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A miniature sheet of six stamps issued by Israel on 5th December, 2007, which may be of interest to members of the Royal Ark Mariner degree.

The sheet depicts “The Story of Noah’s Ark” as recounted in the Book of Genesis The left-hand stamp in the top row shows the dove returning with the olive sprig: that next to it Noah and his family getting their first sight of the rainbow.

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Depicted here is Brother Abd-el-Kader, Algerian Patriot and Emir of Mascara. He appears as the second entry our list of those Freemasons who have appeared on stamps.

Born 6 September 1808 and died on 26 May 1883. He was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by the Algerians as their national hero.

Initiated, passed and raised on 18 June, 1867, in Lodge “Les Pyramids” in Alexandria at the request of Lodge “Henri IV” in Paris .