Below you will find articles about Israel. Or click here to view stamps on the subject of Israel in the catalog.
On 27 June 1976, Air France Flight 139, flying from Tel Aviv to Paris, was hijacked shortly after a stopover in Athens. The hijackers diverted the aircraft to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where they were supported by Ugandan forces under...
India 2003 India has made many interesting collaborations with other countries regarding joint issues. In 2003 a joint issue with South Korea featured the Cheomseongdae Observatory, built during the reign of Queen Seondeok (632-647), a great landmark in Gyeongju, capital...
"Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people"...
Jack (Jackie) Roosevelt Robinson (b.1919 – d.1972) was a black American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in American Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the "baseball collar line" when he started a game at for the Brooklyn...
Try saying that after a couple of alcoholic beverages!The stamps above from Greece, the "Ancient Greek Coins" set, were issued in 1963. The 50 Leptas stamp has a coin from Syracuse 5th century B.C. featuring the nymph Arethusa surrounded by...
The Nijmegen Four Days Marches is an event that always gets me excited. Because we lived south of Nijmegen for years, in Malden, where the army of walkers passes by on the last day on their way to the 'Via Gladiola'. I was...
To use postage stamps as propaganda material is not unusual. Many countries have issued these kind of stamps in the past and in all likelihood some will continue to do so in the future. This is certainly the case in...
Day after day new postage stamps are issued depicting a variety of topics. Here are some examples of recently-issued stamps featuring a variety of topics. They might make some people’s skin crawl, but this recently-released set featuring snakes native to...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. In Namibia, these four stamps featuring venomous snakes from the country were issued. Luis Alberto Spinetta,...
Many new stamps on a wide variety of subjects appear with great regularity. Below you will find a selection of recently issued stamps from around the world. In Bermuda, this series of five stamps featuring blossoms of native plants was issued. Aruba released...
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