Israel

Date2009, 22 IV
Value6.10
Catalog no.Mi 2050, BL82   Sc --   SG MS1946,   Y&T BF81
TopicJoselewicz, Berek
OccasionPolish Year in Israel
DescriptionIsraelian-Polish joint issue. The sheet and stamp show Berek Joselewicz sitting on a horse, wearing a captain's uniform, and heading a regiment during the battle of Kock. Painting made in 1893 by the Polish painter Juliusz Kossak. Author Marzanna Dąbrowska. Inscriptions on the frame: 'Polish Year in Israel / BEREK JOSELEWICZ a Jewish fighter for Polish freedom. Last battle Kock 1809' (also in Polish and Hebrew).
Date2009, 22 IV
Value1.60 (NIS)
Catalog no. Mi 2056T   Sc 1773hT   SG 1940T   Y&T 1966T
TopicWilensky, Moshe
OccasionSeries of Israeli musicians
DescriptionPortrait of this famous Polish-Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist.
On the attached label: 1997 – 1910 year of birth – year of death.
Hebrew text: ‘He knew ther was no lighthouse on the beach’. Maybe the title of a song.