Israel 2012 Wildlife Conservation and Animal Hospital
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 15th December 2012
- three values se-tenant in a sheetlet of nine (six stamps with tabs and one gutter label)
- Designed by Igal Gabay and Tuvia Kurtz
- Printed by: Cartor Security Printers, France
- Perforations: 12.9 x 13.2
- stamp format height 30mm (50mm including tab) x width 40mm
- sheetlet format height 150mm x width 160mm
3sh ~ Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca
3sh ~ fawn of mountain gazelle, Gazella gazella gazella
3sh ~ imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca
Each stamp shows hospital workers hands holding an animal patient, and a sticking plaster, symbolising the work of the Ramat Gan Zoological Centre in caring for wounded or abandoned creatures
