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LOT 83:
Collection of Postcards and "Shana Tova" Cards Related to the Land of Israel
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Sold for: $280
Start price:
$
150
Estimated price:
$300 - $600
Auction house commission: 20%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Collection of Postcards and "Shana Tova" Cards Related to the Land of Israel
16 postcards and Shana Tova cards related to the Land of Israel. Various publishers, locations, and years of print. 1930s and 40s.
Highlights include: a photo Shana Tova postcard "blessing from the Land of Israel", Tel Aviv [1932]; Shana Tova postcard published by "Central" in Warsaw, depicting a boy and girl next to an open closet with stubs bearing Yiddish text relating to immigration and rebuilding the Land of Israel - '100,000 dunam in the Land of Israel,' 'certificate,' etc.; Shana Tova postcard published in Romania depicting children hoeing land, with the text "Borochov neighborhood," Hebrew and German [never posted]; postcard with an illustration of the Machpelah Cave in woodcut style and the Hebrew text "L'Shana Tov Tikatevu, Mearat HaMachpela," Hebrew and German; photo Shana Tova card with the Mograbi Opera in Tel Aviv - 1930s; photo Shana Tova card with the printed Hebrew text "an abundance of blessing from the depths of the heart"; rare card with deckhands next to an Israeli flag and the Hebrew text "Year of the redemption from desolation" [after 1940]; rare Shana Tova card published by Dr. Trankler & Co., Leipzig, depicting Moshav Gedera [never posted], and more.
Varying sizes. Overall very fine condition.
