More stamps from Israel

This time there are postmarks but I can't quite make them out. The three stamps along the top are from 1999 and show sites along the pilgrimage to Jerusalem: Mary's Well, the River Jordan and the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Below those are a 1996 stamp commemorating the Jewish holiday Sukkot and a 1997 stamp featuring the traditional costume of Jewish women in Ethiopia. And on the right is a 1999 stamp commemorating 17th century rabbi and poet Shalem Shabazi.

The Beautiful Biodiversity of the Scattered Islands, Île Europa

This is from Europa Island: the largest of the TAAF Scattered Islands. It is a 28 sqkm atoll that sits in the Mozambique channel between Madagascar and the African coast. The stamps from 2025 showcase the beautiful biodiversity of the Scattered Islands.

The Serbian Spruce

This is from the municipality of Bačka Topola in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The stamp on the right from 2025 commemorates 150 years since the discovery of the Serbian spruce by Serbian botanist Josif Pančić. This specific tree grows only in a very small region in the Balkins and every single tree is protected. The pair of stamps on the left are definitives with raspberries from 2022 on the left and grapes from 2024 on the right.

More Freshwater Fish from Guyana

These are the other two stamps from a 2005 set showing freshwater fish that I used on a cover from Guyana last year. On the left is a red belly piranha and on the right is a velvet cichlid or oscar.

Australia's Sustainable Future

This is from the Canberra suburb of Hawker. The three stamps on the left are a 2023 set that present "three aspects of environmental sustainability that are key to a sustainable future": renewable energy, biodiversity and Indigenous land management. And the stamp on the right is a rose coneflower from a 2015 set the showcases Australian wildflowers.

Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Japan

In the red postmark is the 45m radio telescope at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory in Minamimaki in Nagano prefecture. The site is open to the public for self-guided tours around the grounds and there is a small museum and interpretive center there also. The stamps are from the 2024 letter writing day issue showing a typewritter on the right and a Gower Bell telephone on the left.

Tribute to the Real Plan, Rio de Janeiro

From left to right on this cover from Rio are a 2003 stamp depicting the Marcantonio Vilaça Cultural Space in Brasília which is the headquarters of Brazil's Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU): their federal audit office, a 2021 Christmas stamp, and a 2024 souvenir sheet commemorating the monetary reforms of 1994 which stabilized Brazil's economy.

Montreal, Canada

On this postmark is the new REM train (Réseau Express Métropolitain): an automated light rail system covering the greater Montreal area. In the background is the city of Montreal. Only one line is currently operational and it passes through Montreal's central train station which is also the location of the Montreal B Post Office that applied this postmark. The stamp commemorates the 1977 raid on Montreal's gay bar Truxx. The resulting public outrage and support led to the first laws in Canada aimed at preventing  discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Small collection of stamps from Israel

No postmark on this one. From left to right is a 2017 stamp commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the occupation of Jerusalem, a 1991 stamp commemorating the 14th Hapoei games with karate on the top and table tennis underneath, and a 1990 Memorial Day stamp depicting the artillery corps monument in Zikhron Yaaqov. And then there's the triangle shaped stamp in the bottom corner. That is one quarter of a sheet that was issued in 1957 for TABIL: an international stamp exhibition held in Tel Aviv in September of that year.

Wheat Varieties of Algeria, FDC

This pair of stamps from Algeria was issued on the 27th of July, 2025. On the left is Massinissa Durum Wheat, well suited to growing in Eastern Algeria's interior plains. And on the right is Mawuna Soft Wheat, developed in the Algerian province of Guelma to be resist to extreme environmental conditions and diseases.

Luminous Nature from Antwerp, Belgium

The stamp on this cover from Antwerp is from a 2024 sheet of 5 stamps that feature things in nature that glow in the dark. On this stamp it's a firefly. The stamp has spots of glow in the dark ink applied to the back-end of the firefly, the denomination (2) and a blob in the bottom right corner which is part of the wing of an insect in the background image on the stamp sheet.

National Archaeological Discoveries of Latvia, Europa 2025

On this cover from the Latvian capital of Riga is a 2025 EUROPA stamp showing the Razbuki neck ring. It is an incredibly well preserved example of Roman Iron Age jewelry from the 3rd century.