The leaf holds both the Israeli and the Georgian stamps - each cancelled with its First Day of Issue special postmark...

The stamps feature the Kirbati Umm Leisum inscription dated back to the late 5th or first half of the 6th century...

The inscription appears on an ancient Georgian tombstone which was discovered in 2002 while excavating a Byzantine-period Georgian monastery at the Umm Leisum neighborhood, 4.5 kilometres south of the Old City of Jerusalem...

The inscription reads: "This is the grave of Iohane, Bishop of Purtavi, a Georgian"...

This is a joint issue of Israel and Georgia...

- Condition: souvenir leaf
- Issued on: December 20, 2022