ISRAEL

ISRAEL / יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ - إِسْرَائِيل

Definitive airmail stamps.
Lion Rock, Negev.
Stamp issued on 06.04.1954.
Face value: 150 Israeli prutot.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40 x 26 mm.

Catalogues
- Israel Philatelic Federation No. 107.
- Michel No. 83.
- Scott No. C12.
- StampWorld No. 83.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 79.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 12.

Lion Rock (or Frog Rock) is one of many eroded rocks found in the Negev desert, southern Israel. This is located in the area of Ma'ale Akrabim (in Hebrew, מעלה עקרבים), next to the road that connects Be'er Sheva (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע) and the port of Eilat (אֵילַת), in the Red Sea.