S.N. Shure Honored With Two Stamps In Israel

Shure Incorporated announced today that the Israel Postal Authority has issued two stamps posthumously honoring the company's founder, S.N. Shure. Mr. Shure received this recognition through the efforts of Ahinoam Giveon, the managing director of Shure's distributor in Israel, Giveon Electronics, which is celebrating its 70th year as a Shure distributor.

 

Mr. Shure was honored with the issuance of two stamps in Israel: one bearing the bas-relief of Mr. Shure, which is displayed in the lobby of the company's corporate headquarters in Niles, IL, and the second picturing the Model 55SH Unidyne Microphone.

 

"I am pleased Mr. Shure has received this honor," said Sandy LaMantia, President and CEO of Shure. "I am also extremely grateful for the effort that our longtime friend and colleague, Ahinoam Giveon, put forth in order to make this happen. It's a real testament to the kind of person Mr. Shure was and to the kinds of people he chose with which to do business."

 

Mr. Shure enjoyed collecting stamps from the Holy Land that tell of Palestine and Israel's stories during the 19th and 20th centuries. He has been described as "one of the greatest Holy Land stamp collectors ever" and made donations of Israeli and Palestinian stamps to the National Postal Museum located in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

 

Mr. Shure founded the Israel-Palestine Philatelic Society in the 1940's and was a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society in London. He was also a member of the Collector's Club of Chicago, the Chicago Philatelic Society, and the Collectors Club of New York. He received the Grand Award (Hennan Trophy) at the Chicago Philatelic Society's 64th Annual Exhibition in 1951.

 


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