The Holi (India) and Purim (Israel) Festivals’ stamps involving India and Israel were originally scheduled to be released on February 13, 2024, but India was not ready to participate at that time. The new date of May 7, 2024 was set as second possibility, but the Indian stamp was still not released and the Israel sheetlet remained an unilateral issue, described as such in the catalogue under the entry [N20240507]. Surprisingly, on this February 11, 2025, we learned from several sources (Souvik Ghatak, India; Kenneth Sequeira, Singapore; Dov Lask, Israel – thanks to all of them) that finally, the two souvenir sheets became available, proven through first day covers bearing both the same issue date of February 11, 2025. The Israel souvenir sheet described so far was printed and ready since February 2024. It appeared on different blogs, but was not available for sale. No Israel cancelled cover dated before February 2025 has been seen so far, and therefore this new date of February 11, 2025 becomes the official day of first issue, leading this issue to be identified as Twin. Obviously, this issue deserves now a full description in the catalogue under the entry [T20250211].




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