New stamps from Israel..

To be issued on 14 June 2010

Hi ! Today I spared sometime from my very busy schedule to write on my Blog. Here are some new and very nice stamps to be issued by Israel Post. The stamps are unique in design and printing technology.The stamps were manufactured with innovative laser etching and lacing technology as well as laser philatelic perforation. It is Israel – Austria Joint issue. I have another lovely souvenir leaf to share here, sent by my friend Dr Eli Moallem of Jerusalem. The sheet was issued on Israel’s Golden Jubilee. It features 50 Red Roses in the shape of Number 50 , a wonderful item in my Greeting Collection. Thank you very much Eli !…… for this beautiful Souvenir Leaf. I am so pleased to have it in my collection.This is all for Today……Till Next Post….Have a Nice Time !

Date of Issue - 14 June 2010

These stamps show a portrait of Simon Wiesenthal in a frame in the form of the Star of David, applied using a special printing technology. The technique used in the production of this joint issue is a world premiere! The text elements on the stamp are in both German and Hebrew.

Simon Wiesenthal was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer and Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter who pursued Nazi war criminals. His life motto was Justice not Vengeance.

The stamp depicts the declaration of the establishment of the state of Israel by David Ben-Gurion, Israeli leader and the first Prime Minister. He was a key figure in Israel independence and the establishment of a Jewish nationality and state in Israel after the Holocaust by which the Nazi's killed 6,000,000 Jews in Europe.