Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Five Postcards – Theodor Herzl

Opening: $150
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Five postcards depicting Theodor Herzl's portrait, or printed in his memory. Various publishers, places and times of printing, [ca. 1904 to 1944].
Including: * Memorial postcard printed in Eastern Europe, close to Herzl's death (undivided). * A postcard that was printed to mark the 40th anniversary of his death, issued by the Zionist Movement in Shanghai - Jewish Publication (Josef Stein), Shanghai, [1944]. * Postcard with an illustration of Theodor Herzl looking at the Port of Haifa, by Meir Gur-Aryeh. * Additional postcards.
Size and condition vary. Two of the postcards are blank on their verso. Stains. A dark stain on the postcard from Shanghai. One of the postcards was sent by mail. Stamp and postmark on verso of one of the postcards.
Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl, JNF
Zionism, World Zionist Congress, Herzl, JNF