Ruth (Beckman) Malka

Ruth (Beckman) Malka was the designer selected for the second Tourist Sites stamps series. Unfortunately, because of the discontinuation of the Klussendorf Machines' Service, only three of her designs evolved to regularly circulated stamps: Haifa, Beer-Sheva and Knesset. The full series included additional sites, such as: Elat (Figure 1), Yad-Vashem, Tel-Aviv, Nathanya, Ashkelon, Ceasarea, Rishon-Letzion and Ben-Gurion Airport.

Figure 1: Un-issued Elat Klussendorf Stamp by Ruth (Beckman) Malka

Below is some of the designer's artwork for the Yad-Vashem stamp: three color un-adopted designs, and one pencil sketch of the adopted design - courtesy of the artist.

Yad Vashem: Original artist sketch for a Klussendorf Stamp (un-adopted design)

Yad Vashem: Original artist sketch for a Klussendorf Stamp (un-adopted design)

Yad Vashem: Original artist sketch for a Klussendorf Stamp (un-adopted design)

Yad Vashem: Original artist sketch for a Klussendorf Stamp (adopted design)