PERSONS & PLACES

PRE-STATE LETTERHEADS (1) Central Office For Transfer, Dec 1934, typed German text (2) Hebrew Technical Institute, Haifa, March 1930, typed Hebrew text (3) Isaac Herzog, Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land, Tammuz 5788, typed Hebrew text, with his signature (4) Aguuda Hasofrim HaAvarim, Tel Aviv, Jan 1941, typed Hebrew text, (5) Flying Sport Club HAGAMAL HAMEOFEF, June 1935 typed Hebrew text, (6) Karen Hayesod, October 1924, typed German text (7) Haranabot Harayshet L’Eretz Israek, Kislev 5685 (8) Interim Government 1948, printed Hebrew & Arabic (9) Rabbi Tavomi, mss Hebrew; condition v

WARNING BROADSIDE 11 x 5 inch poster intended to be pasted on walls, warns government to evacuate buildings and all not to go to them; most likely pre-1948 [PH cropped in catalogue, full on web]

ROMANIA 4 postal cards addressed to same person in Brooklyn, NY; pmkd JUD-IASI 1933, mss in Yiddish

JEWISH RADIO LICENSE DATA SERVICES hstmp on Hungarian regist cvr

DO NOT DISMEMBER THE HOLYLAND 4 page (12 inch pages) article by Judah Magnes; per text “to appear in the New York Times Set 28, 1947â€; mss markings; one quote (if I may) “Partition will not stop the terrorist activities of the Jewish groupsâ€. He supports the minority report. Interesting reading. [A very fast check did not find this in the on-line archives.]

PALESTINE – ENGLAND 1946 stampless privilege air letter sheet to England from Cpl Potter F/C RAF, Lydda MEF; FPO 16 AP 46 office 28; The text of the letter deals with the handling of incoming mail and the situation in Palestine [partial transcript sent by e-mail on request]

THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE OF THE HEBREW COMMUNITY IN KAMENITZ-PODOLSK in UKRAINIAN PEOPLES REPUBLIC This is an official affirmation of a marriage. From the names, it is assumed that the man is a Jew and the woman is a gentile. The stamps are of the Ukrainian People's Republic which was a short-lived independent country that emerged after the fall of the Czar in 1917 and before the establishment of the Soviet state. The trident symbol (in the handstamps) was used as a symbol of Ukrainian nationalism.

RAMOT Sales document for a house (or property) bought in November 1934, includes a map of the area, and two receipt documents, age stains & folds (as to be expected)

POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT sheetlet for 1973 meeting of Gilda Meir and Pope Paul VI meeting altered for Joh Paul’s visit, 3 different (1) slip prayer into Western Wall (2) at Yad Vashem (3) Meeting with President Weitzman

BENJAMIN TUDELA two stamps marking 800 years of his birth, one stamp on postal card