Bidspirit auction | Philatelic souvenir leaf for 70


Philatelic souvenir leaf for 70 years of the Hagana organisation and the Haifa Hagana Monument on Hagana Hill on the Carmel, Israel 1990. Numbered 0285 of 1010, and additionally numbered 125 of 250 in the overprint for 75 years since the founding of the Hagana and the assembly in memory of Yitzhak Rabin. Hagana 70th Anniversary stamp with face value 1.50 with tab, bearing a Haifa postmark dated 12.12.1990, and a Yitzhak Rabin 1922-1995 stamp with face value 5 NIS with tab, bearing a Haifa postmark dated 15.1.1996. The leaf reproduces the Security Israel stamp with face value 150, issued 1.1.1957 and designed by O. Wallish, and the Haifa Bay stamp with face value 100, issued 13.4.1952 and designed by O. Wallish. The reverse quotes D. Ben Gurion from the order of the day establishing the Israel Defence Forces, 31 May 1948. Carmel catalog no. 84a, catalog value 1120 NIS. Excellent condition.