436 436 E. ESSAY: circa 1953 135pr “Helmet” design “TEST STAMP” in deep rose, marginal perforated block (4) on gummed paper. Superb. The proposed issue, on behalf of the Israel Defence Forces was rejected because of the similarity in appreance to German military helmets.������������������������������������������������������������������������ $400–500 437 437 C. 1964 (Bale 305b+305) £1 Masada, horizontal marginal pair, the left unit with striking variety “Inscriptions almost all omitted’ (ie. lacks “ISRAEL ” in English & Arabic at left; the denomination and the “M” of MASADA”) used in combination with 0.15 & 0.30 definitives on airmail Express commercial cover from TEL AVIV - YAFO to ROME, Italy. The correspondence is from the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture Plant Protection Department to the Crop Protection Branch of the F .A.O. [NB: Not priced on cover!]������������������������������������������������������������ $400–500 69