Israel 2009 International Year of Astronomy

• Issue Date: 22 April 2009
• three values
• Design: David Ben-Hador
• Printed by: E Lewin-Epstein Ltd, in sheets of 12 (3 x 4) with basal tabs and border illustrations
• Perforations: 14 x 13.5
• stamp format height 30.8mm x width 40mm

International Year of Astronomy

2.30sh ~ Jacob's Staff, navigational instrument created by Gersonides (1288-1344): navigator taking sightings, ship
3.80sh ~ gravitational lensing: Hubble Telescope & image of nearby stars warping light of distant galaxy
8.50sh ~ LISA (laser inferometer space antenna): diagram of observational system

• Notes: tabs on all values depict Galileo's telescope. Sheet borders carry various astronomical photographs and diagrams (galaxies, constellations, planets, quasar, black hole)

Sheet stamps

2.30

3.80

8.50

Stamps with tabs

2.30sh

3.80sh

8.50sh

First Day Cover

First Day Cover