35 postcards with a Jewish context, many of them early and unique. Various publishers and places of printing, late 19th century (1891) to 1930s.
Including: a printed postcard with an invitation to a Brit Mila, Hernyakova, Romania (1891); a postcard depicting a Matzah and reading "Simchat Yom Tov" (1901); a postcard issued by the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, Orphan Asylum, New-York (1904); a postcard with a greeting for Purim, issued by the JWB (Jewish Welfare Board), France (1919); a postcard with greetings for the New Year – "Familien-Bezugs-Karte" (1920s); a postcard of the metal factory of Josef Rosenthal in Vienna (1920s); a postcard issued by a "Talmud Torah" in Tripoli, Libya, with a Judeo-Arabic text; a postcard marking the tenth anniversary of the Jewish choir "HaZamir" in Copenhagen, 1922; a postcard with a photograph of a Jewish senior citizens' home in Bordeaux, 1934; and additional interesting postcards, many of which depicti Jewish figures from Eastern and Central Europe. Six of the postcards are undivided.
Condition varies. Most of them were used. Enclosed is one cut postcard.

26 postcards featuring Jewish figures, portraits of Jewish personalities, Jewish sites, or works by artists of Jewish origin. Various publishers, printed at various times and places, [early decades of the 20th century].
Including a photographic postcard featuring a cantor, Jews from the Caucasus Region, the Western Wall, New York City's Hester Street, and more; two postcards sent by field post during WWI. Five of the postcards have undivided backs.
Size and condition vary.
Four additional items are enclosed: a printed card, a photograph, a later postcard, and an additional postcard.

Collection of "Shana Tova" (Happy New Year) postcards and greeting cards. Published by Tzentral, Yehudiya, D. Marcadis, Williamsburg Art Co., Z. Resnik, Phoenix, Littauer & Boysen, and others, Poland, Germany, USA, Palestine and elsewhere, [first half of the 20th century (several later items)].
The collection contains 49 postcards and 18 greeting cards depicting Zionist and Jewish images; including postcards and greeting cards dealing with the Jewish cycle of the year, the Jewish festivals of Tishrei and their customs, greeting cards decorated with "Trees of the Holy Land", and more.
In the collection: ● An undivided color postcard with the work "Passover" by E.M. Lilien – an old Jew encircled by barbed wire on the backdrop of Egyptian pyramids and the rising sun. Berlin: Phoenix, [early 20th century]. The postcard was sent to "My Friend Mr. Sapir" in Odessa in 1902, "[55]63 to our old count; […] to our national movement". Bearing JNF "Zion" stamps and an additional handwritten greeting – "May you be inscribed and sealed to a happy New Year" (Hebrew). The addressee is presumably Dr. Yosef Sapir, chairman of the Zionist unions of Odessa. ● Six postcards depicting biblical and Jewish figures, alongside prayer verses and happy New Year greetings. [Berlin]: Littauer & Boysen, [early 20th century]. ● Three postcards with a folding, book-shaped flap, beneath which is an accordion-folded strip of paper bearing a series of pictures: the first, "Palestine", depicting sights of Palestine; the second, "Judishe Presse", depicting a series of tiny reproductions of the front pages of Jewish newspapers and journals in Yiddish, most of them from 1910; the third, "Hebrew Writers", depicting portraits of contemporary Hebrew writers, including Achad Ha'am, Bialik, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Z. Shneur and others. [ca. 1900s and 1910s]. ● Six Zionist postcards depicting flags, verses about the revival of Israel, immigrant ships and more. Jerusalem: D. Marcadis, [1940s]. ● A real-photo "Shana Tova" greeting card bearing the sender's portrait. The picture was taken at the "'Israel' Photo", Tel Aviv, [ca. 1950s]. ● And more.
Enclosed: The envelope in which the series of cards "Trees of the Holy Land" (11 of which are included in this collection), designed by P. Steiner, was sold (Schoen Press, Tel Aviv).
Postcards: 14X9 cm on average. Greeting cards: 7.5X6.5 cm to 10X15 cm. Good to fair overall condition. Blemishes and stains to some postcards and greeting cards. Layer separation to several postcards. Eight of the postcards and three of the greeting cards were used. Three copies of one postcard.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.

A view of Palestine and the Colonies, "Photographs and text by Isaiah Raffalovich and his Partner Moshe Eliyahu Zachs. Photographers in Jerusalem, May She be Rebuilt and Reestablished." [Frankfurt], 1899. Hebrew and German.
An album of photographs taken in the course of a journey throughout Palestine from Gedera to Metula, taken in 1898 by Isaiah Raffalovich and his friend Eliyahu (Elijah) Myers, photographer of Jerusalem's American Colony. This was one of the first albums to be compiled documenting 19th-century Jewish settlement in Palestine from a Zionist perspective.
Most of the photographs in the album document the earliest colonies of the First Aliyah. The photos are accompanied by descriptive text, in Hebrew and German, aligned one facing the other, on opposite pages. Two large photographs on folding plates (of the colonies of Zikhron Ya'akov and Rosh Pina).
Embossed dedication (in German) dated 1908 on front cover.
[61] ff., approx. 16.5X23 cm. Fair condition. Detached leaves. Stains. Creases and minor tears, some mended with adhesive tape. Inked stamps. Original binding, partly detached, with tears and blemishes to edges and spine.
On the printing of the album, see: Isaiah Raffalovich, "Landmarks and Road Signs: Through Seventy Years of Wanderings, 1882-1952: An Autobiography," Tel Aviv, 1951-52 (Hebrew), pp. 67-76.