Nepal 1994 Postage Stamp

Hexagram appears on Nepal 1994 Postage Stamp

 Picture is courtesy of Dobush from Kfar Aza Israel

Dobush from kfar Aza asked Israeli philately expert Ron Berger (in a Forum at Tapuz) about this postage stamp. Ron Berger says that this is the fourth in a series of famous people postage stamps issued on 23 December 1994, showing Bala Guru Shadananda (1835- 1916) who founded the first public schools in Nepal.

I thank Dobush and Ron Berger for the accurate info.

The 50th Anniversary of Management Education in Nepal-2004  

 2009 - Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Tribhuvan University in Nepal

Tau Crosses inside a hexagram

Picture of early 20^th century Tau Crosses inside a hexagram at Sheffield Roman CatholicCathedral, England, is courtesy of  “evissa” from Flickr who calls the hexagram by the name “double Trinity star”. Tau is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, and it looks like the letter T.

Arabic illustration, Devils

Hexagram with a human figure and devils appears on an illustration from the 14th century C.E. Image was copied from Wikimedia Commons, entry: Category: Kitab al-Bulhan (Book of Wonders, MS. Bodl. Or. 133 manuscript, uploaded by: “Peacay”.

This illustration is included in a collection of Arabic illustration dealing with astrology, astronomy and geomancy. The book was compiled by Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani. I reckon, based on the context, that this Hexagram represents a star or a planet. 

65th anniversary of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

In 2008 the Bank of Poland issued this coin to commemorate 65th anniversary of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. On the coin we see a Magen David (Yellow Badge) in the shape of barbed wire (which is a well known motif in commemorating the Holocaust) and a girl wearing a beret.

Another coin in this series shows another Magen  David (Yellow Badge) against a brick wall. Courtesy of Gideon from “collect”, the Israeli collectors’ forum. 

Arab stamp with Solomon’s seal pattern

Arab stamp with Solomon’s seal pattern 

Sent to me by Dobush from Kfar Aza

Copyright: Dobush 

Big Smoke

Artist Sabina Saad spent many years in Italy before she came to Israel.  In Italian the comics “balloons” are called FUMETTO, which means small smoke, but Jews in the holocaust went to Heaven in a Big Smoke. There are no words in these “balloons” since Jewish victims’ voices were not heard at that time, and since many Jewish survivors stopped believing in God.

Dialog with a Yellow Badge Series

Ink and color pencil on paper

14.3X14.3 cm.

Copyright: Sabina Saad 2008

Moroccan local stamp from 1895

Philatelist Dr Claude Wainstain from France sent me this 1895 Magen David on a postal stamp (and other stamps from the same period) and wrote the following:

The Moroccan local stamp that is shown o your blog (April 6 2008, "rare stamp from Tetouan') was on use by one of the 20 local postage services, of which 19 where created by Jews. This one was created in March 1896 by Josue Benchimol, from Tetuan to

Chaouen (70 km). There are two major symbols on this stamp, the six-points star and the moon crescent with a star, and it's difficult not to imagine that they symbolize both religions.

Another local post was created in 1895 by Aaron Cohen from Tanger to

Arcila (50 km), with a Magen David.