Ace Jet 170

Post Post

  

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Weizmann Institute of Science

 

Bloom Service

Inspired by last month's excellent Naughton Gallery exhibition, I sought out my own little bit of Abram Games' brilliance on ebay. Issued in 1953 Conquest of the Desert was one of six stamps Games designed for Israel's Philatelic Department after he won a competition, a few years earlier, to design a special stamp commemorating Israel's Independence Day. The design was inspired by a Biblical quotation (Isaiah 35 verse 2), "The desert shall blossom as a rose". Cleverly, the stem of the rose is a surveyor's rod. At the time of issue, the stamp caused a bit of a stir; Games took the quote from the King James I English translation, in the original Hebrew the blossoming flower is a lily of the valley.

 

Terrestrial Spectroscopy, Electronic Computers & Macromolecules of the Living Cell

Been exploring Israel's modern philatelic history and unearthed these lovelies from 1964.

  

Metric

 

 

Abraham's Games

 

More superb sporting stamps from Israel. See them bigger and better on Flickr.

Je ne vous imposerai plus de famine

Israeli Freedom From Hunger stamp from 1963: 

'The Freedom from Hunger Campaign was a focus for cooperation of international organizations, governments, and various citizens' groups. This effort to create informed and active awareness culminated in the World Food Congress in Washington DC, held in 1963 under FAO auspices. This stamp was issued in 1963 in commemoration of the World Freedom from Hunger Campaign. A symbolic picture depicts an outstretched hand offering food to a small bird. The Hebrew inscription reads: "No more hunger" and on the tab Yehezkel 36:29 is quoted: "...And I will not burden you with famine.".'

Safe

Israeli road safety stamps from 1966.

  

A vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites

It's 1962, Bulgaria...and the bugs are biting.

 

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Commemorative issue marking the re-structuring of Australia's Government-run postal and telecom services in 1975. The "P" motif is still in use today but sadly, the Telecom identity appears to have been replaced around 1994 by an unremarkable new design. Worse was to come with a name change and some turd polishing.

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