sale 41
Dear friends and collectors,
Welcome to our 41st auction. Holy Land items.
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The Auction has most specialties well-represented. Especially noteworthy are the sections of Holy Land Forerunners, Jewish Colonies, Mandate Stamps & used abroad, 1948 Interim Safed 1948 - 10m local Imperforate Proof of Settes, Doar Ivri, 1948 1st Festivals, 1950 1st Air Mail, Holocaust mail & Worldwide Philately. Hong-kong postal history, China, India A-Z, Banknotes, and Coins & Medals.
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With all good and sincere wishes,
Mira & Moshe ROMANO
On Nov. 19, 1987, South Africa issued a commemorating the Bible Society of South Africa, which was founded in 1820. It was meant to be a four-stamp set. However, the 40¢ stamp contained two lines of script, one in Koine Greek, the language of the New Testament, and one in Hebrew, the language of the Old Testament. Both lines contained the word “God.”The stamps had already been distributed to South African post offices when complaints from Orthodox Jews about the use of the word “God” in a non-worship setting led South African postal authorities to withdraw the stamp.The 2016 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue notes but does not list or value the withdrawn stamp. Prices for the stamp in mint never-hinged condition vary widely,.
from about $650 up to $1,000