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Hanukkah stamps and first day cover
Title
Hanukkah stamps and first day cover / [designed by Hannah Smotrich].
Publication
1996.
Copyright Notice Date
©1995
Physical Description
2 sheets ; 15 x 17 cm
1 envelope ; 10 x 17 cm
Medium
paper
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
"The United States Postal Service and Israeli Postal Authority commemorated Hanukkah with a joint stamp issue on October 22, 1996, in Washington, DC, and in Jerusalem, Israel. The 32-cent United States stamp and Israeli stamp went on sale nationwide on October 23. Designed by first-time stamp artist Hannah Smotrich, the stamp features nine colorful candles symbolizing Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that centers around the miracle of light. Hanukkah is a holiday about thankfulness and joy and commemorates the struggle for religious independence of the Jewish Hasmoneans from the Syrian-Greeks in 165 BC. The stamp was the first one issued in the US Postal Service's new Holiday Celebrations Series, which reflects a different cultural or ethnic holiday each year. The stamps were issued in a self-adhesive pane of twenty and were printed by Avery Dennison on the gravure press"--National Postal Museum website.
Summary
The collection contains two sheets of twenty stamps, one American and one Israeli, and an Isreali first day cover. The stamps feature a stylized illustration of a menorah by Hannah Smotrich. The Israeli stamp has the Hebrew phrase "A great miracle happened here" on the tab. The official first-day cover also features a copy of a woodcut of a man lighting a menorah, from the Sefer Haminhagim, Amsterdam, 1723,
Variant and related titles
Title on Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: Israeli-American Hanukkah stamp
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2021
Contents
Hanukhah USA 32
Hanukkah Israel 2.50
Hanukkah official first day cover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Postage stamps - Specimens.
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