Almost always human settlements coagulated near a water source, which was sometimes a well. Because the well was one of the few places where many members of society could meet at one point, it got it of particular importance to human communities, as a very popular gathering place, where people exchanged news, joked, gossiped or simply socialized. Because the work of carrying water was assigned to women and often young women, the wells became even a popular gathering places for young men seeking a wife.
Let's not forget that many incidents in the Bible take place around wells, such as the finding of a wife for Isaac in Genesis and Jesus's talk with the Samaritan woman in the Gospels. Unfortunately, with the invention of running water, all these activities have been moved indoor, in closed spaces.
About the stamp
The stamp, designed by M. Licul, was issued on April 24, 2001 to mark The 60th Anniversary of Uprising Against Occupation. Formerly Liberation Front Day, Day of Uprising Against Occupation is celebrated every year in Slovenia on 27 April, and marks the establishment in 1941 of the Anti-Imperialist Front to fight "imperialists", later renamed the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian, Hungarian, and Croatian partition and annexation of Slovenia.
Sender: Slavica Radej (direct swap)
Sent from Brestanica (Styria / Slovenia), on 29.08.2017
Photo: Ubald Trnkoczy
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