Zionisten-Congress 1897.

Postcard issued by the First Zionist Congress, Basle. Of triptych-form, outer columns depicting Jews praying alongside the Western Wall on left and colonist sowing the Land on right. Middle panel with space for message. The sender, an unidentified delegate apparently from Vienna, writes his girlfriend, one Fraulein Toni Schlesinger. Central crease, light staining, postage stamp carefully removed on verso.

Basel: 1897