ISRAEL

ISRAEL / יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ - إِسْرَائِيل

Nature reserve.
Tahana waterfall, in the Naal Iyon stream.
Second stamp in a set of 5. issued on 21.01.1970.
Face value: 0.03 Israeli lira.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 2,758,000 copies.
Size: 26 x 40.5 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 457.
- Scott No. 403.
- StampWorld No. 456.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 433.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 395.

The 21 m (69 ft) high Tahana waterfall is in the course of the Nahal Iyon stream, a tributary of the Jordan River, which originates in southern Lebanon and forms a small nature reserve there. It is located in the the strategic town of Metula, the northernmost of Israel, in Upper Galilee, on the border with Lebanon, from which it is separated by the Blue Line established by the United Nations on June 7, 2000.