Please wish to alert readers of the Israel Philatelist to the website of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum (NPM)in Washington DC so they can view a portion of the Sidney N. Shure collection of the Holy Land . https://postalmuseum.si.edu/collections/search

Shure’s massive collection is staggering in scope. It includes an incredible assemblage of sheets and partial sheets fabulous for overprint study from the Palestine Mandate and a complete collection of the first Israel issues. There is extensive Holy Land material while the area was under Turkish control and volumes of related material from geographical neighbors and covering conflicts that took place in the region. Highlights include numerous covers from both world wars with censor and seal markings and a full sheet of Palestine Mandate #1 1pi. Shure tried to obtain extensive postal markings from every town in the region. “

Readers may be familiar with Mr. Shure and his involvement with SIP and other philatelic organizations .He was very involved in the Israel-Palestine Philatelic Society of America (IPPSA), one of the predecessor organizations of the SIP. He was the founding President of IPPSA in September 1948 and is mentioned on the first page of the Israel-Palestine Philatelist in September 1949.

Mr. Shure was from Chicago and died in 1995  at age 93. He was the chairman and owner of Shure Brothers Inc., a manufacturer of microphones. Here is a picture of Mr. Shure.