Auction 021 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 14, 2020 (your local time)
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Five Postcards by Zionists and Zionist Organizations – 1890-1914 – Abraham Moses Luncz, Menachem Ussishkin and Others

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Five Postcards by Zionists and Zionist Organizations – 1890-1914 – Abraham Moses Luncz, Menachem Ussishkin and Others
Five postcards that were sent by Zionists and by Zionist organizations during the First and Second Aliyah. Palestine and Pinsk, 1890-1914. Hebrew. One postcard is in Russian.
1. Postcard handwritten and signed by Abraham Moses Luncz, addressed to Hirsch Hildesheimer (Azriel Hildesheimer's son). Jerusalem, 1890 (sent to Berlin).
2. Postcard handwritten and signed by Menachem Ussishkin. On recto, a picture of the Dome of the Rock and on verso - a handwritten greeting (Russian): "Regards to you… from holy Jerusalem – The Mosque of Omar at the place of Solomon's Temple…". Jerusalem, 1912. The postcard was published by Y. Ben Dov.
3. Postcard that was sent to Yishai Belkind from the colony of Rishon LeZion, with a report about Palestine: "The situation in Palestine in general and the Galilee in particular was very bad so far, many casualties… approx. six people were killed in the Galilee alone" (Hebrew). Signed "Ya'akov" with regards on behalf of "Avshalom Fein" (presumably – Avshalom Feinberg). Rishon LeZion, 1914.
4. Postcard published by the "Information Bureau in Plaestine", with information for the Jewish immigrant to Palestine (professions in demand, required capital and more). Sent to Alexandria, to the representative of the "Carmel Winery" in Egypt, David Yudilovich. Jaffa, 1910.
5. Official postcard by "The Pinsker Committee of the Jewish Colonialization Association (J.C.A)" to "The Hebrew Gymnasium – Jaffa". Pinsk, 1912.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Filing holes and abrasions to two postcards (restored filing holes in one).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

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