Beautiful Israel Issues

Hello everyone - I'm pretty much complete from 1950 or so through 2006. There are just a few holes here and there. I've found a great dealer in beautiful New York state who is selling year sets at or below the opening bid for such lots on ebay. I'll be picking up the 2008 pages and year sets 2007-9 from him next payday (along with as many of the missing items as I can afford). Then I'll start working back through the more expensive or hard to find items. I'm probably about 25% complete in booklets and sheetlets, etc. I'll fill in there as I go along.

I'm staying home sick tomorrow and I'll be putting the rest of my loose items to bed in the album over the weekend.

I'm not THAT sick!

Londonbus1 - I am interested in the sheets if you'll put them back for me. After all the great material you've put me in touch with (Clock Towers, etc., etc. - BTW, the dealer was VERY surprised when I told him I already had that booklet. ) so I trust your judgement completely. Please pick up anything that's not a regular issue or is difficult to find that you think I might like and I'll PayPal you. When you get enough together for a nice shipment you can send them on. If I get a duplicate or two, not to worry Mate, I'll keep it or someone on the SCF will be glad to have it.

I've been looking for a sheet of the 552 from the second printing but I guess everyone has found out about them now and they've gone scarce on us. I'm sure the price has gone way up also.

I will post scans of one or two other bits you might not have.

But later, I have to get the Flea Market stuff packed.

I have put these two sheets aside for you.

Londonbus1......I call it the Laswabbie envelope !

Thank you . . . Thank you very much!

The Hebrew Press sheet from 1963 ???

The Background text makes every stamp of this sheet different !

Much sought after in it's day, the value has come down somewhat in recent years. Still a nice piece.

The Sheet is the work of Otte Wallish, who also designed Israel's first stamps, the Doar Ivri issue.
The background to the Hebrew Press is actually a page from the newspaper, 'Halbanon'.

Commonly known as the Ardon Windows Souvenir sheet, this Imperf edition was distributed to Philatelic service subscribers and overprinted thus on the gummed side.

Quite scarce and of a lovely design.

Mordechai Ardon was one of Israel's greatest painters. He designed the Stained glass windows for the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. I highly recommend a visit to anyone ever touring Israel.
The Stained glass was actually set in Rheims, France. If anyone has ever had the priviledge to visit Rheims Cathedral, then you can understand why the city was chosen to make this special window for Israel.

Here it is;

nice london I dont even collect israel and you have me tempted.

For all the Laswabbie's and the Idhaber's of this world. what can you tell me about these three beauties!????

Well, photobucket is down so 'these three beauties will come later.

Shucks

Londonbus1....got you wondering eh?

THE THREE BEAUTIES !

Here they are. Many thanks to photobucket for coming back !

So, what can you see here....







Londonbus1....the time starts now !

Another nice 'biggie' !



More coming.

Weavus, Laswabbie, Idhaber....where are you ??

Are there no Sherlock's around to solve the mystery of the sheets ?


Londonbus1....Better sell them and move on then

I'll zap an email to you tonight. It should be there by breakfast your time!

A special tweet tweet of appreciation from Canada's upcoming wildlife issue for LaSwabbie and Londonbus1 for showing us all the beautiful Israel stamps!

As I said in the other post - I'll take them all Michael.

Confusing email sent Michael.