Description:
Celebrate a joyous Jewish holiday and those who celebrate with this Hanukkah Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover.
The digital color postmark shows a blue menorah with yellow flames. Also included is the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance.
The origin story of Hanukkah stems from a struggle for religious liberty and human rights. It is a tale centered on the Maccabees, a small army of Jewish warriors, fighting for the right of all Jews to practice their religion freely. Around 167 B.C., the emperor Antiochus IV engaged in a brutal campaign to force Jews to convert to Greek polytheism. He persecuted those who continued to practice Judaism with the passing of many oppressive laws, and he also looted and desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem, which was the holiest of shrines for the Jewish people. The outnumbered Maccabees revolted, and against all odds, prevailed over the much bigger armies of the emperor.