A letter by Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch-Chabad (the Rayatz) to Shanghai refugees who settled in Eretz Israel. Brooklyn, 1949. the Rebbe's own signature with the addition of the words "[and he blesses them] with all material and spiritual good".
One year before his death, the Rayatz started to sign the letter "Yud" of his second name (Yitzchak) in Ashuri (square) script, an amazing hint to his subsequent passing on the 10th of Shevat (expounded at length by his son-in-law the Lubavitcher Rebbe at the gathering on Shabbat Va'eira 1951 - see enclosed material). this letter, in which his special signature with the square "Yud" can be seen, was sent a few months before his death.
21 cm. Good condition, folding marks.