Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
Sold for: $175
Including buyer's premium
Six booklets and a broadside issued by communist parties, left wing organizations, and pacifist movements. Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, late 1920s through late 1940s (one booklet from 1985). Hebrew (one item in Yiddish).
• "Der Kampf", a booklet on behalf of the Socialist party of workers in Palestine "Poale Zion", Tel-Aviv, 1929. Yiddish. The booklet is about the socialist struggle in the Yishuv and in the Zionist Organization. • "Bamifne, collection of articles", Jerusalem: Marx-Engels, [1932]. Includes an essays by Leon Trotzky, "Marxism and the World War". • "Kol Hamazpun", a one-time publication, Tel Aviv: Achdut press, May 1934. Anthology of essays and passages in favor of vegetarianism and pacifism, by A.D. Gordon, L. N. Tolstoy, and more. • "At a time of emergency, anthology for problems of the Zionist policy and the Jewish-Arab cooperation", published by the league for Jewish-Arab cooperation, Jerusalem, 1940. Essays about the Jewish-Arab conflict, among them a call for peace and for economic and social cooperation between the nations. • "News and impressions (the reaction of the Arab public to the situation)". Jerusalem: The League for Jewish-Arab cooperation, 1946. • "Internal" bulletin with a survey of the attitude of the Arab public towards different matters: bombardment of King David Hotel by Etzel, British operations against the Jewish Yishuv, deportation of refugees, and more. • "Murder", a broadside issued by "'Thy Shall not Murder' League", condemning the murder of the policewoman Kadia Mizrahi and the boy Michael Shnel, attributed to the Etzel organization. Jerusalem: Achva press, [ca. 1947]. • "Ken Yedidut", Tel Aviv, 1985. Anthology of essays and passages supporting friendship with the Soviet Union.
Total of seven items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. The items were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
• "Der Kampf", a booklet on behalf of the Socialist party of workers in Palestine "Poale Zion", Tel-Aviv, 1929. Yiddish. The booklet is about the socialist struggle in the Yishuv and in the Zionist Organization. • "Bamifne, collection of articles", Jerusalem: Marx-Engels, [1932]. Includes an essays by Leon Trotzky, "Marxism and the World War". • "Kol Hamazpun", a one-time publication, Tel Aviv: Achdut press, May 1934. Anthology of essays and passages in favor of vegetarianism and pacifism, by A.D. Gordon, L. N. Tolstoy, and more. • "At a time of emergency, anthology for problems of the Zionist policy and the Jewish-Arab cooperation", published by the league for Jewish-Arab cooperation, Jerusalem, 1940. Essays about the Jewish-Arab conflict, among them a call for peace and for economic and social cooperation between the nations. • "News and impressions (the reaction of the Arab public to the situation)". Jerusalem: The League for Jewish-Arab cooperation, 1946. • "Internal" bulletin with a survey of the attitude of the Arab public towards different matters: bombardment of King David Hotel by Etzel, British operations against the Jewish Yishuv, deportation of refugees, and more. • "Murder", a broadside issued by "'Thy Shall not Murder' League", condemning the murder of the policewoman Kadia Mizrahi and the boy Michael Shnel, attributed to the Etzel organization. Jerusalem: Achva press, [ca. 1947]. • "Ken Yedidut", Tel Aviv, 1985. Anthology of essays and passages supporting friendship with the Soviet Union.
Total of seven items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. The items were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Ten booklets, posters and other printed items, published on behalf of Mapai party and other left-wing organization. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, and elsewhere. Late 1920s – early 1950s. Hebrew and Yiddish.
Among the items: • "Hapoel", a one-time publication by Mapai party, dated August 15, 1929. Essays about settlement and the Zionist parties in Palestine. • "Kmo kol hagoyim", a booklet with essays by J. L. Magnes, presenting the essence of his ideological-political theory, asking to disagree with the "Balfour Declaration". Jerusalem, [1930]. • "Mikorban Lelochem, a public address during the holocaust" by Zalman Rubashov [Shazar]. Out of addresses delivered by Shazar to committees of Mapai Party and the Workers' Association in the years 1938-1943, regarding the extermination of the Jewish people in Europe. Published by Mapai center, Tel-Aviv, 1943. • Poster on behalf of Mapai center in Warsaw, with survey of the settlement in Palestine and a call for unity and joint efforts of all the workers' parties for settlement. Yiddish. • "Neged Palganut", a poster on behalf of the communist party in Israel, calling the Zionist organization to join the World Workers Movement. Tel Aviv, 1950. • And more.
Total of ten items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. The items were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Among the items: • "Hapoel", a one-time publication by Mapai party, dated August 15, 1929. Essays about settlement and the Zionist parties in Palestine. • "Kmo kol hagoyim", a booklet with essays by J. L. Magnes, presenting the essence of his ideological-political theory, asking to disagree with the "Balfour Declaration". Jerusalem, [1930]. • "Mikorban Lelochem, a public address during the holocaust" by Zalman Rubashov [Shazar]. Out of addresses delivered by Shazar to committees of Mapai Party and the Workers' Association in the years 1938-1943, regarding the extermination of the Jewish people in Europe. Published by Mapai center, Tel-Aviv, 1943. • Poster on behalf of Mapai center in Warsaw, with survey of the settlement in Palestine and a call for unity and joint efforts of all the workers' parties for settlement. Yiddish. • "Neged Palganut", a poster on behalf of the communist party in Israel, calling the Zionist organization to join the World Workers Movement. Tel Aviv, 1950. • And more.
Total of ten items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. The items were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
Sold for: $200
Including buyer's premium
35 posters, flyers, and propaganda material issued by the Kach movement, the Israeli right wing, and the Edah Haredit. 1970s-1980s (some may be earlier).
Among the items: large poster by the Jewish Defense League – an open letter from Rabbi Meir Kahane calling for a return en masse to Jewish observance (probably printed during the Yom Kippur War); three "explanatory sheets" printed by the Kach party (probablyy before the elections for the Eighth Knesset in 1973); "Those who rise up to kill you – expel them first", a broadside from the Sela students’ organization calling for the expulsion of students who support the Palestine Liberation Organization from Israel; a broadeside from The Committee for the Nation’s Welfare calling for an amendment to the Law of Return prohibiting non-orthodox conversion; a small propaganda sheet from the Herut party: a mock dollar bill with the caption: "Where did it go?" with an image of the Mapai party’s building on the back; The Lehi, an interesting broadside, handwritten and mimeographed, giving the history of the movement until its dissolution; five anti-Zionist posters from the Shlomei Emunei Yisrael faction and the Edah Haredit; and more.
Enclosed: Seven newspaper clippings with advertisements from the Kach movement and other organizations.
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition.
Provenance: Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Among the items: large poster by the Jewish Defense League – an open letter from Rabbi Meir Kahane calling for a return en masse to Jewish observance (probably printed during the Yom Kippur War); three "explanatory sheets" printed by the Kach party (probablyy before the elections for the Eighth Knesset in 1973); "Those who rise up to kill you – expel them first", a broadside from the Sela students’ organization calling for the expulsion of students who support the Palestine Liberation Organization from Israel; a broadeside from The Committee for the Nation’s Welfare calling for an amendment to the Law of Return prohibiting non-orthodox conversion; a small propaganda sheet from the Herut party: a mock dollar bill with the caption: "Where did it go?" with an image of the Mapai party’s building on the back; The Lehi, an interesting broadside, handwritten and mimeographed, giving the history of the movement until its dissolution; five anti-Zionist posters from the Shlomei Emunei Yisrael faction and the Edah Haredit; and more.
Enclosed: Seven newspaper clippings with advertisements from the Kach movement and other organizations.
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition.
Provenance: Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $450
Sold for: $563
Including buyer's premium
Nine protest posters against the disengagement plan. The posters call for refusal to follow IDF orders, to support an active opposition, and protest against Ariel Sharon and the Likud party during the disengagement and afterwards. Israel, ca. 2005.
• "Jewish Eviction Forces". • "Disengagement Ministers, Don't Vote Likud". • "Commander! I can't!" • "Gevalt! / Our Father, Our King, Tear our Wicked Verdict". • "Let the Jews Win!!!" • "Brother, Don't Evict Me! Jews don't Evict Jews". • "Sharon Destroys IDF". • Two orange and black Israeli flags.
Total of 9 items. Size and condition vary. Most items are in fair condition. Creases and tears. Remnants of glue and cardboard to back of posters (the posters were torn off bulletin boards).
• "Jewish Eviction Forces". • "Disengagement Ministers, Don't Vote Likud". • "Commander! I can't!" • "Gevalt! / Our Father, Our King, Tear our Wicked Verdict". • "Let the Jews Win!!!" • "Brother, Don't Evict Me! Jews don't Evict Jews". • "Sharon Destroys IDF". • Two orange and black Israeli flags.
Total of 9 items. Size and condition vary. Most items are in fair condition. Creases and tears. Remnants of glue and cardboard to back of posters (the posters were torn off bulletin boards).
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Approximately 200 printed paper items from Zionist and Israeli history. Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other locations in Palestine and Europe, early 1900s to ca. 1970s. Hebrew and some English (a few items are in other languages).
Among the items: • A letter from the governor of the Jerusalem district to Yitzhak Yaakobi, the founder of the Beit Hakerem neighborhood, allowing him to purchase three rifles for the neighborhood’s defense. September 1936. Signed in handwriting by the governor’s representative, stamped "Beit Hakerem Mutual Association Ltd." and signed by Yaakobi. • Draft of a memo from the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem (typewritten with corrections in handwriting), which was sent with a request to "assist in finding learning equipment for physics, chemistry, zoology, botany, and anyone who can help enrich the library". Probably written on the eve of the opening of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it includes an interesting overview of the history of the Gymnasium and its financial situation. • "Album for the Dubek photo collection, published in 1939" – booklet for collecting stickers (filled). • Approx. 20 postcards (including postcards published by Lebanon, the Eliyahu Brothers, Y. Ben-Dov, and others). • Approx. 30 booklets and books (including early writings published by Bnei Tzion, reports of the investigative committee on the Palestine question, and more). • Eight photographs (including one of David Ben-Gurion shaking the hand of a woman in the traditional dress of Jewish women from Arab countries). • Approximately 20 issues of the HaShavua periodical. • Envelopes, New Year cards, receipts, advertising booklets, catalogues of art exhibitions, flyers, and more.
Enclosed: A leather document case with a metal Tel Aviv municipality emblem, on the front.
Size and condition vary. Overall good–fair condition.
Among the items: • A letter from the governor of the Jerusalem district to Yitzhak Yaakobi, the founder of the Beit Hakerem neighborhood, allowing him to purchase three rifles for the neighborhood’s defense. September 1936. Signed in handwriting by the governor’s representative, stamped "Beit Hakerem Mutual Association Ltd." and signed by Yaakobi. • Draft of a memo from the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem (typewritten with corrections in handwriting), which was sent with a request to "assist in finding learning equipment for physics, chemistry, zoology, botany, and anyone who can help enrich the library". Probably written on the eve of the opening of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it includes an interesting overview of the history of the Gymnasium and its financial situation. • "Album for the Dubek photo collection, published in 1939" – booklet for collecting stickers (filled). • Approx. 20 postcards (including postcards published by Lebanon, the Eliyahu Brothers, Y. Ben-Dov, and others). • Approx. 30 booklets and books (including early writings published by Bnei Tzion, reports of the investigative committee on the Palestine question, and more). • Eight photographs (including one of David Ben-Gurion shaking the hand of a woman in the traditional dress of Jewish women from Arab countries). • Approximately 20 issues of the HaShavua periodical. • Envelopes, New Year cards, receipts, advertising booklets, catalogues of art exhibitions, flyers, and more.
Enclosed: A leather document case with a metal Tel Aviv municipality emblem, on the front.
Size and condition vary. Overall good–fair condition.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Catalogue
Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Unsold
Gruss aus der Palästina Ausstellung Frankfurt a. M. [Souvenir from the Palestine exhibition in Frankfurt am Main]. Frankfurt am Main: Kunst Anstalt Rosenblatt, [ca. late 19th century]. German.
Undivided souvenir postcard published for the Palestine exhibition that was held in Frankfurt am Main. The postcard contains illustrations of scenes from the exhibition hall: the entrance stairs to the exhibition; the "Hall of the Kaiser" with his portrait; the entranceway into the exhibition hall.
9X13 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes and tears at the edges.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Undivided souvenir postcard published for the Palestine exhibition that was held in Frankfurt am Main. The postcard contains illustrations of scenes from the exhibition hall: the entrance stairs to the exhibition; the "Hall of the Kaiser" with his portrait; the entranceway into the exhibition hall.
9X13 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes and tears at the edges.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $100
Unsold
"Petah-Tikva, No. 10, Hospitality," postcard published by Y. M. Shisha-Halevy. Petah Tikva, early 20th century.
Sent by post to the agricultural colony of Rosh Pina. On the back are a brief letter in Hebrew, an ink stamp, and a postage stamp of the Turkish postal service. The address is written in French.
Approx. 13.5X 8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Sent by post to the agricultural colony of Rosh Pina. On the back are a brief letter in Hebrew, an ink stamp, and a postage stamp of the Turkish postal service. The address is written in French.
Approx. 13.5X 8.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
25 undivided postcards. Published by P. G. i. F. [Paul Grodel], J. Hofmann/Z. Moch and other publishers. Frankfurt/Paris, Krakow and elsewhere. [Early 20th century].
On most of the postcards appear reproductions of paintings by various artists, including Moritz Oppenheim, Hermann Junker and Hugo Elkan, depicting views from Jewish life: a Jewish wedding, "Pidyon Haben", Havdalah, lighting Hanukkah candles, Kaparot ceremony, Yom Kippur, Tisha BeAv and more. Alongside these postcards appear two postcards with humorous illustrations portraying a Jewish wedding.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases, stains and minor blemishes. Three postcards were used.
On most of the postcards appear reproductions of paintings by various artists, including Moritz Oppenheim, Hermann Junker and Hugo Elkan, depicting views from Jewish life: a Jewish wedding, "Pidyon Haben", Havdalah, lighting Hanukkah candles, Kaparot ceremony, Yom Kippur, Tisha BeAv and more. Alongside these postcards appear two postcards with humorous illustrations portraying a Jewish wedding.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Good-fair condition. Creases, stains and minor blemishes. Three postcards were used.
Category
Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $200
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
39 postcards depicting various Jewish themes. Published by Williamsburg Post Card Co., Hebrew Publishing Co., "Yehudiya", and others. United States, Poland, Germany and elsewhere, [the first decades of the 20th century].
Among the postcards: humorous postcards with short texts in Yiddish; a postcard designed by E. M. Lilien; postcards with the view of the Western Wall; postcards depicting Jewish figures; two postcards from the series "Yidishe parnasot" [Jewish livelihoods]; photograph with the interior of the synagogue in Prague, and more.
Two postcards are undivided.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases. Blemishes to margins of postcards. Tear to one postcard. Three postcards were used.
Among the postcards: humorous postcards with short texts in Yiddish; a postcard designed by E. M. Lilien; postcards with the view of the Western Wall; postcards depicting Jewish figures; two postcards from the series "Yidishe parnasot" [Jewish livelihoods]; photograph with the interior of the synagogue in Prague, and more.
Two postcards are undivided.
Average size: 9X14 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases. Blemishes to margins of postcards. Tear to one postcard. Three postcards were used.
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Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Twenty-four postcards with photographs of residents of Morocco and other countries of the Near East, most of them Jews. Various publishers and printing locations, ca. the early decades of the 20th century.
The postcards include: Rabbis of the city of Mogador (today Essaouira) on their way to congratulate the king of Morocco; women in the cemetery in Tétouan (Morocco); postcards with photographs of the Jewish cemeteries in Fez and Marrakesh; a donkey pulling a deadcart between two columns of a military honor guard at a formal funeral in Casablanca; an undivided postcard with an image of two Jews carding cotton in Jerusalem; a real photo postcard – Jews in Algeria sitting on the ground in front of a wall inscribed with Hebrew characters (Judeo-Arabic?); a color postcard with a photograph of the seashore in Algeria; and more.
Two of the postcards are undivided. On the back of some of the postcards are handwritten notes (in French) and a stamp. A few postcards have ink stamps and postage stamps on the front.
Enclosed: A photograph of Rabbi Meir Abuhatzeira, stamped on the back: "Photo Aryeh, Netanya."
24 postcards, arranged in a designated album. Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 14 x 9 cm. Overall good condition. Minor blemishes. Size of album: approx. 17 cm.
The postcards include: Rabbis of the city of Mogador (today Essaouira) on their way to congratulate the king of Morocco; women in the cemetery in Tétouan (Morocco); postcards with photographs of the Jewish cemeteries in Fez and Marrakesh; a donkey pulling a deadcart between two columns of a military honor guard at a formal funeral in Casablanca; an undivided postcard with an image of two Jews carding cotton in Jerusalem; a real photo postcard – Jews in Algeria sitting on the ground in front of a wall inscribed with Hebrew characters (Judeo-Arabic?); a color postcard with a photograph of the seashore in Algeria; and more.
Two of the postcards are undivided. On the back of some of the postcards are handwritten notes (in French) and a stamp. A few postcards have ink stamps and postage stamps on the front.
Enclosed: A photograph of Rabbi Meir Abuhatzeira, stamped on the back: "Photo Aryeh, Netanya."
24 postcards, arranged in a designated album. Size and condition vary. Average size: approx. 14 x 9 cm. Overall good condition. Minor blemishes. Size of album: approx. 17 cm.
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Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Approximately 90 "Shanah Tovah" postcards. Published by Hebrew Publishing Co., New-York, [the first decades of the 20th century].
The collection includes: postcards depicting events from the Jewish cycle of life, among them Brit Mila, buying Etrog, and more; postcards depicting biblical scenes, among them King David playing the harp, story of Samson and Delilah, and more; postcards depicting Zionist themes and motifs, among them the second Zionist Congress in Basel, a ship in Jaffa port, "Lag BaOmer in the colony of Petach Tikva", Herzl's portrait, donation to a JNF Blue Box and more; postcards depicting immigration from the Old World to the USA, among them flags of the USA by the Blue and White flag, American Jews welcoming with open arms Jews coming from East Europe, "from darkness to light" – the American eagle rescuing doves from the claws of the Russian eagle, and more; and postcards depicting the prosperity and success which the new year will bring. Numerous postcards were illustrated by Jacob Keller (signed in the plate).
A number of postcards appear in several copies.
8.5X13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Some blemishes to margins of postcards. Open tears at margins of several postcards. Creases. Fractures. Long tear to one postcard, reinforced with tape. Two postcards were used.
The collection includes: postcards depicting events from the Jewish cycle of life, among them Brit Mila, buying Etrog, and more; postcards depicting biblical scenes, among them King David playing the harp, story of Samson and Delilah, and more; postcards depicting Zionist themes and motifs, among them the second Zionist Congress in Basel, a ship in Jaffa port, "Lag BaOmer in the colony of Petach Tikva", Herzl's portrait, donation to a JNF Blue Box and more; postcards depicting immigration from the Old World to the USA, among them flags of the USA by the Blue and White flag, American Jews welcoming with open arms Jews coming from East Europe, "from darkness to light" – the American eagle rescuing doves from the claws of the Russian eagle, and more; and postcards depicting the prosperity and success which the new year will bring. Numerous postcards were illustrated by Jacob Keller (signed in the plate).
A number of postcards appear in several copies.
8.5X13.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Some blemishes to margins of postcards. Open tears at margins of several postcards. Creases. Fractures. Long tear to one postcard, reinforced with tape. Two postcards were used.
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Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 23, 2019
Opening: $150
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
42 "Shanah Tovah" postcards, published by Williamsburg Post Card Co., United States, [the first decades of the 20th century].
Most postcards bear greetings in Yiddish for the New Year. Among the postcards are some portraying scenes from the Jewish cycle of life, Zionist postcards, postcards depicting biblical scenes, and more.
A number of postcards appear in several copies.
9X14 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains and defects. One postcard was sent by mail.
Most postcards bear greetings in Yiddish for the New Year. Among the postcards are some portraying scenes from the Jewish cycle of life, Zionist postcards, postcards depicting biblical scenes, and more.
A number of postcards appear in several copies.
9X14 cm. Good overall condition. Some stains and defects. One postcard was sent by mail.
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Postcards and "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Card
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