Just when you thought it was done...

Another new generic sheet popped up on E-bay today. This one is a May 25th 2010 printing of the blue and white stamp. I have seen 2 different versions, the one pictured here with the Jonah and the Whale coin, and another with a Menachem Begin coin. Both are from ICMC (Israel Coins and Medals Corp), and both with a 38 NIS sheet price. They are listed on E-bay for $99 each. I have not yet seen this date offered elsewhere, but I am looking. At the $99 price, I won't be adding them to my collection. I have added this to my catalog listing as GEN11.10.

Generic Sheet listing summary

As far as I know, the previous 7 entries detail all of the generic sheets offered by Israel. I am sure there will be additions in the coming months and years, but it is as complete as of today as I could make it. If anyone knows of any I missed, please let me know.

Since as far as I can tell, no catalog adequately addresses these sheets, I have decided to create my own catalog numbers, and hopefully they will stick.

The *'s indicate dates on special sheets.

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Catalog #	Description	Printing Date	First Day
GEN1	Flowers	2/4/2001	3/18/2001
GEN1.1	Flowers - Telabul	7/8/2003	7/15/2003
GEN2	Yellow Flower	12/2/2001	7/15/2003
GEN3	Good Luck	7/17/2003	10/19/2003
GEN3.1	Good Luck	10/21/2003
GEN3.2	Good Luck	1/12/04
GEN3.3	Good Luck	12/1/2006
GEN3.4	Good Luck	12/2/2006
GEN3.5	Good Luck	12/5/2006
GEN3.6	Good Luck	4/12/2007
GEN3.7	Good Luck	6/17/2008
GEN3.8	Good Luck	12/1/2008
GEN4	Hugs and Kisses	7/17/2003	10/19/2003
GEN4.1	Hugs and Kisses	10/21/2003
GEN4.2	Hugs and Kisses	1/12/2004
GEN4.3	Hugs and Kisses	4/12/2007
GEN4.4	Hugs and Kisses	2/10/08*
GEN4.5	Hugs and Kisses	12/1/2008
GEN5	Mazel Tov - Wedding	7/17/2003	10/19/2003
GEN5.1	Mazel Tov - Wedding	1/12/2004
GEN6	Mazel Tov	7/17/2003	10/19/2003
GEN6.1	Mazel Tov	3/21/2006
GEN6.2	Mazel Tov	10/7/08
GEN7	Thank You	7/17/2003	10/19/2003
GEN7.1	Thank You	1/12/2004
GEN7.2	Thank You	12/5/2006
GEN7.3	Thank You	4/12/2007
GEN7A (3 stamps)	Thank You	1/3/2011
GEN8	With Love	7/17/2003	10/19/2003
GEN8.1	With Love	12/5/2006
GEN8.2	With Love	12/1/2008
GEN9	Jerusalem 2006 Generic Flower Sheet - Lily	3/21/2006	5/8/2006
GEN10	Jerusalem 2006 Generic Flower Sheet - Tulip	3/21/2006	5/8/2006
GEN11	My own Stamp - Blue and White	5/15/2007	8/27/2007
GEN11.1	My own Stamp - Blue and White	11/14/2007
GEN11.2	My own Stamp - Blue and White	6/17/2008
GEN11.3	My own Stamp - Blue and White	11/6/2008
GEN11.4	My own Stamp - Blue and White	2/4/2009*
GEN11.5	My own Stamp - Blue and White	3/24/2009*
GEN11.6	My own Stamp - Blue and White	5/15/2009*
GEN11.7	My own Stamp - Blue and White	8/5/2009*
GEN11.8	My own Stamp - Blue and White	12/2/2009
GEN11.9	My own Stamp - Blue and White	1/6/2010*
GEN11.10	My own Stamp - Blue and White	5/25/2010
GEN11A	My own Stamp - Blue and White (8 stamps)	11/14/2007
GEN11A1	Elvis Presley	11/14/2007	11/?/2007
GEN11A2	Moses Montefiore	11/14/2007	12/5/2007
GEN11A3	Mickey Marcus	11/14/2007	6/11/2010
GEN11A4	Jerusalem 2010	11/14/2007	11/21/2010
GEN12	Red Flower	1/30/2008	5/14/2008
GEN12.1	Red Flower	1/21/2009
GEN12.2	Red Flower	7/26/2010*
GEN13	White Flower	1/30/2008	5/14/2008
GEN13.1	White Flower	10/7/2008*
GEN13.2	White Flower	1/21/2009
GEN14	Love	5/4/2009	6/30/2009
GEN14.1	Love	6/5/2009*
GEN14.2	Love	10/27/2009*
GEN14.3	Love	4/7/2010*
GEN14.4	Love	2/9/2010*
GEN14.5	Love	10/24/2010*
GEN14.6	Love	1/3/2011*
GEN14.7	Love	5/24/2011*	6/19/11
GEN15	With Compliments	6/29/2010	8/25/2010
GEN16	Happy Holidays	6/29/2010	8/25/2010
GEN16.1	Happy Holidays	2/20/2011*	3/15/2011
GEN16.2	Happy Holidays	7/18/2011*	8/7/2011
GEN17	Flag	8/19/2010	11/21/2010
GEN17.1	Flag	8/27/2010
GEN17.2	Flag	10/25/2010
GEN17.3	Flag	3/22/2011*
GEN17.4	Flag	6/5/2011
SGEN4	Jetix	2/10/2008	3/16/2008
SGEN11A	Afiko-Man	2/4/2009	3/3/2009
SGEN11B	Pope Sheet #1	3/24/2009	5/4/2009
SGEN11C	Pope Sheet #2	5/15/2009	6/1/2009
SGEN11D	Casi Angeles	8/5/2009	9/6/2009
SGEN11E	Grandpa Nissans Afikoman	1/6/2010	2/21/2010
SGEN11E1	Herzl	1/6/2010	4/14/2010
SGEN12A	My First Hebrew Calendar	7/26/2010	8/1/2010
SGEN13A	Commedians	10/7/2008	10/30/2008
SGEN14A	Disney 2009	6/5/2009	7/15/2009
SGEN14B	Hannukkah 2009	10/27/2009	11/19/2009
SGEN14C	Valenitnes Day 2010	5/4/2009	2/1/2010
SGEN14D	Disney 2010	4/7/2010	5/2/2010
SGEN14E	Cabbage Head	2/9/2010	10/13/2010
SGEN14F	Hannukkah 2010	11/9/2010	10/24/2010
SGEN14G	Family Day 2011	1/3/2011	2/1/2011
SGEN14H	Winnie the Pooh	5/24/2011	6/19/2011
SGEN16A	Passover 2011	2/20/2011	3/15/2011
SGEN16B	High Holidays 2011	7/18/2011	8/7/2011
SGEN17A	Latin America	10/25/2010	11/22/2010
SGEN17B	Nachal Army Song Group	3/22/2011

Generic Sheet Listing, Part 7

There are 3 new designs that have been showing up recently. Happy Holidays, With Compliments, and the Flag sheet. So far, the first two, which were announced in Bulletin 46, have only shown up with a June 29th, 2010 printing date. These sheets were released on August 25th, 2010.

However, the flag sheet, despite being the newest addition to the generic sheet world, has already had 3 separate printings. The first printing was August 19th, 2010. This was followed up with a second printing on August 27th, 2010. This second printing is a bit unusual, in that instead of having 12 stamps and 12 blank labels to be printed with a design, it has 12 stamps, plus 6 different labels with designs for Jerusalem 2010, and then 6 blank, customizable labels. The third printing was for the bicentennial of 4 Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, and Mexico). The sheet was printed on October 25th, 2010, and issued on November 22nd, 2010.

Generic Sheet Listing, Part 5

The next set of sheets were first issued for the WSC Israel 2008 show. There were 2 separate flower sheets, the White Rose and the Red Cyclamen. Both sheets were printed on January 30th, 2008, with a price of 27 NIS. I did not see them listed in the bulletins I have. The first day of issue was May 14, 2008, which I believe was the first day of the show. The personalized examples I have show the same printing date, but are missing the price info, instead having the admin information printed under the picture.

The second printing is for the White Rose sheet only. It was printed on October 7th, 2008, and offered in bulletin #37. This one shows the price of 37 NIS. The sheet was issued on October 30th, 2008. According to the bulletin, it was issued to mark the first anniversary of the death of Yisrael (Poli) Poliyakov. He was part of the HaGashash HaHiver trio. I believe they were comics, but that is purely a guess.

Both sheets were reprinted on January 21st, 2009. I have seen several of these for sale, but none yet at a reasonable price. If anyone has some extras, please let me know.

The Red Cyclamen stamp was reprinted on July 26th, 2010 for the My first Hebrew Calendar sheet. This was offered in Bulletin 46, and has a 38 NIS price listed on the sheet. First day for this sheet was August 1st, 2010.

To date, as far as I know, there are only these 3 printings of each of these sheets. One other thing to note is that these sheets are supposedly scented, although I am not sure if they are (or were).

Generic Sheet listing, part 6

Next, we move on to the new workhorse of the generic sheets, the Love stamp. The first printing of this sheet was on May 4th, 2009. It was listed in bulletin #41, and has a 27 NIS price on the sheet with the smiling stamp. The customized sheet does not include this price, even though the sheet is from the same printing. The first day of issue was June 30th, 2009.

Bulletin 44 brought to light this sheet. It was for Family Day (as well as Valentine's day, I guess). This sheet has the same May 4th 2009 printing date as the above sheets, but it lacks both the pricing information seen on the smiling stamp sheet, and the admin printing message under the photo that Mark indicates a personalized order. So, I will call this printing 1A. The first day for this sheet was February 1st, 2010.

To date, there have been 5 additional printings of this sheet. The second and fourth printings of the sheet, from June 5th 2009 and April 7th 2010 were aimed at children, with Disney themes. The first sheet features Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. This sheet was offered in bulletin 41 as well, however it has a price of 37 NIS printed on it. The first day of issue was July 15th, 2009, and I believe the September 9th date shown on the sheet was the first date that the Disney Channel was on in Israel. The second sheet features only the gang from Mickey Mouse clubhouse, and was offered in bulletin 45. The price on the sheet has risen to 38 NIS, and the day of issue was May 2nd, 2010.

The third and sixth printings were for Hanukkah 2009 and 2010. The 2009 sheet was printed on October 29th, 2009, was listed in bulletin 43 and issued on November 19th, 2009. It shows the 38 NIS price for the sheet. the 2010 edition also shows the 38 NIS price, but has a printing date of October 24th, 2010. The first day was November 9th, 2010 and I have not yet seen it offered in the philatelic bulletin.

So, you might have noticed that I left out the fifth printing (if you didn't, you can scroll back and check). The fifth printing was on February 9th, 2010. The only time I have seen this printing is on the Cabbage Head sheet shown here. I don't believe this is a customized sheet, since it lacks the printing info under the picture on the left. The sheet is being sold on E-bay by several dealers, and they show a first day of October 13th, 2010. This sheet does not have the price on it though, so I am not sure what to make of it. Regardless, it is a new printing date. Perhaps it will be offered by the philatelic service in an upcoming bulletin.