Educational Stamps - Israel 1972





I found these gorgeous Israeli stamps on a great blog, Words and Eggs. They were issued in 1972 to celebrate the countries rise in educational standards and illustrate stages of education (above - top to bottom):

Elementary school - "The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom..." (Proverbs 4:7)
Secondary school - "Train upon a child in the way he should go..." (Proverbs 22:6)
Vocational training - "... but all study of the law without labor comes to naught at the last..." (Pirkei Aboth 2)
Academic training - "...but you shall meditate on it day and night..." (Joshua 1:8)

Big thanks to Kickcan & Conkers for pointing us to this great blog.

Images copyright The Israel Philatelic Federation (IPF).
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3 comments:

  1. Top Bird @ Wee Birdy14 January 2010 at 12:39

    Lovely design, what a great find (and blog!). xx

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  2. Kickcan & Conkers14 January 2010 at 14:05

    Glad you like it - she's just started a great Tumblr too.

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  3. Make Do Style14 January 2010 at 14:09

    Really great designs and colours but also what uplifting words to. Can't imagine us celebrating educational achievements these days in any country.

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