Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
High Quality Collection of "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards and Postcards
Opening: $1,600
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
27 "Shanah Tovah" postcards and greeting cards. Palestine, Europe and the United States, late 19th / first half of 20th century.
Among the postcards and greeting cards: · "Shanah Tovah" greeting card printed in golden ink on a red transparency (text in Hebrew and French). · Postcard published by Max Victor, Köln, with illustrations of Rachel's Tomb, the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock (sent in 1898). · A postcard with portraits of Emil Zola and Alfred Dreyfus (printed in Prague). · A JNF postcard printed in Vienna, with a photograph of the colony Ekron. · Postcard published by Lichtenfeld, Bratislava. · A postcard sent to Tchernovitz in 1900. · Four Palestinian postcards with photographs (photo-montage), 1920s-30s. · Two American postcards with photographs (photo-montage), and more.
Size varies. Condition varies, fair to good. Five postcards are undivided.
Among the postcards and greeting cards: · "Shanah Tovah" greeting card printed in golden ink on a red transparency (text in Hebrew and French). · Postcard published by Max Victor, Köln, with illustrations of Rachel's Tomb, the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock (sent in 1898). · A postcard with portraits of Emil Zola and Alfred Dreyfus (printed in Prague). · A JNF postcard printed in Vienna, with a photograph of the colony Ekron. · Postcard published by Lichtenfeld, Bratislava. · A postcard sent to Tchernovitz in 1900. · Four Palestinian postcards with photographs (photo-montage), 1920s-30s. · Two American postcards with photographs (photo-montage), and more.
Size varies. Condition varies, fair to good. Five postcards are undivided.