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The world has just had the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day and so it is a good time to reissue this newsletter, in English. International Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on a different date than the Israel Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day selected by the UN, is the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration...

This time I thought that it would be nice to show you an amusing stamp design error that fits nicely in my collection. Who doesn't love watching basketball? Well I will not lie to you, I don't, I find it to watch sports on TV, unless it is Rugby, but that's just me. But, and there is a but, to this day I remember Israel's...

Here is a nice story for the day. As we all know 15th May 1948, neighboring Arab countries invaded Israel from all sides, in what became known as the War of Independence. The day before, Israel declared independence from Britain as the Mandate ended. Knowing that there was going to be a war, many airlines stopped flights...

In his book "On War", Carl von Clausewitz stated that "War is a continuation of politics by other means". Many of us have not heard the term Postkrieg or postal war. It is defined as a Postal War. Postal War is defined as measures taken, obviously for political reasons, by one country against another. It attacks postage...

Let us have a smile for the day. In 2014, the Egyptian government proudly announced plans to build a new section of the Suez Canal. Since it was completed in 1869, the Suez Canal has been coveted by European empires and local Arab nationalists alike. It was once a major gateway to the British Empire in India, but...

Here are three stamps with a common denominator. The first stamp, from Iran, was released in Iran for Al Quds Day, during the First Intifada. Intifada is an Arabic word literally meaning, as a noun, "tremor", "shivering", "shuddering". It is derived from an Arabic term nafada meaning "to shake", "shake off", "get...

We are on the eve of Independence Day. A big celebration for us as a country. After over 2000 years, once again we had our own country. It was a great honor when David Ben-Gurion declared independence on 14th May, 1948 at 16:00 at the Israel Museum.The British mandate was due to expire at midnight on May 15th, the following...

 In December, 2017 the Palestinian Authority, now issuing stamps as the State of Palestine, issued a pair of stamps for "Palestine Teacher's Day". The stamp was printed for the Palestinian Authority in the Kingdom of Bahrain.The stamp depicts a teacher in the colors of the pan Arab flag, pointing to a map of what...

My favorite stamp collecting theme is Arab philatelic propaganda against Israel and there is a lot of material out there. I have shown some of the items on this blog. I have provided many lectures on this issue and written many articles. Today I would like to highlight one specific stamp, because it shows the issue quite...