A Rich, Enthralling and Historic Archive of Ephemeral Materials Relating to the First and All Subsequent Zionist Congresses

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS OF ZIONIST CONGRESS EPHEMERA: First Zionist Congress: Invitation to the First Zionist Congress in Basel. Designed by Markus Ehrenpreis 1897. See: J. Schoeps, Theodor Herzl and the Zionist Dream ( 1997), p. 127 (illus). * Participants’ Card to the First Zionist Congress, 1897. See: J. Schoeps, p. 129 (illus). Second Zionist Congress: Invitation to the Second Zionist Congress in Basel. 1898. See: J. Schoeps, p. 132 (cf. illus). Third Zionist Congress: Members’ Card to the Third Zionist Congress in Basel. With Congress Program on verso. 1899. * Guest Card for entry to the gallery for the Third Zionist Congress, with Congress Program on verso. 1899. Fourth Zionist Congress: Delegates’ Coupon Book for the Fourth Zionist Congress at Queen’s Hall, Langham Place, London. Belonging to Delegate Dr. Chasanowitsz of Bialystock. * Delegates’ Card to the Fourth Zionist Congress. Conference Program on verso Together with other Zionist Congresses Ephemera. Including: Delegates’ Card to the Sixth Zionist Congress; Program for the Eighth Zionist Congress; Delegates’ Cards to the Eighth and Tenth Zionist Congresses; Press Cards to various Congresses; First day covers of Stamps with post-marks of various Congresses. TOGETHER WITH: (POSTCARDS): Zionisten-Congress 1897. Postcard issued by First Zionist Congress, Basle. Of triptych-form, outer columns depicting Jews praying alongside the Western Wall on left and colonist farming the Land on right. Middle panel with printed motto, space below for message filled in manuscript. (Basle, 1897). A Celebrated Rarity. The Ex Officio Postcard of the First Zionist Congress, August, 1897. Message written in Hebrew, dated Rosh Ha’shanah 1898 from Isaac Schwadron and his son Abraham. (Another such postcard was sold by Kestenbaum & Company, June 22nd, 1999, Lot 598). * II Zionisten-Congress in Basel. Postcard issued by the Second Zionist Congress, Basle. Another representation of the same images as the First postcard; Jews praying at the Western Wall. (Basel, 1898). See: J. Schoeps, p. 132 (cf. illus). Message in margins, address, stamp and post-mark on verso. * V. Zionisten-Congress in Basel, 26-30 December 1901. Participant’s card for the Fifth Zionist Congress. Designed by E. M. Lilien. See: J. Schoeps, p.134 (illus). Message in margins, address, stamp and post-mark on verso. * Ha’congress Ha’shishi Shel Ha’tzionim Be’bazel. Postcard issued by the Sixth Zionist Congress, Basel. (Basel, 1902). Address and postmark on verso, stamp removed. Together with: Postcards from the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Zionist Congresses. As well as a group of three postcard commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress