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Israel Postal Authority Philatelic Service souvenir leaf (דף מזכרת), Israel–Russia joint issue ”Pushkin–Shlonsky, ” 19 November 1997. Commemorates Alexander Pushkin's ”Eugene Onegin” and its Hebrew translator, the poet Abraham Shlonsky. Front bears the two joint-issue souvenir sheets — the Russia 3000-ruble sheet and the Israel 5-NIS sheet — both cancelled with the first-day Tel Aviv/Moscow special postmark of 19.11.1997. Reverse reproduces the closing stanza of ”Eugene Onegin” in Russian and in Shlonsky's Hebrew translation, with portraits of both figures. Condition: fine — clean leaf, sheets intact with clear cancels, light handling. A desirable joint-issue leaf, especially among Russian/Judaica philatelic collectors.