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Israel Today article for 75th Independence day on the use by Malka beers of Shamir posters on their labels. 21 April 2023
Towards Hanukkah 2022, Farkash Gallery in Jaffa are auctioning military posters; Five of them by the Shamir brothers. Prices range from 790 to more than 5000 dollars
David Sela presented on Channel 13 the mail poster " Post your festival greetings early" designed by the Shamir brothers in the early 1960s. He also used the poster as the header on his popular website "Nostalgia". September 2022
A collection of articles by Dr. Einat Wilf was published in the USA "Should everyone be Zionist". On the cover is a banknote by the Shamir brothers from 1958 and a portrait of Einat Wilf inspired by a Nahal soldier on the banknote.
In the Negev Holyland's 100th auction, the FDC designed by the Shamir brothers of the Negev stamp from 1950 is being offered. September 2022
At an auction at an event of the Israel Philatelic Federation five stamps designed by the Shamir brothers are offered for sale. August 2022 Update: At the sale on September 2, high prices were achieved
An article in Israel Today: "A lesson with respect" uses two JNF stamps on "Respect your teacher" designed by the Shamir brothers in 1953. July 2022
A poster exhibition from the Roni Duak collection was presented at Beit Hanna, Florentine, Tel Aviv. Inc works by the Shamir brothers, Otte Wallish, Franz Krauss, Yochanan Simon and Rudy Deutsch Dayan. May 2022
The editor of "Fri-Sat" of "Israel Today" chose a poster by the Shamir brothers to illustrate an article by Yair Nitzani on the deterioration of the status of the Hebrew language. Dec 2021
In the book "The Collection of the Century" on the Central Zionist Archive centenary the authors wrote about the Shamir brothers: "Their graphic work was integrated into the life of the country on the way and in the first decades of the country."
The Shamir poster "The Best for Pilots" opens Ofer Aderet's column in Haaretz in memory of the pilot Shabtai Gilboa, who modeled for the poster. "The designers, enlisted for the mission and Gilboa became famous overnight," Aderet writes. 11/2021
The pilot Shabtai Gilboa (87), who modeled for the poster "The Best for Pilots" 1962 by the Shamir brothers, passed away. Gilboa finished his service in the Air Force with the rank of colonel and moved to El Al as captain. Nov 2021
A Shamir brothers poster for the International Workers' Day 1952 appears in a traveling exhibition in schools about the status of women in the Land of Israel, November 2021
The "Good Words" exhibition by the Shenkar Center for Design Research will open at the Old City Museum in Jaffa on November 19. It will include five 1950s posters designed by the Shamir brothers.
" Post your holidays greetings early" - a poster, designed by the Shamir brothers for the Israel Post, appears in "Israel Today", half a page in the "70 Years After" section, edited by David Sela. Sep 2021
A 1938 poster by Shamir brothers for the Israeli maritime authority has recently been discovered.
The figures from the 1958 Shamir designed banknotes on the dining room wall of Kibbutz Ginosar
A souvenir album presented by the Shamir brothers to the Minister of Postal services, Mordechai Nurock, with stamps designed by them. Offered for sale by Kedem, July 2021
A new book edited by Yoram Shamir: "In Shamir brothers' Footsteps" - 47 stories with illustrations by Daria Moses. has been added to our website. July 2021
A Shamir brother poster on the occasion of the appearance of a new newspaper for new immigrants "Omer" [says] appears in David Sela's section in "Israel Today July 21

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Recent research in July 2018 by Uri Shamir unearthed 41 items that have now been added to our web-site.

Recent research in July 2018 by Uri Shamir unearthed 41 items that have now been added to our web-site. These are:

1. The £1 Ghana stamp designed by Shamir.

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?stmp=2170&srs=0&id=4.10.2408.html#.W1RJUtIzrIU

2. Two Granada stamp series of six stamps in each designed by Shamir. Mexico Olympics and Kennedy's 50th birthday.

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=4.10.2409.html#.W1hcMdIzrIW

3. A Shamir Falkland Islands FDC for QE2's silver anniversary

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=4.11.3954.html#.W1RLS9IzrIU

4. A Maldives FDC by Shamir - 25th Anniversary of QE II coronation

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=4.11.3955.html#.W1bpo9IzrIV

5. 10 FDCs for stamp series designed by Shamir for Ghana, Maldives and Togo. The FDCs were designed by Art Craft.

Togo admission to the UN 1960

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3964.html#.W1dF9NIzrIU

Ghana 1st anniversary of the republic, 1961

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3956.html#.W1dGFNIzrIU

Maldives Kennedy 1963

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3957.html#.W1dGNdIzrIU

Togo World Fair in USA (first) 1964

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3962.html#.W1dGUNIzrIU

Togo World Fair in USA (second) 1964

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3963.html#.W1dGbdIzrIU

Togo International Cooperation Year 1965

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3959.html#.W1dGhdIzrIU

Togo Postage Stamps - stamps on stamps (first) 1967

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3960.html#.W1dGo9IzrIU

Togo Postage Stamps - stamps on stamps (second) 1967

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3961.html#.W1dGzdIzrIU

Maldives the boy scout movement 1973

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3958.html#.W1dG59IzrIU

Togo Centennial of Universal Postal Union 1974

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3965.html#.W1dHCtIzrIU

6. 14 more FDCs for stamps designed by Shamir. These FDC were almost certainly not designed by Shamir and the designers of these are no known.

Surinam Official opening of airport 1960

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3974.html#.W1hIs9IzrIU

Surinam Rome Olympics 1960

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3975.html#.W1hIzNIzrIU

Ghana Freedom and justice 1961

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3966.html#.W1hI4NIzrIU

Togo In Honour of John Glenn's first orbiting flight 1962

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3979.html#.W1hJ39IzrIU

Nigeria African Conference in Lagos 1962

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3973.html#.W1hJ89IzrIU

Ghana The world without the bomb 1962

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3967.html#.W1hKBdIzrIU

Ghana National Founders' day 1963

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3969.html#.W1hKG9IzrIU

Ghana UNESCO 1964

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3970.html#.W1hKNtIzrIU

Nigeria Campaign to save the monuments of Nubia 1964

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3972.html#.W1hKTdIzrIU

Ghana National Founders' day 1964

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3968.html#.W1hKm9IzrIU

Togo 15th anniversary of independence 1975

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3976.html#.W1hKrdIzrIU

Togo Vintage cars 1977

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3977.html#.W1hKv9IzrIU

Togo International year of the child 1979

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3978.html#.W1hK0tIzrIU

Maldives Flowers 1979

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=8.20.3971.html#.W1hK5NIzrIU

7. Eight items that may well have been designed by Shamir - but there is no evidence that they were.

3 FDCs for Togo

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3985.html#.W1haENIzrIU

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3986.html#.W1haMdIzrIU

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3987.html#.W1haQ9IzrIU

3 FDC's for Maldives

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3980.html#.W1haetIzrIU

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3981.html#.W1haiNIzrIU

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3982.html#.W1hapNIzrIU

Another FDC for Maldives

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3983.html#.W1ha3dIzrIU

And finally a football series for Ghana with one stamp (the 1d) looking very much like Shamir work

http://www.shamir-brothers.com/?id=7.0.3984.html#.W1hbJdIzrIU

Every item and FDC mentioned above includes Shamir stamps.