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IDF Insignia issue, State of Israel 1949, complete set of three stamps with full tabs, face values 5, 10 and 35 in blue, green and brown, Bale 18-20. The tabs bear the emblems of the Air Force, the Navy and the Israel Defence Forces. The set was designed by the brothers M. and G. Shamir, perforated 11 and a half and printed from plates 8 to 10. It was issued on 20 September 1949 and withdrawn on 31 May 1950, and it is the first issue of the State of Israel devoted to the army. Mint, hinge marks on the gummed side of one tab.