Saudi Arabia - Kaaba's Black Stone Hajar Aswad or the Black Stone was depicted as an image of a stamp issued by Saudi Arabia. The stamp was issued on March 29, 1998. Hajar Aswad is one of sacred in Islamic tradition. It is said originated from heaven.
Another discussion about the Black Stone (from a western pespective of view) can be read here. An excerpt is given here (not to contradict the Muslim view but rather to serve as reference to stamps on meteorite theme). A lots of stamps with meteorite images were available from the site mentioned.
On March 29, 1998 Saudi Arabia issued a stamp depicting the holy black Kaaba stone in Mecca. The stone sits in the northeastern outside corner of the Kaaba building towards which Moslems pray five times daily. Moslems consider the Kaaba stone one of their holiest relics. Tradition says the stone fell from heaven, so it may be a meteorite or an impactite -- impact glass formed by sand and meteorite fragments fused together by the heat of a meteorite impact in sand. One Arabian source of impactite is the Wabar meteorite craters located about 1,070 kilometers east of Mecca. However, recent studies suggest these craters formed too recently to be the source for the Kaaba stone. See Bradley E. Schaefer's article Meteors that changed the world for more information about the Kaaba stone.
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