MONEY ISRAEL 1 LIRA 1958/5718 BANK OF ISRAEL DAY STAMP CANCEL 2009 PIC 30 RARE

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MONEY ISRAEL 1 LIRA 1958/5718 BANK OF ISRAEL FIRST DAY STAMP CANCEL 2009 PICK #30 GEM UNC RARE
Israel, Bank of Israel
SPECIAL ISSUE
Pick #30 1958 / 5718 (1958)
1 LIRA - Printer: JEZ (without imprint)
S/N 0844401
GEM UNC
Also has post seals: 17 2, 2009 In honor anniversary.  " Day Issue 17.2.2009 "
( original stamp and postmark)
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Israel's 60th Independence Day celebrations will commence on Wednesday evening, May 7, when the state flag is raised to full mast at a national ceremony on Mount Herzl, at which twelve torches are lit.
With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Jewish independence, lost two thousand years earlier, was restored.
Independence Day is a celebration of the renewal of the Jewish state in the Land of Israel, the birthplace of the Jewish people. In this land, the Jewish people began to develop its distinctive religion and culture some 4,000 years ago, and here it has preserved an unbroken physical presence, for centuries as a sovereign state, at other times under foreign domination. Throughout their long history, the yearning to return to the land has been the focus of Jewish life.