An Israel Postal Service customer ordered a personalized postage stamp featuring a photo of him wearing a Hitler-type moustache and a Nazi swastika on his sleeve. The Postal Service notified police and filed a formal complaint against the young man, who is reportedly a resident of Haifa.

The stamp will not be created.

The order arrived by email with the desired photo sent as an attachment as part of the “My Stamp” program. The program allows customers to strut their stuff with a personalized postage stamp featuring photos or other custom images.

There is a great demand for this unique service, which is popular among customers who order the stamps for special events such as weddings, bar and bat mitzvas and births.

Postal service regulations prohibit the use of imagery or text that denigrates the honor of the State of Israel, the status of stamps as official documents of the State and the Postal Service, or the tradition of the Jewish People.

“We will not harm the Jewish People’s tradition and insult those who survived the Holocaust,” stated Israel Postal Company director-general Avi Hochman, who said he was shocked and disgusted at the order. He himself is a son of survivors.

Last week a bill, sponsored by United Torah Judaism Knesset Member Moshe Gafni, that outlaws membership in a neo-Nazi organization, passed its first reading in the Knesset.

A grand total of four Knesset members out of 120 legislators showed up for the plenum session, voting unanimously to pass the measure.

The bill now goes to the Knesset Law Committee before returning to the Knesset for its final two readings. If passed, the offense would carry a minimum three-year jail term. Until now, there has been no legislation on the books outlawing neo-Nazism in Israel.