Postcard. Zionisten-Congress 1897. Postcard issued by First Zionist Congress, Basle

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ZIONISM)

Place

(Basle

Publication

1897)

Description

Of triptych-form, outer columns depicting Jews praying alongside the Western Wall on left and colonist sewing the Land on right. Middle panel with printed motto, space below for message

summary

A Celebrated Rarity. The Ex Officio Postcard of the First Zionist Congress, August, 1897. Message written in French, dated 17th Ellul (4th September, 1898) by S. de David Delvaille of Pau (Lower Pyrenees, France) to Haham Moses Gaster of London, requesting that the address of Mr. Mocatta of London be forwarded

Stamp and manuscript address (Moses Gaster) on verso

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