Two Bonds – Carmel Original Winery – Haifa, 1920s

Two Bonds – Carmel Original Winery – Haifa, 1920s
Two bonds issued by "S. Friedman & Sons, Carmel Original, Haifa & Petah-Tiqvah, Palestine. Distilleries and Cellars of Wine, Liquors and Cognacs" (Carmel Original Winery). Lifshitz printing press, Jerusalem, [ca. 1928]. Hebrew and English.
1. A blank bond in which the company promises to pay the holder the amount of ten US$ in 1938. The note is complete; the interest coupons were not detached.
33.5X50 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and open tears at margins and at folding marks. Stains. Creases.
2. A blank bond in which the company promises to pay the holder the amount of 100 US$ in 1938. The note is complete; the interest coupons were not detached
50X35 cm. Good condition. Small tears at margins and at folding marks. Open tear at margins, not affecting text. Creases.
Carmel Original winery was established in Haifa by Shimon Friedman, born in Tiberias, in 1889. In 1912 Friedman acquired a winery located in the Lachman Estate in Petach Tikva, the first stone house in this settlement, and turned it into a branch of the winery. The winery in Petach Tikva was managed by the Friedman family until 1964, when it was sold to Tnuva company. In 1971 Tnuva sold the winery to Stock company, and under this ownership the winery was named "HaMartef" (the cellar). In 1990 the winery was sold again and its name was changed to Barkan Wineries.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.