Auction 36 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
Postcard with Micrographic Text of the Samson Tale and "Hatikva" - In Honor of the Anniversary of the Coronation of King George VI – India, 1937
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
Honor of the Anniversary of the Coronation of King George VI – India, 1937
A postcard with micrographic text of the biblical Samson tale from the Book of Judges. Together with the words of "Our Hope" ("Hatikva) poem Written by Naftali Herz Imber. The scribe: Samson Son of Avraham Eliyahu. Bombay, India, November 1937.
the story of Samson is written on the postcard In minute letters, as it appears in the Book of Judges chapters 13 and 14. The words of the poem: "Our hope" by Naftali Herz Imber appear as well; the short version of this poem became Israel's national anthem.
At the ending of the text are biographical details regarding the scribe, Samson son of Avraham Eliyahu from "Bene Israel" congregation in Bombay. "After he finished the school of the Bene Israel in Bombay he entered the school of art". It continues: "He traveled to England to study architecture". Following his return to Bombay "He completed all sorts of employments, among them in the synagogue "Magen Hasidim" and "Bene Israel". The postcard was manufactured for the anniversary of the coronation of King George VI as well as for the journey of Eliyahu to Eretz Israel. On the bottom right corner, a photo of Shimshon Eliyahu is glued on.
Postcard: 9x13.5 cm, glued on cardboard: 11.5x19.5. cm. Slight damages.
A postcard with micrographic text of the biblical Samson tale from the Book of Judges. Together with the words of "Our Hope" ("Hatikva) poem Written by Naftali Herz Imber. The scribe: Samson Son of Avraham Eliyahu. Bombay, India, November 1937.
the story of Samson is written on the postcard In minute letters, as it appears in the Book of Judges chapters 13 and 14. The words of the poem: "Our hope" by Naftali Herz Imber appear as well; the short version of this poem became Israel's national anthem.
At the ending of the text are biographical details regarding the scribe, Samson son of Avraham Eliyahu from "Bene Israel" congregation in Bombay. "After he finished the school of the Bene Israel in Bombay he entered the school of art". It continues: "He traveled to England to study architecture". Following his return to Bombay "He completed all sorts of employments, among them in the synagogue "Magen Hasidim" and "Bene Israel". The postcard was manufactured for the anniversary of the coronation of King George VI as well as for the journey of Eliyahu to Eretz Israel. On the bottom right corner, a photo of Shimshon Eliyahu is glued on.
Postcard: 9x13.5 cm, glued on cardboard: 11.5x19.5. cm. Slight damages.
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