Lot 144
Circular Letter from the Executive Committee of the Zionist Congress - Vienna, 1904 - Hand-Signed by Theodor Herzl / Sent on the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Death, 1954
A circular letter from the Executive Committee of the Zionist Congress. Hand-signed by Theodor Herzl and Dr. Oser Kokesch (secretary of the committee). Vienna, April 22, 1904. German.
A typewritten and stenciled circular letter - invitation to a meeting of the "Great Executive Committee" of the Zionist Congress.
This circular letter was sent by mail on the jubilee anniversary of Herzl's death and on its back appear an inscription of an address in pen, stamp with Theodor Herzl's portrait ("Fifty Years to his death"), a "Jerusalem Mount Herzl" stamp from 1954 and a "Day of stamp appearance" stamp (similar to "Maximaphily").
[1] leaf, 28 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Tears and open tears at margins.