Sunday, November 30, 2008

Israel 1958 Postcard

Israel 1958 Postcard

Magen David as part of the IDF aircraft emblem appears on an 1958 nostalgic postcard issued to mark Ten years of Israeli Independence. A plane that arrives from the sea allows us to see Israel from above: a green small (before the settlements) and clean country.

Copyright: Uri Mayrav and Hadi Or 2008

Thanks to Dobush who referred me to this image

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Yaacov Agam’s Magen David Signature

Yaacov Agam’s  Magen David Signature Israeli art

Thirty-fifth Independence Day Israeli stamp carries not only a kinetic art Magen David but also this Magen David Signature in which the Jewish star replaces both the Hebrew Aleph letter and the Latin A letter. It is, in my view, a separate stand alone work of art!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Hexagonal Postage Stamps

Bulgarian star of David made from six stamps

Commemorating 100 Years to Sofia Synagogue

Issued on 09.09.2009

Designer:Radoslav Iliev

Thanks to Cvetan Cvetkov for referring me to this stamp
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Since I consider myself the inventor of the six-pointed-star-shaped postage stamps I felt intimidated by this rivalry, but:

  1. It was issued after “my Stamp”
  2. It wasn’t six-pointed from the start.

This set of 2 stamps, which shows Aldabra giant Tortoise, was released on 2 August 2008 by the Indian postage Service. The stamp in picture is courtesy of Mansoor Hussain who wrote to me:

It is not star shaped (originally it is in hexagonal shape) it has been cut from the sheet in star shape.

Copyright: Mansoor Hussain 2008

Makoya

White on Blue (instead of the blue and white national Israeli colors) Magen David on the coats of the Makoya members who arrive to Israel.

Photographed by Zako and all rights are reserved to him.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Herzl in Caesarea

Magen David, Menorah and the Ten Commandments appear above Herzl’s statue in the yard next to the Caesarea Ralli Museum, which was founded by Harry Recanati in 1993.

Picture by Hayim Shtayer

Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008

See more Herzl pictures by Hayim Shtayer

Sunday, November 23, 2008

David & Goliath Ltd

Italian candies manufactured by Golis (=Goliath) Company with the Star of David symbol decorating the wrapping. These two names are meeting again like in a second life (Karma).

All rights reserved to Sabina Saad 2008.