COVER N.80 - Israel

Postmark: Illegible 13FEB2022
Posted on the 13th February; received on the 4th March
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80. Another round number...I look back at when I started this blog (and i'm not far from the one year mark) and I think of what I have learned, of what knowledge I have acquired just by looking at tiny squares (well, ...for ease of expression, I'm not that geometrically challenged...) of paper glued onto an envelope by other so inclined persons scattered all around the globe. It is like reading a book, I guess,  each page or small set of pages being a full chapter that can motivate the reader to go deeper in the quest for the story, the facts, the curiosity, the personality, the whatever subject that is presented on that tiny square of paper.

Israel, four stamps on an envelope... Thank you so much Yair, let the quest begin again...😀

Stamps left to right:

two 10 new agora stamps from a 10  even priced stamp minisheet dedicated to the Hebrew Alphabet, issued on 13FEB2001. On the same date, another minisheet was also issued with the full 22 letter alphabet. I could not find any information on why this particular 10 characters were also issued in a separate minisheet.

2,5 new shekel stamp issued on 06APR2021,  celebrating The Israel Memorial Day, a remembrance day for the fallen soldiers of the wars of Israel and the victims of actions of terrorism.

2,5 new shekel stamp issued on 08MAY2019 as part of a two stamp  joint emission with Singapore.

The illustrations on these beautiful stamps feature a garland made of flowers butterflies and the national birds of each of the two countries. Each stamp has a mirrored illustration of the garland, the stamp on my cover highlighting the "Singapore" side of it while the other, conversely, highlights the Israeli side.

As such, my stamp showcases Singapore's national bird, the Crimson sunbird - Aethopyga siparaja, (see? What did I tell you about learning things from stamps....?), while the other stamp on the set gives the rostrum to the lovely Hoophoe - Upupa epops.

The postmark, although  used several times on the cover is always, unfortunately, undecipherable, but for the date in one of them, that indicates that the letter was mailed on the 13th February.