A Short Introduction To The Philately Of Palestine

The Stamp Booklets of Palestine

Stamp Booklet 1: Bethlehem 2000

The booklet contains seven sheets:

  • cover 1 (pages 1/2)
  • stamp sheet 1 (pages 3/4): 2000 Fils, MiNr.153
  • interleaving sheet 1 (pages 5/6)
  • stamp sheet 2 (pages 7/8): 2000 Fils, MiNr. 154
  • interleaving sheet 2 (pages 9/10)
  • stamp sheet 3 (pages 11/12): 2000 Fils, MiNr. 155
  • cover 2 (pages 13/14)
The sheets are stitched together on the left side with a white fathom (26 stiches) covered by red sticky tape. Booklets with golden tape also exist.
The size of the booklet is 156x99mm, with the "golden" variant reported by Thomas Schubert to be minimally smaller (155x96mm).

book001_c1 (3K) book001_c2 (3K)         book001a_t (3K) book001b_t (3K)
The booklet was devised by M.J. Gelamur using images of paintings by Fra Angelico, Giotto, Gentile da Fabriano, and a photograph by J.P. Veret-Lemarinier. It was printed by Cartor Security Printers, La Loupe, France, using 22 carat gold applications.
book001_V (208K) book001_R (208K)
book001_01 (27K) book001_02 (27K)
book001_03 (27K) book001_04 (27K)
book001_05 (27K) book001_06 (27K)
book001_07 (27K) book001_08 (27K)
book001_09 (27K) book001_10 (27K)
book001_11 (27K) book001_12 (27K)
book001_13 (27K) book001_10 (27K)

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