Bidspirit auction | The Negev stamp, State of

The Negev stamp, State of Israel 1950, face value 500 in brown and orange, Bale 47. A copy with full tab and attached sheet margin. The design shows a camel train in the Negev beside the Hebrew inscription For I give waters in the wilderness, and the tab carries a map of the Negev down to Eilat. Designed after a painting by Reuven Rubin, perforated 14 and printed from plate number 25, it is the high value among the commemorative stamps of those years. Mint never hinged, MNH.