20.02.2012                      27.Schwat. 5772

Briefmarke:

Israel-Gibralter stamp nixed over use of J'lem image

Philatelic magazine: British objected to image of David Citadel on joint Israel-Gibraltar stamp, wanted Tel Aviv landmark instead.

An unusual binational stamp issued by Israel and Gibraltar – already printed and due to appear in June of last year – was cancelled at the last minute when the British government balked at the image of the David Citadel in Jerusalem. After British authorities insisted that the illustration be replaced with a Tel Aviv landmark, the Israel Philatelic Service decided to call off the whole project.
Authorities in Gibraltar – a tiny British overseas territory located on the end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean, with a long Jewish history – compensated the Philatelic Service for its printing costs….