When I was last in Turkey, I saw groups of men smoking hookahs like this, but that was a few years ago now. According to the sender, it's one of those scenes that's easier to find in pictures than in real life in Israel, where a hectic Western way of life has largely been adopted, involving eating pizza and watching movies.
As you might guess, when you realise the card is from Israel, the stamp doesn't show Easter, but it does show a bible story.
It's an extremely large stamp, covering half the short side of the card which is itself larger than normal. It illustrates the story of Samson and the lion, the one that gave rise to the riddle: "Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet".
This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
Hard to imagine a stamp that large but love the scene on it.
ReplyDeleteWith the long hair I thought at first this was a girl! thank you for sharing a great stamp.
ReplyDeleteViridian
wow, interesting post and sounds like its a huge one! thanks for sharing this stamp! happy sunday! :)
ReplyDeleteWell-known Bible story. Good thing Samson still had his hair when he met the lion!
ReplyDeleteA great stamp and the well known story. On golden syrup tins there used to be the saying, 'Out of the strong, comes forth sweetness' - I think.
ReplyDeleteBob, I've been trying to remember that golden syrup slogan since I got the card! Except that I'd forgotten where it was from.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks like the bottom part below the perforation isn't really a part of the stamp, which may be why the stamp seems so large.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I just looked up the stamp. On a sheet of six, only the bottom two have the part below the perforation.
ReplyDeletewow! neat stamp taken from Samson's story from the bible. Cool!
ReplyDeleteMy Sunday Stamp