A Short Introduction To The Philately Of Palestine

The following two series, "Flags 1995" and "Monuments 1995", are not overprints of the two respective 1994 series, as some catalogues suggest, but reprints using changed designs. As explained previously, Israel objected to the use of the currency description as "Mils" (the currency unit used during the British Mandate), so the PNA ordered new designs to be made by its German printer, the "Bundesdruckerei Berlin". Rather than just changing "Mils" and "مليم" to "Fils" and "فلس" the changes were specifically to make the point that these were forced upon them by resembling overprints.

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The 1995 christmas folder "First Visit of President Yassir Arafat to Bethlehem" featuring the first-day special postmark (as used on the FDCs), size: 211x135mm.

The 1994/1995 collection "First Issues of Palestinian Postage Stamps" containing all mint stamps and blocks from 1994 and 1995: a double-gatefold folder (size: 189x267mm) with specially produced hingeless mounts on pages b–d, pages e & f are empty. Produced in 1995 by the Bundesdruckerei, Berlin.

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