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| Printed in 1948 (before the end of the British Mandate), these were the first stamps created for the new nation of Israel. Because the Jewish leadership had not yet selected a name for their nation, they read "Doar Ivri" (Hebrew Post) rather than "State of Israel". The stamps depict coins from the wars of the Second Temple and Bar Kochba. These images are particularly appropriate for the time as they symbolized Jewish struggles toward and times of sovereignty. |
| For more information about this stamp series, see Stamps of Israel Encylopedia and Catalogue (CD-ROM, SweetChild Software, 1998), article entry for "Doar Ivri 1948." |
| For more information about the Sol Singer Collection, please contact Special Collections at 404-727-6887 or speccollref@emory.edu. |
| updated May 2002 |