji is seen in background. The special feature of these are different positions of stamps which are obtained from the sheets in 3 different combinations.

Date of Issue : 15 August 2000