Auction 11 - Israeli History and Culture

Eretz Israel – Postcards of Lithographic Printing

Opening: $300
Unsold
5 undivided postcards, views of Eretz Israel:
1. A postcard from Shmuel Beck Printing. Three illustrations of Jerusalem and an illustration of Zichron Ya'akov, accompanied by p'sukim from the Bible. postmark from 1898.
2-3. Two postcards published by Zvi Kodesh, Monsohn printing. On the first, illustrations of Tiberius, Safed, Jaffa and the Mount of Carmel. On the second postcard, pictures of Jerusalem's "suburbs": neighborhoods Ezrat Yisrael, Succat Shalom, Mishkenot Yisrael, Even Yisrael.
4. A postcard of Mikveh Yisrael: gardens, an entrance, agricultural workers, agricultural produce. Postmark from 1896.
5. A postcard of Jerusalem "the blessing of Zion and peace for Israel" – The Western Wall, "If I forget thee Jerusalem my right hand shall be forgotten".
Various conditions. Some has pen and pencil writings, stains. Two postcards are missing one corner.
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