Request

To my cover-exchanging friends, please try as much as possible to
(1) WRITE THE ADDRESSES USING YOUR OWN HANDWRITING
as these give a more personal touch to the cover
(2) PLEASE DO NOT USE TAPE OR STICKERS ON THE REVERSE;
the Philippine postal service damages the cover with scribbling that highly devalues the aesthetic value of the cover, which is what I am after
(3) PLEASE TRY TO USE COMPLETE SETS
or at least same themes when sending covers, but it is okay if this is not possible or if this would be expensive, and
(4) PLEASE USE SMALL ENVELOPES,
not too small, but maybe around 4"x6" or something like that; big envelopes are not very attractive unless they have many stamps.
Thank you!

8.10.08

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Another cover from Israel, not much philatelic value here, but I just felt like showing it since the stamp on the upper right hand corner is quite curious. It's part of a 4v set issued on 17 Dec 06 to celebrate Philately Day, but what is the connection between fashion and philately? Sure, you can probably think one up, but it doesn't really exist, does it?

Anyhow, the stamps celebrate the evolution of fashion in Eretz Israel/Yisrael from 1882 to 2005. The stamp here is the last chronologically.

A factual tidbit here: The phrase Eretz Israel refers to the Land of Israel, which in modern times is the Jewish homeland to be established in the general area of Palestine. In Ottoman Turkish times, Eretz Yisrael and Eretz Hakodesh (the Holy Land) were used to designate the area surrounding Jerusalem and including areas from the Litani river in the north to modern Eilat. Under the British mandate, Eretz Yisrael came to designate the area of the Mandate.

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