Ketubah stamps feature historic Jewish contracts and Israeli art
Stamps illustrate ketubahs from the Dutch 17th century, Meknes Islamic art influenced, and a Jerusalem example, exhibited at the Israel Museum. Israel also issued stamps of three paintings by Jocesberg Krakauer and Levanon. U S stamps honor quilts with Charleston first days. Civil War era demonetization and Shanghai overprints noted.
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Israel
Israel Whiatelic Agency
Merica
Irom
Meknes
Jerusalem
Israel Museum
Haim Jocksberg
Leopold Krakauer
Efat
Mordekhai Levanon
U.S
Charleston
West Vn
Science and Culture Center
West Virginia
ESDA Ends School Lunch Meat Purchases
Washington AP The Agriculture Department says it has bought enough chicken and hamburger for school lunches this year since last July 1 purchasing 78.3 trillion pounds of chicken at over 41 million dollars and 94 million pounds of frozen ground beef costing 67.8 million. The department will buy a little more canned beef to tide cafeterias over until summer vacation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ihca
Moments in History and Birthdays for March 12 1978
On this date events include New Jersey becoming a British colony in 1664 and the first parachute jump from an airplane in 1912. Other notes cover Austria unification in 1938, Pius XII’s papacy in 1939, Finland’s 1940 surrender, Truman Doctrine in 1947, Suharto’s vow in 1966, Mauritius independence, Nixon claiming executive privilege, and birthdays for Liza Minnelli and Edward Albee.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Charles
James
Duke of York
Army
Albert Berry
Jefferson Barracks
Germany
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Pius XII
White House
Liza Minnelli
Edward Albee
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Oder
Confederate States
Shanghai
China
United States
ESDA
Finland
Soviet Union
Moscow
Harry Truman
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Nism
Gen. Suharto
Indonesia
Sukarno
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Britain
Richard Nixon
St. Rt
Shop Sun
Sharp
Big
Little Boys
McAlpin
McAlpin’s Boys
Towne Mali
McAlpin’s Men's
Towne Mall
Unl
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