Philatelic lectures from Israel 75 Philatelic Academy

The Israel Philatelic Federation and the Society of Israel Philatelists have joined together to create the Israel 75 Philatelic Academy. The Academy is intended to promote all aspects of Holy Land Philately and to enhance the knowledge of collectors worldwide. This will be done with virtual philatelic lectures during April 2023 and the display of philatelic exhibits.

A designated website (www.israel75.org.il) will be operative as of March 27th. The website will contain 20 philatelic exhibits, encompassing 100 exhibition frames. The exhibits will not be judged – they will simply be on display for collectors to view and learn.

The Academy will run a series of 10 virtual lectures on the Zoom platform, presented by speakers from North America and Israel. Each presentation should last about 75 minutes + 15 minutes for Q&A. The lectures will be given on the 5 Sundays of April (2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th April), starting at Noon Eastern. On each date there will be 2 lectures.

Sunday, 2nd April
Ed Kroft – EEF First Interim Period: Civilian Stampless and Prepaid Mail: November 1917- November 1918 (7:00 PM Israel, 12:00 PM Eastern)
Joel Slutzki – Palestine – Rates & Routes 1927 – 1948 (8:30 PM Israel, 1:30 PM Eastern)

Sunday, 9th April
Prof. Shalom Sabar – The story of the early Jewish postcards (7:00 PM Israel, 12:00 PM Eastern)
Lawrence Fisher – Postcards tell us a story: The Jewish stereotype (8:30 PM Israel, 1:30 PM Eastern)

Sunday, 16th April
Michael Bass – Folded Letters from the Holy Land 1350-1852 (7:00 PM Israel, 12:00 PM Eastern)
Moshe Rimer – Turkish delight: The events on the Turkish front of WWI, as reflected in philately. (8:30 PM Israel, 1:30 PM Eastern)

Sunday, 23rd April
Dr. Joel Weiner – Postmarks of Jerusalem During the British Mandate (7:00 PM Israel, 12:00 PM Eastern)
Zvi Itelson – The overprints of the British civil administration in Palestine 1920-1922 (8:30 PM Israel, 1:30 PM Eastern)

Sunday, 30th April
Yaacov Tsachor – Doar Ivri (7:00 PM Israel, 12:00 PM Eastern)
Dr. Eddie Leibu – Haifa Postal History (8:30 PM Israel, 1:30 PM Eastern)

All presentations will be recorded and subsequently uploaded to the Academy website.