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Independence Day - First Day of Issue, Tel Aviv 1949

מעטפת היום הראשון ליום העצמאות ה' אייר תש"ט - Zionism

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  • Lot Number 54097
  • Title (English) Independence Day - First Day of Issue
  • Title (Hebrew) מעטפת היום הראשון ליום העצמאות ה' אייר תש"ט
  • Note Zionism
  • City Tel Aviv
  • Publication Date 1948
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
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  • Item # 2529035
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91:153 mm., light age staining.

 

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First day cover of Israel's first Independence Day. These were the first stamps that were issued by the Israeli post. Because Saturday is a day of rest, Sunday, May 16, was the first business day after independence was declared on which stamps could be sold. The first set of stamps was entitled Doar Ivri ("Hebrew Post") because the country's name had not yet been chosen. The stamps were printed by letterpress, perforated or as a rouletted variation. The Doar Ivri stamps were designed by Otte Wallish using ancient coins from the First Jewish-Roman War and later Bar Kochba revolt.