We also want to welcome you to our new products page. It is the first time since we went on line some 7 years ago, that we have added a completely new section for books, gifts and other Judaica items, albeit modest to start with. There are other innovations as well, some hidden, but nevertheless making the site more efficient. And the links should also allow you to browse our site with greater ease. The credit goes to my son-in-law Scott, who is my webmaster and developer. To him the kudos, and the criticisms as well. So if you have any comments, good, bad or otherwise, we welcome them all. We want to make this site the premiere site for Judaica paper collectibles of all kinds.

And to a third topic. Many of you may have noticed we are virtually down to less than 5-6 shows a year. Because of back problems, I have had to cut down on long distance travelling, and no lifting of heavy boxes (stamps are very heavy. So our main business will be on our site and on e-Bay. We urge all our customers to visit e-Bay and see our auctions and fixed price sales. Our user name on e-Bay is judaica-sales. Many one of a kind items will go up on e-Bay before they go on our site, or may not even reach our site at all. Between our e-Bay store and auctions and our site, I am hopeful you will find all your Judaica needs, and we urge you strongly to e-mail us with comments, suggestions, etc.

In going through our entire stock for scanning purposes we also noted that many items are in short supply. This is the first time in many years we have updated our FDC stock, and many items have no more than 2-3 in stock, so we urge you to order as early as possible, as most of these items are extremely difficult to replace once they're sold out. To celebrate our completion of this part of the site we are offering a superb discount shedule on our entire website only until

1. The easiest way to navigate the site is simply by going through the entire site and clicking next after every page. This way you get to see everything, both old and new.

2. Unfortunately, while entering items, in some cases, we delete an item by mistake and have to re-enter it. These appear as NEW items, so be careful when placing orders that you do not order older items (if you have them) as NEW items.

3. We have a problem by country and topic search, as well as by 30-60-90--day search. When you key in a country or topic or 30-60-90 day search that is longer than one page, clicking next will NOT bring you to the next page of that country or topic but straight to the beginning of the list. This has been a problem in correcting but we are trying to do this as soon as possible, as it is a major irritant. The only way to avoid this before this is fixed, is by browsing through the whole list (#1).

4. While we have tried to be uniform in listing our topics, we may have (we definitely have) screwed up in a number of instances. Conbsequently you may have the same topic entered twiuce with variations in spelling (errors), etc. This will be corrected over time.

5. Multiple word topics must have an underscore _ between words such as stars_of_david, or concentration_camps.

6. Our topics are listed in the plural, synagogues, flags, maps etc.

7. It is understood in this Judaica site that flags relate ONLY to Israel flags, maps relate only to Israel maps, mosques relate only to mosques in Israel, etc.

8. Each of our entries has room for 5 keywords. In many instances there are more than 5 keywords that can be entered. In this case we try to choose the more important ones. For example, whenever a photo is shown, we first list portraits. If there are many individuals shown, we list the most important such as Einstein, Freud etc. But there will be many keywords that cannot be listed. HOWEVER, inevitably, the item will be listed with another key word. So while not all Einstein stamps will be listed under scientists, all Einstein stamps will definitely be listed under Einstein.

9. All names have full names listed with the_ between them. Examples are: kirk_douglas, otto_wallach, karl_landsteiner, etc etc. However, there are some names that are simply known by their one name, and are listed as such. They are Einstein, Freud, Maimonides, etc.

10. Many items can, of course, be listed under multiple keywords, as explained. But with the internet, we can accomodate customers who want to focus on specific items. Consequently, while the keyword HOLOCAUST will bring up EVERYTHING related to the holocaust, keying in anne_frank will only bring up items related to Anne Frank. Another example is keying in the keyword SYMBOLS. This will bring up all items that have flags, jude badges, stars_of_david, alef_bet, etc. Keying in only stars_of_david, will only bring up Stars of David.

11. The search engine is NOT case sensitive, and both upper and lower case may be used.

12. We have have a link at the top of the Judaiaca stamps page to all our keywords in the system. Consequently, you can pull up this list and see all the keywords listed, and click on the topic directly from the list. This will alleviate misspelled words when entering a search.

13. When you pull up images, you will notice all the relavent data: Country, Scott #, description and prices come up alongside the image so that you will not have to go back and forth to see what the item is or what it costs.

And finally we solicit your help. If key words are not right, or you want new key words added (we may increase our key words per item to 8) or whatever, frankly, please let us know. Most such changes are minor and we accomodate almost evrybody's requests, making the site easier to navigate for all. Have fun.

We have also added under the category of cachets and cancellations approximately some 30 or so new Brazil cancels, and shortly we will be adding Argentina and Romani, both of which we have large runs, and then the rest of our cancel and cachet stock. All these will also have images. So stay tuned and keep coming back. Have fun!!!

We also have a complete run of some 20 diff Israeli items related to the launch and subsequent destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, and the death of the astronauts including Israeli astronaut Col. Ilan Ramon. Many of the launch items number only 500, most of the items re-issued after Ramon's death, number only 387, the Hebrew equivalent of his name, called in Hebrew gematria or in English numerology.

Qunatities are extremely limited and some sets already sold. we were planning to put them all up with images this week, but my son-in-law, who manages my system had a computer crash, and is the process of trying to get it restored. Hopefully by the end of the week, we can get it all up and running. In the meantime, if you are interested in any of the Ramon covers, please do get in touch with us. As always, to be fair, first come, first served.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE'RE ON THE NET!!! All our Judaica stamps, souvenir sheets, sheetlets and First Day Covers are now 100% online as of this date. Everything in OUR JUDAICA STAMPS AND COVERS stock is now available on line. Images will follow for both stamps and First Day Covers, slowly but surely, as this is more time consuming. And then we'll follow up with hundreds of special cancels and cachets that are NOT First Day. Hundreds of prices, both up and down, hundreds of spelling mistakes (although I'm sure there are more), and hundreds of items have been added. FDCs for which we have diff cachets have all been added. In addition, what cannot be seen, is we added and corrected hundreds of key words that will allow you to search by topic, or more accurately by hundreds of topics and key words

To be sure, there are still some problems with the site search engines, and these are being worked on as we speak by a new webmaster. He has assured me that all errors will be corrected. But it is worthwhile once gain, to note how to navigate the site for maximum efficiency.

1. The easiest way to navigate the site is simply by going through the entire site and clicking next after every page. This way you get to see everything, both old and new.

2. Unfortunately, while entering items, in some cases, we deleted an item by mistake and had to re-enter it. These appear as NEW items, so be careful when placing orders that you do not order older items (if you have them) as NEW items.

3. We have a problem by country and topic search, as well as by 30-60-90--day search. When you key in a country or topic or 30-60-90 day search that is longer than one page, clicking next will NOT bring you to the next page of that country or topic but straight to the beginning of the list. As mentioned above, this is being worked on as we speak. The only way to avoid this before this is fixed, is by browsing through the whole list (#1).

4. While we have tried to be uniform in listing our topics, we may have (we definitely have) screwed up in a number of instances. This will be corrected over time.

5. Multiple word topics must have an underscore _ between words such as stars_of_david, or concentration_camps

6. Our topics are listed in the plural, synagogues, flags, maps etc.

7. It is understood in this Judaica site that flags relate ONLY to Israel flags, maps relate only to Israel maps, mosques relate only to mosques in Israel, etc.

8. Each of our entries has room for 5 keywords. In many instances there are more than 5 keywords that can be entered. In this case we try to choose the more important ones. For example, whenever a photo is shown, we first list portraits. If there are many individuals shown, we list the most important such as Einstein, Freud etc. But there will be many keywords that cannot be listed. HOWEVER, inevitably, the item will be listed with another key word. So while not all Einstein stamps will be listed under scientists, all Einstein stamps will definitely be listed under Einstein.

9. All names have full names listed with the_ between them. Examples are: kirk_douglas, otto_wallach, karl_landsteiner, etc etc. However, there are some names that are simply known by their one name, and are listed as such. They are Einstein, Freud, Maimonides, etc

10. Many items can, of course, be listed under multiple keywords, as explained. But with the internet, we can accomodate customers who want to focus on specific items. Consequently, while the keyword HOLOCAUST will bring up EVERYTHING related to the holocaust, keying in anne_frank will only bring up items related to Anne Frank. Another example is keying in the keyword SYMBOLS. This will bring up all items that have flags, jude badges, stars of david, alef bet, etc. Keying in only stars_of_david, will only bring up Stars of David.

11. The search engine is NOT case sensitive, and both upper and lower case may be used

12. We have have a link at the top of the Judaiaca stamps page to all our keywords in the system. Consequently, you can pull up this list and see all the keywords listed, and click on the topic directly from the list. This will alleviate misspelled words when entering a search.

13. When you pull up images, you will notice all the relavent data - Country, Scott #, description and prices come up alongside the image so that you will not have to go back and forth to see what the item is or what it costs.

And finally we solicit your help. If key words are not right, or you want new key words added (we may increase our key words per item to 8) or whatever, frankly, please let us know. Most such changes are minor and we accomodate almost evrybopdy's requests, making the site easier to navigate for all.