Israel always had good relations with Iran during the regime of the Shah. Iran was one of the few Middle Eastern countries that had any relations with Israel. Mail passed freely between the two countries. When the Ayatollah Khomeini took power in 1979, mail from and to Israel was no longer handled. Mail to Iran was stopped...

I am a stamp and postal history collector and over the years I have bought items that I would now like to sell duplicates so that I can buy other items I want. As I have been a member of eBay since last century, somewhere in the 1990s, I also sell there, but a year ago, things took a turn for the worse. Up until then,...

Lately I've been trying to build a display page about the national awakening in Europe in the 19th century because this had an impact on the fathers of Zionism. One example of the events taking place in Europe was the unification of Italy and the delayed addition of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venice. In 1815, the Congress...

This is the story of two sisters, both deeply in love with one another, but once they were bitter enemies. Their names are Germany and France. Today they live at peace with one another and are leaders of the European Union alliance, but as late as WWII, they were bitter enemies. Their animosity to one another can be traced...

Just a short update this time. My YouTube channel now has 290 subscribers (stalkers). This puts peer pressure on me as I feel the need to continue to provide good content. How many more subscribers do I need until I am considered a YouTuber? I entered my YouTube in the first Virtual Philatelic Websites and Social Media...

The Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. The ghetto is quite close to Prague and you can actually take day trips to get there. The Gestapo was tasked to turn Terezín into a Jewish ghetto and concentration camp. Reinhard Heydrich,...

A few years back I purchased an item that had black cloth on it. I was told that I could use it whenever I wanted to use something black. This week I decided I wanted to use it and I thought it would be good for something like, Black September or Jews had to wear special cloth or during mourning we wear torn material...

On February 24, a Russian guided-missile cruiser, the Moskva, asked Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island, south of the port of Odesa, to surrender. Instead of surrendering, the 13 soldiers told the enemy warship "go f*** yourself." The island was hit by Russian missile strikes afterwards but the soldiers survived. This...

Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister on the eve of WWII, said “In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.” Very true words, though they went unheeded to a German dictator who had dreams of ruling over all of Europe. We all know the history of WWII and we will...

It is no secret today that Hitler didn't like the Jews, in fact he hated them and wanted them out of Europe. In Germany, a hundred years ago, Jews were a part of everyday life, doctors, scientists, bankers, lawyers and many others and some were very wealthy. The Nazis preferred Germany for the Germans, Aryans, and in...

Here is something funny for the day. In 2002, Mozambique issued a series for famous composers. This is the stamp they issued for Mozart. Only problem is that they wrote Ludwig van Beethoven on the stamp. Beethoven's image is bottom left. Interestingly enough is that the image shows the symbol of the Free Masons. Apparently...

Well, I reached the 200 subscribers pointed on my YouTube channel. I don't promote my videos enough of course. Thank you everyone who supported me. In November 2021, I got a Large Silver award for this site. I was happy because it was the first time this site competed. I just got the jury breakdown and I was shocked....

Before the Gulf War, Iraq issued endless stamps, often between 18 and 22 issues a year. Under Saddam, Iraq had excellent weapon manufacturing capabilities (remember Project Babylon which was also known as Saddam Hussein's super cannon?) and both Israel and Iran were the main targets. Today Iraq, like Syria, doesn't really...