Article About Stamps in a French Magazine

Dr Claude Wainstain, who lives in  Saint-Mandé France, just published (in French) in the "Echo de la Timbrologie" of May 2009 an article titled: Sous le signe de l’etoile [under the sign of the star] which includes dozens of examples of philatelic items that show a hexagram. 

Hexagram Lacing

See: 

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/hexagramlacing.htm

Thanks to Dan Felaman who referred us to this amazing idea. 

The Flag of the First Congress in Basel-2

Lena Harris died on Jan. 7, 1929 at the age of 72. She was the mother of Morris Harris, designer of the flag that hang in 1897 at the first Zionist Congress hall in Bazel, Switzerland. She sewed this flag. Morris & Lena Harris also made twelve smaller flags representing the twelve tribes.

Her tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.

Copyright: caboose_rodeo  (from Flickr) 2009

 

The Flag of the First Congress in Basel-1

Morris Harris (Jan. 25, 1874-Oct. 16, 1952) was a member of Hovevei Zion and a flag manufacturer ("Harlem Upholsterer" on 116th street New York).  In 1897 he designed the flag  of the first Zionist Congress that was held in Basel, Switzerland. He continued manufacturing these flags for many years, until he gave the design to the American Flag Company. His tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.

Copyright: caboose_rodeo  (from Flickr) 2009

Hexagram Shaped Spur, Budapest

Copyright: Zako 2009

The Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem

There’s a 12^th century hexagram at the dome of the Armenian Cathedral of St. James, which is  located in the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem. There’s a connection between the six-pointed star and the 12 Apostles (and St. James was one of them) – but I don’t think that this is the meaning of this special hexagram in this case..

Picture is courtesy of surrealpenguin from Flickr

Vatican Museum Floor Hexagram

Six pointed star with a beam of light coming down from it beside the Yule tree and the Fleur de Lis all on the Vatican Museum Floor from the period of Pope Leo XIII, 1878 to 1903.
Picture is courtesy of "edavepitman" from Flickr